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

[hckošice 14,760]

9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Bruna is online, she said she is very happy with her result, she knows there's a lot to improve yet but mostly she's very happy 

 

thats the most important

[dcro 10,210]

As for my guess about Montenegrins being scared of classic technique...

 

You can see here which technique does their best skier prefer.

 

Edited February 22, 2017 by dcro

[heywoodu 14,891]

6 minutes ago, dcro said:

As for my guess about Montenegrins being scared of classic technique...

 

You can see here which technique does their best skier prefer.

 

 

Ah yeah I noticed the same thing for Bulatovic last night when I went through the women's start list  

 

Exactly 1 classic race and she didn't start there neither

 

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=179261&type=result

 

[dcro 10,210]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Ah yeah I noticed the same thing for Bulatovic last night when I went through the women's start list  

 

Exactly 1 classic race and she didn't start there neither

 

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=179261&type=result

 

 

I guess that's the infamous Dominican disease, in classical races.

Edited February 22, 2017 by dcro

[heywoodu 14,891]

Just now, dcro said:

 

I guess that's the infamous Dominican disease.

 

Didn't they know it would be classic today?  

[dcro 10,210]

41 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

 

 

This kind of looks like a piaffe!

[dcro 10,210]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

 

Didn't they know it would be classic today?  

 

Di Silvestris apparently took some precautions.

[dcro 10,210]

The goal is under 12 min sprint?

 

 

[heywoodu 14,891]

Eurosport Italy made a compilation of Solano's race 

 

 

 

[hckošice 14,760]

FIS NORDIC SKIING

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2017

 

 

 

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Jonsdottir and Crnkovic win qualification races at Lahti 2017

 

The 2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships kicked off today with qualification competitions in the 5/10 km interval start classic event.  Iceland's Elsa-Gudrun Jonsdottir has won the ladies' 5 km classic qualification competition in Lahti stadium.  She crossed the line in a time of 15:23.9 which was good for a 20.1 second margin of victory over second place finisher Nansi Okoro of Bulgaria.  In third place from Australia was Katerina Paul +34.2 seconds back of the winning time. 

 

In the men's 10 km classic interval start competition it was Kresimir Crnkovic of Croatia who crossed the line in first place with a time of 26:21.5.  In second place +55.6 seconds behind was Lithuania's Deividas Klisevicius and in third was Achbadrakh Batmunkh from Mongolia +1:05.5 back.  

 

Qualified athletes will now have the chance to begin distance competitions during the Championships in Lahti.

 

 

 

 

 

Full Results Women and Men

 

Race Replay

Womens 5km Classical

Individual Distance Events Qualification Race

 

Mens 10km Classical

Individual Distance Events Qualification Race