Cross-Country Skiing at the FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships 2017

[heywoodu 15,135]

Such a disappointing women's competition after the expected Nilsson vs Falla battle was messed up

 

The men's race though....Pellegrino's final meters as strong as ever 

 

And cool to see Klaebo, the next big superstar, take his first medal 

Edited February 23, 2017 by heywoodu

[hckošice 14,822]

FIS NORDIC SKIING

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2017

 

 

 

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Women's Sprint Freestyle
Final Results

 

FALLA Maiken Caspersen
-F

 

DIGGINS Jessica
-F

 

RANDALL Kikkan
-F

 

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Men's Sprint Freestyle
Final Results

 

PELLEGRINO Federico
-F

 

USTIUGOV Sergey
-F

 

KLAEBO Johannes Hoesflot
-F

 

 

Falla and Pellegrino are World Sprint Champions 2017

 

Maiken Caspersen Falla of Norway and Federico Pellegrino of Italy are World Champions in the free technique sprints in Lahti Finland.   Falla led the way ahead of a pair of American's Jessie Diggins in silver +1.66 and Kikkan Randall the bronze +3.76.  For Falla the 2014 Olympic Sprint Champion it was her first individual World Championship gold medal.  She previously won a gold medal in Falun 2015 in the team sprint with Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg.  For Diggins it was her third World Championships medal and her second silver.  She took second place in the 10 km free technique interval start in 2015, and was World Champion in the team sprint with Randall in 2013.  Randall completed her World Championship collection with bronze today, after taking sprint silver in 2009 in Liberec, and the silver with Diggins in Val di Fiemme.  Pre race favourites Stina Nilsson of Sweden and Natalia Matveeva of Russia went down in a crash on the final curve in their semi-final.  The contact earned Nilsson a yellow card and she was Ranked as Last in her heat.  

 

Italy's Pellegrino has always been known for his finish and today he came from second place off the final curve to take the gold and become the World Sprint Champion just won year removed from winning the overall FIS sprint title.  In the silver medal position was Russia's Sergey Ustiugov just +0.15 behind and in the bronze medal the rising start of the Norwegian team Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo +0.44 back.  It's a first time individual medal for Pellegrino who took the bronze in the team sprint in Falun 2015.  This was as well a first individual World Championships medal for Ustiugov who previous had a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km relay in Val di Fiemme 2013.  He has many World Junior and U23 Championship wins.  For Klaebo it was his first ever World Championships and the bronze medal follows just 4 days after he recorded his first ever World Cup victory in Otepää, Estonia.  

 

Competitions continue Saturday with the ladies' and men's Skiathlon events.  

 

 

 

 

 

Full Qualifications Results Mens and Womens

 

Full Final Results Mens and Womens

 

Maiken Caspersen Falla

2017 Sprint World Champion

Womens Sprint Freestyle Final

 

Federico Pellegrino

2017 Sprint World Champion

Mens Sprint Freestyle Final

 

Race Replay

Women´s Sprint Freestyle

Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final

 

Race Replay

Men´s Sprint Freestyle

Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final

[heywoodu 15,135]

No video of the qualifications?  

[hckošice 14,822]

42 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

No video of the qualifications?  

 

 

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[heywoodu 15,135]

2 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

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Thanks  

 

They stopped too early though  

[hckošice 14,822]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Thanks  

 

They stopped too early though  

 

I found only this so far, impossible to find any complet video including the Solano race if you were asking for that

[heywoodu 15,135]

2 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

I found only this so far, impossible to find any complet video including the Solano race if you were asking for that

I was  

 

Also for the women's race for obvious reasons but since that YT-channel put the men's race online a few minutes ago, I'm guessing they might put the women's race online later today

[heywoodu 15,135]

Yeeep there we go  

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4 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Yeeep there we go  

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Can always rely on the Russians 

Im hoping for a Eurosport replay at some point though. I like the commentators (and can understand them)

[ahjfcshfghb 287]

Damn Solano. Wanted to see the Ecuadorians

Also there was another Venezuelan (only!) 5 minutes faster than Solano.