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Vladimir Petrov passes away IIHF Hall of Fame member, Soviet legend was 69 Vladimir Petrov was centring the legendary line with Boris Mikhailov (left) and Valeri Kharlamov (right) that dominated international hockey between 1969 and 1981. Hockey legend Vladimir Petrov passed away on Tuesday at the age of 69. According to media reports he died of cancer at hospital at 4am. Petrov won two Olympic gold medals and was a nine-time world champion. He was named to four all-star teams, leading the tournament in scoring three times. He was centring the famous line with Boris Mikhailov and Valeri Kharlamov on the Soviet national team and with their club, army team CSKA Moscow. With CSKA he won 11 Soviet championships, earned four scoring titles. He scored 51 goals during the 1969/70 season in just 44 games. The Krasnogorsk-born player was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in2006. After retiring as a player in 1983 he had some coaching stints and was the President of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia from 1992 to 1994 and later worked as club manager for Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow and SKA St. Petersburg. The funeral will be held on 2 March at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery in Mytishi in the Moscow region.

Vladimir Petrov has passed away in the morning at hospital. died of cancer. He had 69 RIP 2 times olympic champion + 1 silver in 1980, and 9 times world champion. IIHF hale of fame member, 11 times ex-USSR champion with CSKA Moscow, 3 times best scorer and MVP of the former soviet league. Member of the legendary ex-USSR line Kharlamov - Petrov - Mikhailov. one of the best ever ice hockey lines in the whole history of this sport.

Iran’s start in hockey Middle East country gets first experiences Iranian players during a friendly game with participants of the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo. During the Asian Winter Games, Iran got its first experiences in ice hockey. While not having enough players to compete, they were welcomed by the Asian hockey family by playing four friendly games with and against players from other teams in Sapporo. Iran didn’t officially participate in the ice hockey tournaments of the 2017 Asian Winter Games but collected first experiences in friendly games with countries participating in the men’s Division II tournament. It was about one year ago when IIHF.com wrote about the interest of the vast country to start an ice hockey program with representatives reaching out during the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games about possibilities to join the International Ice Hockey Federation. Since then first steps were taken with the program such as bringing players of the national inline hockey team to the ice last summer in Asiago, Italy, after an inline hockey tournament. At the Youth Olympics, Iran had two athletes – a male and a female skier. While snow sports have been practised for a long time in the country with mountain resorts, Iran wants to take steps to make ice sports more popular as three small-size ice rinks were opened in the last few years in the capital of Tehran, the second-biggest city of Mashhad and on the island of Kish. “We’d really love to join the big ice hockey family. I hope we can become members and participate in ice hockey competitions in Asia. Iran is a huge country in Asia, we have a population of almost 80 million. Iran can be a really great destination for ice hockey. That’s why we want to work with the IIHF to have a vision for ice hockey in Iran,” Nasser Talebi, Chef de Mission of the Iranian team at the Youth Olympics, said one year ago and also mentioned the 12,000-seat multifunctional Azadi Indoor Stadium that was built for the 1974 Asian Games and could potentially be used for international ice hockey events. While not everybody may think about ice hockey in Iran at first due to the hot summers, it can be said that some areas of Iran have cold winters too. Winters in Tehran tend to be slightly colder than in Hamburg in northern Germany and the winter temperatures in Mashhad resemble the ones of Stockholm. That’s also where one of the most famous hockey players of Iranian descent, the Ottawa Senators’ Swedish national team forward Mika Zibanejad, grew up. “We have had skiing in Iran for 70 years so it’s time to also develop other winter sports. Iran is a huge country, we have cities that have -25°C now and others that have +25°C now. We can have summer and winter sports at the same time,” Talebi said. “We don’t have a championship yet but we have around 100 to 120 players, men and women, and it’s a new policy of Iran to improve winter sports, especially Olympic sports.” The National Olympic Committee planned its international ice hockey debut at the 2017 Asian Winter Games that ended on Sunday, assembled players from Iran and recruited players with Iranian roots from abroad. That’s where the problems began. Despite being warned about the eligibility rules of the Olympic Council of Asia, which governs the Asian Winter Games, the Iranian delegation travelled to Sapporo with many players from abroad who have neither played nor lived in Iran and are citizens of two countries. The Iranians hoped to be granted an exception to compete in the Division II tournament but were treated by the same rules. In the end only eight players were eligible to participate – too few to play the tournament. Luckily for the Iranians the ice hockey family got together and welcomed the remaining players with open arms. After discussions with the organizer in Sapporo, the scheduled games happened as friendly games and with some improvisation. The eight players were boosted by players from the other teams and the games were played without body-checking to make the start easy and do the best to avoid injuries for the new players and the other teams competing in the Division II event. Like that the Iranian players had the chance to play with and against players from Macau, Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkmenistan. It wasn’t the planned official debut yet but still a happy ending and an opportunity to get first experiences in ice hockey games for the players who usually rather put on inline skates. And hopefully it will be the start of something bigger once ice hockey grows in Iran.

