Cross-Country Skiing 2015 - 2017 Discussion Thread

[dcro 10,211]

20 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I was going through the start list for tomorrow's 10k F at the Continental/Alpen Cup in Arber in Germany, and look who's on that start list!

 

Eva Vrabcova-Nyvltova in what is apparently her first race since November 2015, I had no idea she was out for so long 

 

Did she get a baby or something? 

 

Btw, Petitjean is somehow on start list for both Ottepaa WC and Arber OPA tomorrow.

Edited February 17, 2017 by dcro

[heywoodu 16,468]

9 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Nah, she only competed in the Olympic marathon in Rio...

Oooh that's true, I remember this  

[heywoodu 16,468]

3 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Btw, Petitjean is somehow on start list for both Ottepaa WC and Arber OPA tomorrow.

That could very well be why she didn't compete in Arber today (sprint qualifying) 

 

I'll ask Bruna if she saw Petitjean during training in Arber, can't be too hard to remember a black girl being on the tracks between literally just white skiers  

[heywoodu 16,468]

About the aforementioned races in Arber, here a view from the live timing:

 

 

 

I honestly wonder why they'd put a time check after 0,2km in a 7,5km race 

 

Edit: Waaait I think I know: the start is next to the shooting range, while in the lap they go 'through' (where you'd stand/prone for shooting in biathlon) the shooting range, so I guess it's got something to do with that  

 

Edited February 18, 2017 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 16,468]

Only 1.5s behind a big name like Vrabcova, good start to the 10k  

 

 

 

[dareza 911]

hm, Matveeva was 1st in 1/4, but she is not is sf?

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16 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I was going through the start list for tomorrow's 10k F at the Continental/Alpen Cup in Arber in Germany, and look who's on that start list!

 

 

 

Eva Vrabcova-Nyvltova in what is apparently her first race since November 2015, I had no idea she was out for so long 

 

Did she get a baby or something? 

Great to see her back! I didn't expect she would come back this year. I thought she'd continue with athletics a little while longer.

[heywoodu 16,468]

2 hours ago, dareza said:

hm, Matveeva was 1st in 1/4, but she is not is sf?

She was put in last place because of 'obstruction' (getting in the way of another competitor)  

[heywoodu 16,468]

227.18 FIS points for Bruna in Arber, by far her best ever result outside South America 

 

I'm curious if it was a 'test race' again. Yesterday she tested some other kind of wax in the sprint qualifying and it turned out so bad that she had to be double poling to get some speed.....on the downhill!  

Edited February 18, 2017 by heywoodu

[hckošice 16,641]

Nilsson and Klaebo win final sprint before Lahti 2017

 

Stina Nilsson of Sweden continued her career battle with Norway's Maiken Caspersen Falla in the ladies' free technique sprint and Norway's up and coming star Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo recorded his anticipated first World Cup win.  

 

Nilsson moved into the lead 6-5 in free technique sprint wins versus Falla with her win today in Otepää.  Nilsson was the day's fastest qualifier and in the end the day's final winner by 0.27 seconds ahead of Falla.   Nilsson with 6 wins in skate sprints moves into a tie with Petra Majdic (SLO) and Arianna Follis (ITA) for 5th all time.  Falla has now finished in the top two in 11 out of 12 of her last World Cup sprints in free technique.  She has 5 wins and 6 second place finishes.  In third place with Heidi Weng of Norway who continues to add to her Overall World Cup standings lead finishing +3.75 second behind Nilsson.  Falla, despite giving up 20 points to Nilsson in the sprint standings continues to lead by 142 points over Nilsson.  

 

Klaebo who sits second in the World Cup sprint standings has shown all season that he is capable to ski with the World's best at any distance despite being just 20 years old.  Today's he finally got his first World Cup victory and is now just 20 points behind Federico Pellegrino.  In second place in today's sprint was Finn Hagen Krogh (NOR) +0.60 behind Klaebo. In third place was Russia's Sergey Ustiugov the 2017 Tour de Ski winner +1.00 back. 

 

Competitions continue tomorrow in Otepää with 10/15 km interval start classic competitions.  The ladies' 10 km C starts at 10:15 CET (11:15 local time) and the men's 15 km C begins at 12:15 CET (13:15 local time).

 

 

 

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