Cross-Country Skiing 2015 - 2017 Discussion Thread

[uk12points 434]

1 hour ago, hckosice said:

and what a result once again for Andrew Musgrave

Wow, great result!!

British winter sport is having an amazing start to the season, Dave Ryding 6th in Slalom, medals in Snowboarding Big air, new World Record for Elise Christie in Short Track!

everything is looking on track for 2018 to have the largest British team ever and be the most successful Winter Olympics as well!!

[hckošice 15,544]

1 minute ago, uk12points said:

Wow, great result!!

British winter sport is having an amazing start to the season, Dave Ryding 6th in Slalom, medals in Snowboarding Big air, new World Record for Elise Christie in Short Track!

everything is looking on track for 2018 to have the largest British team ever and be the most successful Winter Olympics as well!!

 

GB work in sport is amazing. respect

[hckošice 15,544]

Niskanen thrills home crowd with Ruka win

 

Finland's Iivo Niskanen has recorded his second career World Cup victory on the same trails he won his first World Cup two seasons ago.

 

Niskanen completed the 15 km classic course in a time of 35:27.6, which was good enough for a winning margin of 10.2 seconds ahead of Norway's Emil Iversen.  In third, also from Norway was Martin Johnsrud Sundby +11.2 seconds behind.  With his third place result today, Sundby joins Axel Teichmann and Lukas Bauer as the only athletes with three podium finishes in this event in Ruka.

 

 It was a tight day of racing with just 33 seconds separating the top 10 athletes, who represented 5 different countries.   

 

Emil Iversen (NOR), Iivo Niskanen (FIN), Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR)

 

Full Results and Cup Standings Here

 

[Federer91 3,028]

Johaug's ban came and it is 14 months, more than i expected.

[heywoodu 16,015]

21 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Johaug's ban came and it is 14 months, more than i expected.

 

That's what the Norwegian anti-doping is going for, isn't it? The sports authorities still have to decide.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f53199a1c4e345ee80caef55ff0ec89a/anti-doping-norway-proposes-14-month-doping-ban-johaug

Edited November 29, 2016 by heywoodu

[Federer91 3,028]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

 

That's what the Norwegian anti-doping is going for, isn't it? The sports authorities still have to decide.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f53199a1c4e345ee80caef55ff0ec89a/anti-doping-norway-proposes-14-month-doping-ban-johaug

 

Oh, i saw the news on bulgarian sites and thought it was a done deal. My bad i should have checked it elsewhere. 

[hckošice 15,544]

Alena again on points

[hckošice 15,544]

Weng and Halfvarsson win Lillehammer sprints

Heidi Weng

 

 

Heidi Weng of Norway and Calle Halfvarsson of Sweden have won the classic sprint competition on stage one of the Lillehammer mini-tour.

 

Both athletes will have the overall World Cup leaders yellow bib heading into tomorrow's 5/10 km free technique competitions.

 

Halfvarsson arrived in Lillehammer already with the yellow and Weng earned it with her win today after two 3rd place finishes in Ruka.  For Weng it was her first ever World Cup victory in a sprint competition after recording 10 sprint podiums in previous World Cups.  In second place for the second weekend in a row from Norway's Maiken Caspersen Falla +0.48 behind.  Falla has not finished worse than second place in the last 6 World Cup classic sprints.  Hanna Falk of Sweden took third place +1.06 off the lead for her first podium since Jan 2011 in Liberec, CZE where she placed second in the free technique sprint.  

 

In the men's 1.6 km classic sprint Halfvarsson increased his overall World Cup lead with his victory today.  It was only his second ever career individual World Cup win.  His last came in 2013 in the free technique sprint in the Tour de Ski in Oberhof, Germany.  Halfvarsson after three World Cup competitions leads the World Cup standings by 26 points over Finland's Iivo Niskanen who was 4th place in today's sprint, a career best sprint result for him.  In second place was Norway's Emil Iversen who literally finished on the the tails of Halfvarsson skis just +0.12 behind.  Teodor Peterson of Sweden took third +0.54 back for his first podium since Falun 2014 during World Cup finals mini tour.  

 

 

Full Results and Standings Here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[hckošice 15,544]

Hellner

[hckošice 15,544]

ouch Hellner defeated by Halfvarsson by 0.8 what a race from the guys