Womens Division II Group B World Championship in Akureyri (ISL) Day 2 Schedule (28th February 2017) GMT 0 13:00 Spain vs New Zealand 16:30 Romania vs Turkey 20:00 Iceland vs Mexico Livestream

Womens Division II Group B World Championship in Akureyri (ISL) Day 1 (27th February 2017) GMT 0 13:00 Turkey vs New Zealand 3-5 16:30 Mexico vs Spain 3-1 20:00 Iceland vs Romania 7-2

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the "official" one.... sorry Poland

Soohorang introducing the 15 winter olympic sports

Tomorrows Womens 10km Classical Start List

MEN'S TOURNAMENT at ASIAN WINTER GAMES 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kazakhs sweep Asian Games Men’s team wins gold after blanking Japan Kazakhstan captured the gold medal in the men's top division at the 2017 Asian Winter Games with a comprehensive 7-0 victory over Japan on Sunday afternoon at Tsukisamu Gymnasium. Yaroslav Yevdokimov and Ilya Kovzalov had two goals each in the win for Kazakhstan, with Konstantin Savenkov, Kirill Savitski and Madiyar Ibraibekov also scoring. Japan struggled against their bigger and faster opponents, who dominated puck possession for the majority of the contest, and outshot the hosts 41-12. “This game was very important. We got off to a very good start,” Kazakhstan coach Sergei Starygin commented. “We have a young team here, but we will have the official national team at the World Championship [Division I Group A] in April.” Despite the scoreline, Starygin indicated the triumph was hard-earned. “Japan has a strong team, so we prepared well for this,” Starygin said. “It was not an easy game for us.” Kazakhstan came into the final with a 2-0 record, having defeated Korea (4-0) and China (8-0) in the four-team tournament for a total 19-0 goal record in three games. Japan was 1-1 with a victory over China (14-0) and a loss to Korea (4-1). Japan needed to beat Kazakhstan by four goals to win the gold medal. Korea, which beat China 10-0 earlier on Sunday, claimed the silver medal with six points, with Japan (three points) settling for the bronze. The final ranking does represented the hierarchy of the four Asian countries in last year’s World Championship program. “We played well today and had some good moments,” said Kazakhstan captain Savenkov. “I promise that this will be only the start of the goals for my career because I am very young.” Starygin told his players beforehand to retain their poise and stay with their game plan. “We wanted to play the right way and not have any distractions like fighting,” Savenkov stated. “We knew we had better speed and skills than them.” Kazakhstan wasted little time getting on the board Sunday, with Yevdokimov beating Japan goalie Yutaka Fukufuji from close in on the right side just 31 seconds into the first period. “It was a very emotional game and an important result for us,” said Yevdokimov. “We had good speed and moved well. It was important that we had a good start in the first period. We felt confident after that.” While Kazakh KHL team Barys Astana is busy in the playoffs, the players like Savenkov and Yevdokimov were recruited from the Kazakh league. The Kazakhs tallied again less than two minutes later when Kovzalov scored. The margin went to 3-0 at 15:14 of the period when Savitski flipped a shot past Fukufuji from close range. Ibraibekov made it 4-0 when he ripped a blast from the slot at 7:16 following a pair of nice passes from Maxim Volkov and Ilgiz Nuriev, who were both credited with assists on the play. Japan pulled Fukufuji for Takuto Onoda with 6:48 remaining in the first period, but the damage had been done. Kazakhstan scored on a power play at 10:21 of the second period when Yevdokimov punched a rebound of his own shot past Onoda. The advantage ballooned to 6-0 with just over four minutes remaining in the frame when Savenkov fired in a slap shot from the point. Kazakhstan closed out the scoring with 1:27 left in the final period on a goal by Kovzalov. Japan coach Takahito Suzuki bemoaned how his team was put in an early hole by the Kazakhs. “We didn't play very well in front of our own goal today in the first period and that was key,” noted Suzuki. “We need to improve our one-on-one game moving forward.” Suzuki acknowledged that the Kazakhstan players utilized some of their strong points in the tournament. “They have good skills and big bodies and have improved in the past few years,” Suzuki said. “We lost (4-1) to Kazakhstan in the final of the last Asian Winter Games in 2011 in a closer match.” Thailand won the Division I tournament with four regular-time victories and an overtime win for 14 points, with Chinese Taipei taking second on 12 points, and the United Arab Emirates (9 points) coming in third. Turkmenistan prevailed in the Division II competition, defeating Kyrgyzstan 7-3 in Sunday's final. The Philippines, who like Turkmenistan gave their international debut, routed Macau 9-2 in the third-place game. Results Thread

