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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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WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT at ASIAN WINTER GAMES 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan’s women claim gold Beat China 6-1 in Asian Winter Games decider Japan's march to the gold medal at the Asian Winter Games culminated with a solid 6-1 victory over China in the final on Friday night at Tsukisamu Gymnasium. China had to settle for the silver medals, Kazakhstan won bronze. Despite the triumph, Japan coach Takeshi Yamanaka still wants to see more from his team that earlier this month earned qualification to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. “Our defence was very good in the tournament, but the offence needs to progress some more,” Yamanaka stated after watching his side surrender just one goal in five games. Japan scored lopsided wins over Hong Kong (46-0) and Thailand (37-0), and notched shutout decisions over Kazakhstan (6-0) and Korea (3-0) in the six-team women’s ice hockey tournament. Japan's next event will be at the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A in Graz, Austria, in April where the team aims at promotion back to the top division of the Women’s Worlds. Yamanaka says he is not set on his current roster as the team he will take to the PyeongChang Olympics in 2018. “I want to see some more players in competition before deciding on the roster,” Yamanaka commented, while adding that team will likely be set in late November or December. Yamanaka, though happy his team captured the gold on home ice, explained why he was not totally satisfied with these results. “As the top team there should be a bigger gap (in points) between us and the others,” he said. “We kept our opponents' point totals to less than 10 in Europe as well.” Japan's high-powered attack blitzed China in the opening period for five goals and never looked back on Saturday. Star forward Hanae Kubo had two goals for Japan in the win. Naho Terashima, Yurie Adachi, Aina Takeuchi and Rui Ukita also scored in the triumph in front of 1,807 fans. China came into the contest with a 3-1 record. China beat Hong Kong, Kazakhstan and Thailand, but lost to Korea in a shootout. Fang Xin scored the lone goal against Japan in the tournament on a slap shot in the second period. Kazakhstan with a 3-2 record took home the bronze medal in the competition after an 8-0 rout of Thailand earlier on Saturday. The Kazakhs earlier edged fourth-ranked Korea 1-0 to move to a medal spot. China coach Richard Seeley paid tribute to Japan following the final. “They're a hard-working, well-conditioned team that plays together,” Seeley said. “It is clear that they were in better condition. This was a good experience for our girls. They can see that to play five games in seven days you have to be in better shape.” Seeley believes Japan has a real chance at making the podium next year in Korea. “The U.S. and Canada are the favourites for the gold and silver in PyeongChang, but I think Japan has a chance to get the bronze medal there,” Seeley commented. “The gap is closing now.” Japan defender Akane Hosoyamada felt she and her teammates did a good job of protecting their net the past week. “I got a lot of chances in the tournament, but could only put a few in the net,” said Hosoyamada. “We were able to keep the puck in the offensive end most of the time (during the tournament). We have had like three total shots on our net in the last four games, so I thought that was good for us, blocking shots and all that stuff.” Hosoyamada thinks the vibe in the Japan team is good coming off their victory in the qualifying tournament for PyeongChang earlier this month and win here. “We were coming out of the qualifiers and have been together for a month and a half now,” she pointed out. “We're basically family and like being around each other. All around it was a positive turnout.” Kubo said Japan set the tone early in the final and smoothed the past to victory. “We scored a lot of goals in the first period tonight, so we were able to set our own pace for the rest of the game,” Kubo stated. Kubo admitted it was challenging to focus after coming out of the qualifying tournament in Tomakomai earlier this month. “It was kind of hard to stay motivated with this coming right after the Olympic Qualification, but because we received a lot of support from the fans, we pushed hard to win for the country,” Kubo said. “Our whole team believes we are at the level of possibly winning a medal in PyeongChang,” noted Kubo. “So we are aiming for that target and doing our best.” Results Thread