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Tomorrow start the Womens Division II Group B World Championships in Akureyri, Iceland. 6 Nations will battle for the 1st place which will means qualification for the Division II Group A World Championships next year and to avoid last 6th place which will means relegation to the Division II Group B Qualification tournament next year. Womens Division II Group B World Championship in Akureyri (ISL) Day 1 Schedule (27th February 2017) GMT 0 13:00 Turkey vs New Zealand 16:30 Mexico vs Spain 20:00 Iceland vs Romania Livestream *Tournament format: 6 Nations will play a traditional simple round-robin tournament. Only the tournament winner will qualify for the next years Womens Division II Group A World Championships. The last ranked Team will be relegated to the next year Womens Division II Group B Qualification Tournament where will replace Chinese Taipei winner of this year qualification tournament and promoted team to next years Women Division II Group B World Championships. Remaining 4 Nations (from 2nd to 5th place) will stay also next year in this category tournament.

FIS NORDIC SKIING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mixed Team Normal Hill Non-Olympic Event Final Results Germany VOGT Carina98.0+95.0 EISENBICHLER Markus95.5+99.5 WUERTH Svenja95.0+95.5 WELLINGER Andreas99.0+98.0 1035.5 Austria IRASCHKO-STOLZ Daniela88.5+90.5 HAYBOECK Michael92.0+97.5 SEIFRIEDSBERGER Jacqueline94.5+82.5 KRAFT Stefan96.5+97.0 999.3 Japan TAKANASHI Sara90.0+89.5 TAKEUCHI Taku89.0+92.0 ITO Yuki95.0+93.5 ITO Daiki92.5+96.5 979.7 Germany dominant in mixed team event Defending champion Germany, with individual World Champion Carina Vogt, bronze medalist Markus Eisenbichler, Svenja Wuerth and indivdiual silver medalist Andreas Wellinger, took a clear win in the mixed team competition on the normal hill with a total of 1035.5 points. Austria, represented by Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, Michael Hayboeck, Jacqueline Seifriedsberger and individual World Champion Stefan Kraft, came in second 36.2 points behind the winners. Japan (Sara Takanashi, Taku Takeuchi, Yuki Ito, Daiki Ito) finished third with 979.9 points. The Norwegians, who won silver two years ago in Falun, came in only fifth. Germany laid the foundation for this triumph already in the first round under constant snow fall. The team of the head coaches Andreas Bauer and Werner Schuster already had a lead of 17.9 points over Austria and 26.4 points over Japan. With Slovenia (4th) and Norway (5th), the top five positions were already clear after the first half of the competition, there were no changes in the final round. Carina Vogt always on the team Germany already won the third medal in the third editions of a mixed team event at WSC. After bronze in Val di Fiemme (ITA) 2013 and gold in Falun, they now defended the title in Finland. Carina Vogt, who won her second gold medal today after she already won the individual event on the normal hill in Lahti, was on the team at all three WSC. Markus Eisenbichler, Svenja Wuerth and Andreas Wellinger won their first gold. "The medal is very important for me, one doesn't become World Champion every day", said the 21-year-old from Ruhpolding. And Eisenbichler especially praised Carina Vogt. "Carina is always top at these big events. That's remarkable." The Olympic and World Champion then praised her teammate Eisenbichler. "He is always in a good mood and brings a good spirit to the team." The good performance of the German team was completed by Svenja Wuerth, who was sixth in the individual competition. "This title is amazing, it has to sick in now", said the 23-year-old from Baiersbron. "I lost some points at the landing in both rounds." The two coaches of the German athletes were more than happy. "I never thought that we would take such a clear win", said Werner Schuster. "Carina did a great job, but so did the others. Everyone showed a top performance." Ladies' head coach Andreas Bauer could hardly find words: "This is incredible, amazing." Same team as in Falun With winning the silver medal today, the Austrians, who also won silver in Val di Fiemme, could make amends for the fourth place in Falun - and that with the exact same team. "At the last WSC we were en route to the medal, but at the end Japan was a bit stronger", said men's head coach Heinz Kuttin. "Everyone showed good jumps today, but they weren't very good." Especially Daniela Iraschko-Stolz and Michael Hayboeck, who jumped in the first two groups, lost too much ground compared to the Germans. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, who was competing in all three mixed team events at WSC, was the best in her group in both rounds, Stefan Kraft scored 3.2 points less than Andreas Wellinger. Japan men not good enough Four years ago Japan won WSC gold, now it was bronze - like in Falun, when Noriaki Kasai was on the team instead of Daiki Ito. Overall World Cup champion Sara Takanashi was behind Carina Vogt in both rounds, Yuki Ito was 0.2 points behind Seifriedsberger in the first round, in the final round of the best eight teams she was the best of her group. Taku Takeuchi and Daiki Ito could not keep up with the best. But their performances were still enough to finish ahead of Slovenia and Norway. For Slovenia, the ladies Nika Kriznar and Ema Klinec didn't jump far enough, like Peter Prevc who had a bad first jump with only 88 m. Anze Lanisek on the other hand, showed two good jumps with 93.5 m and 96.5 m. Norway never had a chance to fight for the medals, Silje Opseth already lost too much ground in the first group. But also Maren Lundby, fourth in the individual event, and Daniel Andre Tande (15th in the individual) could meet the expectations. Johann Andre Forfang had some health problems right before the competiton and was replaced by Andreas Stjernen. The Czech missed the qualify for the final in ninth, 0.5 points behind the USA. Finland (11th), with Ville Larinto and Janne Ahonen, also failed to qualify for the second round. Full Results Here Germany (Vogt, Eisenbichler, Wuerth, Wellinger) 2017 Mixed Teams Normal Hill World Champion Last 3 Jumps Race Replay 1st Round 2nd Round

Cox and Kingsbury on top in World Cup Finale The second of the weekend's back-to-back moguls World Cup finals competitions staged in Thaiwoo (CHN) saw Britteny Cox (AUS) and Mikael Kingsbury (CAN) taking impressive victories to seal their dominance on tour in 2016/2017 season. As has been the case all week long, sunny skies and a perfectly prepared course greeted the athletes also on Sunday morning, with both organizers and Mother Nature working in tandem to create ideal conditions for the season-ending dual moguls competition. In the ladies' competition Brittney Cox stormed through the tight course in China for her season's seventh victory, eliminating Tess Johnson (USA), Alex-Ann Gagnon (CAN), Andi Naude (CAN) on her way to the big final. Once there she put together another solid run, though her victory was essentially ensured when her opponent Perrine Laffont (FRA)- winner of Saturday's single moguls competition - struggled to stay compact and went out of the course early after the start. The win gave Cox seven victories in what was a superb World Cup season for the 22-year-old. "I'm so excited," Cox said holding her moguls crystal globe, "First win at the first event in Ruka, and now another one at the last event in China to wrap up the season. I'm just so happy." Despite some problems in the big final, Perrine Laffont showed another amazing performance this weekend following her first place finish in yesterday's event. Second place on the day seems just accurate to her second place in the overall World Cup standing. Third place went to Justine Dufour-Lapointe of Canada who edged out her teammate Andi Naude in ladies' small final. Justine also finished third in the overall moguls World Cup standing. Cox was on point throughout the season, locking up the moguls crystal globe last weekend with a ninth-place finish that was actually her worst result all winter, before finally making official her overall FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup win with today's victory in China. Cox’s incredible achievements are certainly the biggest in what has been huge season for an Aussie snow sports contingent that has had their best-ever World Cup season. With her overall win, Cox joins an elite group of Aussie athletes that includes Dale Begg-Smith, Lydia Lassila, and Jacqui Cooper. Not bad for an athlete who had never won a World Cup competition before this season. On the men's side of things it was once again Mikael Kingsbury, as the great Canadian took back-to-back victories on the future 2022 Olympic course in Thaiwoo, making it also his seventh win in a row and 42nd World Cup total. Kingsbury was once again unstoppable defeating on his way to the big final the likes of James Matheson (AUS), Jussi Penttala (FIN), Brodie Summers (AUS) and Bradley Wilson (USA). Then, in the big final Kingsbury left no doubts as to who owns the moguls throne, outscoring Swiss' youngster Marco Tade for his seventh-straight win to match a record he himself set back in 2014/15. "It was an amazing season," Kingsbury said following the award ceremony, "I'm happy with where I'm right now and I believe I've done a good job with my coaches and team to get me to this point and win my sixth World Cup crystal globe." Swiss skier Marco Tade, with the second place finish scored his second ever World Cup podium, two years after his third spot in the dual moguls event in Deer Valley (USA). Bradley Wilson of USA rounded out today's podium with his second season's podium spot, after he edged out Canada's Simon Pouliot-Cavanagh in men's small final. For the sixth consecutive year Kingsbury were awarded with both moguls and FIS Freestyle Skiing overall World Cup crystal globe highlighting yet another record-breaking season for Canada's finest mogul skier of all time. Kingsbury finished on top of the ranking ahead of the second aerialist Guangpu Qi (CHN) and third slopestyle and big air specialist Henrik Harlaut (SWE). And, of course, Kingsbury had already officially topped the moguls World Cup rankings with is wins last weekend in Tazawako, with Benjamin Cavet (FRA) and Matt Graham (AUS) coming insecond and third. As the 2016/2017 has come to an end, we also have seen awarded the Rookie of the Year honours, with the USA's Olivia Giaccio for the ladies and Sweden's Walter Walberg on the men's side earning the most votes. Giaccio finished on 11th place in the overall moguls World Cup ranking with a season highlighted by her third place finish last week in dual moguls competition in Tazawako (JPN). Walberg on the other hand ranked 22th in men's World Cup standing with his best result being a third place in Val St Come before sustaining the season-ending shoulder injury. Thanks to a pretty dominant year in both moguls and ski cross World Cups, Team Canada took yet another victory in the nations' ranking ahead of second Team France and third Team USA. The world's best moguls skiers now head to World Championships in Sierra Nevada (SPA), where they will compete in moguls and dual moguls competition on Wednesday and Thursday, March 8-9. Full Results Men and Women Moguls 2016/17 Final Ranking Men and Women

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FIS NORDIC SKIING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Men's Team Gundersen Normal Hill Non-Olympic Event Final Results Germany KIRCHEISEN Bjoern FRENZEL Eric RIESSLE Fabian RYDZEK Johannes 47:57.3 Norway MOAN Magnus Hovdal KOKSLIEN Mikko KROG Magnus GRAABAK Joergen 48:39.0 Austria GRUBER Bernhard SEIDL Mario ORTER Philipp GERSTGRASSER Paul 49:01.1 Germany golden in Lahti 2017 Team Event Team Germany has defended their team title from Falun 2015. In an impressive performance, Björn Kircheisen, Eric Frenzel, Fabian Rießle and Johannes Rydzek never left a moment of doubt about their victory. In the end, Rydzek finished the last leg 41.7 seconds ahead of Team Norway. Magnus Moan, Mikko Kokslien, Magnus Krog and Jørgen Graabak clinched the silver medal, bronze went to Austria after an intense fight with Japan and Finland on the last lap (+1:03.7). In the jumping round, Kircheisen, Rießle, Frenzel and Rydzek’s team effort brought the German team a head start of 44 seconds for the race. A total of 500.8 points after jumps of 91, 97, 100 and 96.5 metres had the Germans starting in the pole position for the 4 x 5 km race. Team Japan and the French team were the first ones to pursue the Germans on the track. The brothers Watabe, Hideaki Nagai and Takehiro Watanabe collected a total of 468 points and started together with the French team, who had a point total of 467.7 points after jumps of 93.5, 90, 93.5 and 95 metres. Team Austria and Team Norway had catch up one minute and five and one minute and seven seconds respectively and were eyeing the silver and bronze medals as well as the local heroes from Team Finland. Eero Hirvonen, Hannu Manninen, Leevi Mutru and Ilkka Herola were fighting hard and held their time disadvantage at one minute and 26 seconds. In the cross-country race, there was never a lot of doubt about the German victory. All four athletes showed solid performances and the gap to the second placed team never got smaller than 45 seconds. As in the individual event, Johannes Rydzek had some time to wave to the crowds, take a flag and enjoy the moment when he crossed the finish line. For veteran Björn Kircheisen, this moment meant he finally had the coveted World Championship gold medal after chasing this dream for 14 years. Behind the Germans, team Norway caught up with Japan, France and Austria quickly and on the second leg, Mikko Kokslien went away from the other pursuers. The gap grew to the chasing teams grew and grew until Jørgen Graabak finished for Norway, also undisputedly, 20 seconds ahead of the next wave of teams coming in. The fight for the bronze medal was only decided on the last lap, with Austria and Japan skiing together for long stretches of the race. The Finnish audience went wild when veteran Hannu Manninen closed the gap to rank three to only a few seconds on the first of his two laps but Akito Watabe and Paul Gerstgraser worked together to keep the Finnish record athlete at bay. In the end, youngster Gerstgraser attacked on the last uphill and had a strong finish on his first big championship start and secured the bronze medal for team Austria, Japan took position four and Finland finished fifth. The fastest team on the track was Italy, who improved their eleventh position of the jumping event into a final sixth position. The fastest individual skier was Alessandro Pittin, who needed 11:26.9 for the 5 km. Full Results Here Germany (Kircheisen, Frenzel, Riessle, Rydzek) 2017 Normal Hill Gundersen Team World Champion Last Cross Country Skiing Leg Race Replay Ski Jumping Part Cross Country Part

Shiffrin wins career-first alpine combined, Stuhec takes title In the last alpine combined and World Cup race in Europe for the ladies' tour, American Mikaela Shiffrin attacked from bib 31 to take her career-first victory in the discipline at Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Slovenian Ilka Stuhec, meanwhile, claimed the discipline crystal globe (to be award in Aspen at Finals) with a third-place finish on the day. Italian Federica Brignone surprised the crowd and herself when she nearly crashed in the super-G and then skied another impressive slalom run to take second place. “I was really psyched with my super-G this morning. I took a really big step forward from yesterday, and I was happy with that. Of course, the slalom was great. I mean, I made a little mistake at the top, but I was attacking, so I don’t think it cost too much. I’m happy to go into the U.S. races with the overall lead," said Shiffrin. The crystal globe in alpine combined is the first of Stuhec's career. "I can’t believe it really because it’s something I’ve always dreamed of and now that it’s here it’s just, woah," Stuhec said. Brignone won the first of two alpine combined races in Crans-Montana with a blistering slalom leg. She nearly repeated her performance on Sunday. "That slalom gave me a really a good confidence, but I wanted to do it more and again today because it was not easy," Brignone said. "The slalom is really tough and yeah, I wanted to do it again. I’m really happy." The ladies tour made a hasty departure from Crans-Montana as the group now heads to PyeongChang, South Korea, for the Olympic test event World Cup speed races. Full Results Here Womens Alpine Combined Final Ranking Here Mikaela Shiffrin 1st and 2nd Run

FIS NORDIC SKIING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Men's Team Sprint Classical Final Results Russia KRIUKOV Nikita USTIUGOV Sergey 17:40.69 Italy NOECKLER Dietmar PELLEGRINO Federico 17:42.83 Finland JAUHOJAERVI Sami NISKANEN Iivo 17:49.33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Women's Team Sprint Classical Final Results Norway WENG Heidi FALLA Maiken Caspersen 20:20.56 Russia BELORUKOVA Yulia MATVEEVA Natalia 20:26.12 United States BJORNSEN Sadie DIGGINS Jessica 20:38.94 No lack of excitement in Team Sprint at Lahti 2017 Norway and Russia have won the gold medals at today's Team Sprint competition at the 2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, Finland. For the ladies from Norway it was their 3rd consecutive win in the team sprint event. They previously won in Sochi OWG 2014 and Falun WSC 2015. They become the first nation to win 3 in a row in this event. The silver medal went to Russia who finished +5.56 back of Norway. After a very strong performance from first leg skier Yulia Belorukova on her final lap it was just a two-team battle. Natalia Matveeva did her best to keep it close with Norway's anchor Maiken Caspersen Falla but Falla proved to be too strong. In third place for the first time ever in a classic team sprint event was the United States of America. Jessie Diggins already a silver medalist in the sprint at these Championships used her excellent downhill skills to overtake Sweden's Stina Nilsson coming into the stadium and led her into the final turn. From there Diggins managed to hold Nilsson off to give the USA the bronze medal just 0.19 seconds ahead of Sweden and +18.38 behind the winning time of Norway. In the men's competition is looked to be a gold or at worst a silver medal for the home team Finland as Iivo Niskanen erased his deficit to Norway on the final lap but a crash between him and Norway's Emil Iversen entering the final curve left Finland with the bronze. Navigating safely around the tangle up Russia and Italy came to the finish line for the gold and silver. The Jury deliberated for almost 30 minutes to decided who the bronze medal would go to and in the end Finland who crossed the line in third was awarded the bronze medal. Full Results Men and Women Norway (Weng/Falla) Womens Team Sprint Classical 2017 World Champion Russia (Kriukov/Ustiugov) Mens Team Sprint Classical 2017 World Champion Race Replay Womens and Mens Final

First Super-G win for Peter Fill at Kvitfjell The last regular speed week-end came to an end today at Kvitfjell (NOR), with the Super-G on the Olympiabakken course. Three experienced skiers took the spots on the podium, with Peter Fill earning the win, ahead of Hannes Reichelt and Erik Guay. With 34 years and a very prolific career including a Kitzbuehel win and a crystal globe in downhill, Italy’s Peter Fill finally claimed his first win in his other strong discipline, the Super-G. This performance reflects his very good and constant season, that could end with another cup standings win if he makes up the 33 points that separate him from Jansrud in the downhill ranking. "It was a long wait for me to get the first super-G win, but I'm really happy. I made a great run, no mistakes and everywhere a good line and good speed. It was perfect for me today. The whole form for the season was good, but now, in the first downhill here in Kvitfjell, I was really bad, no speed and a lot of mistakes but yesterday and today was great. I hope now to bring my performance to Aspen. It's a really important race there." The second place went to Austria’s Hannes Reichelt, also an experienced athlete on the World Cup Tour, as the Super-G World Champion from Vail / Beaver Creek 2015 just grabbed his 40th career podium. "I think I had a lot of luck with the sun. The first start numbers had the bad light and I think after ten or something then weather was changing and we had some sun. That was luck, good that I had luck because two days ago I had some wind and that was the reason why I wasn't so fast in downhill. The second key was skiing aggressive, especially in parts where I did a good line. On the start I was saying, 'Ok, just ski like I inspect.' I had done my inspection and didn't hear too much on the radio, that was the key." The current World Champion of the discipline also managed to climb on the podium and took third place today in Kvitfjell. "It's been great, you know. It's been a good weekend, fourth and sixth in the downhill, but it's always fun to leave a race series with a bit of hardware. I'm happy with the way I skied today and I'm excited to get back home to my girls. I don't feel particularly old; I think that things are going better now. I'm happy physically and technically and I'll keep charging. I think I keep improving like a fine wine." The battle for the Super-G crystal globe is now over, as local Kjetil Jansrud was able to secure the globe thanks to his 7th place. His three consecutive wins at the beginning of the season in Val d’Isère, Val Gardena and Santa Caterina were decisive for Jansrud. Whatever happens in the last race in Aspen, Jansrud will collect his third career crystal globe, after he claimed both the downhill and super-g globe in 2015/16. Kranjska Gora (SLO) is the next stop on the men’s World Cup Tour, with a Giant Slalom and a Slalom to be held on 4th and 5th of March. Full Results Here Peter Fill

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