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FIS NORDIC SKIING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Men's Individual Normal Hill Final Results KRAFT Stefan 270.899.5+98.0 WELLINGER Andreas 268.796.5+100.0 EISENBICHLER Markus 263.695.0+100.5 Stefan Kraft is World Champion Stefan Kraft was the best in an exciting final on the normal hill at the WSC in Lahti: With a total of 270.8 points and jumps of 99.5 m and 98 m he won ahead of the two Germans Andreas Wellinger (96.5 m / 100 m; 268.7 points) and Markus Eisenbichler (95 m / 100.5 m; 263.6 points). Overall World Cup leader and hill record holder Kamil Stoch (POL) finished fourth and missed the podium by only 1.1 points. At the last World Championships two years ago in Falun (SWE), Stefan Kraft came in third behind Rune Velta (NOR), who has already ended his career, and Severin Freund (GER), who is currently sidelined with a knee injury. Now the second in the overall World Cup celebrated the win on the normal hill in Lahti and took the first medal for Austria at these Championships - and it was the golden one. "This is great, it was a dream come true", said the 23-year-old from Salzburg. With this triumph he followed in the footsteps of Thomas Morgenstern, who was the last Austrian normal hill World Champion in 2011, and of his coach Heinz Kuttin, who took gold on the normal hill in Val di Fiemme 1991. "These were different times", the coach said and praised his athlete: "I'm happy that he took this big win. It was a fantastic final, also because of the two Germans and their 100 m jumps." Eisenbichler surprised Markus Eisenbichler, who dominated in training and skipped the qualification, was sixth after the first round and with his second jump he kicked-off the grand final. The 25-year-old Bavarian, actually known to be a good ski flyer, landed at 100.5 m and took the lead. He remained in this position until his teammate Andreas Wellinger landed his jump exactly on the hill size of 100 m. This was the challenge for Stefan Kraft, who had a lead of 4.3 points after the first round. "I saw Andi's jump on the big screen", said the Austrian, who jumped on 98 m and got five times 19.0 from the judges. With this performance he came in 2.1 points ahead of Wellinger, who was in the podium in the last seven World Cup competitions. "I was just focusing on my jumps", Wellinger said about his final jump. "I wanted to make a good second jump and I just did what I can", said Eisenbichler, who achieved is first podium result in the World Cup this season in Lillehammer. "It's just great that I was able to achieve my second podium finish here at the WSC. It's overwhelming. I never expected to win a medal." Four Austrian coaches in the Top Ten "This was a great competiton of my boys", said German head coach Werner Schuster, who had another athlete in the Top 10 with Richard Freitag in ninth. Stephan Leyhe was not far behind in 13th. Schuster is one of four Austrian coaches with athletes in the Top 10 today. Heinz Kuttin had the gold medalist Stefan Kraft and Michael Hayboeck in sixth, Stefan Horngacher's Polish team closely missed the medals. World Cup leader Kamil Stoch didn't have a very good first jump with 96.5 m and so the 4-Hills-Tournament winner, who jumped on 99 m in the final, was not able to take a medal. "This was definitely not my best competition, but it was a competition on a very high level under fair conditions and with a great atmosphere. It was tough to achieve a good result", said a slightly disappointed Kamil Stoch. The second best Polish athlete was Maciej Kot in fith. "The result is good, but I wanted more. My goal was to win a medal", said Kot. The fourth Austrian coach with at least one Top 10 jumper was Alex Stoeckl. His best athlete was Johann Andre Forfang in seventh. Peter Prevc only eleventh Despite his positive trend in the recent competitions, last season's dominator Peter Prevc, third at the WSC 2013, finished only eleventh. The Slovene, who won the first competition in Sapporo, was the best of his team. His younger brother Domen, currently fourth in the overall World Cup, missed the final round in 34th. Three big names, who already won medals in normal hill events at WSC, could not keep up with the best this time. Four-time Olympic Champion Simon Ammann, who won silver (2007) and bronze (2009) at WSC, came in 21st today. With this result he was only the second-best of the Swiss team. His teammate Kilian Peier was 18th. Record World Cup winner Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) was 24th, but the silver medalist of 2009 and 2013 is on his way back after a knee injury. Last but not least: 39-year-old Janne Ahonen, bronze medalist 2005, was 25th and the best Finn ahead of his 13 years younger teammate Ville Larinto. Full Results Here Stefan Kraft Normal Hill 2017 World Champion Race Replay 1st Round 2nd Round

Lassila and Wang on top in Minsk Lydia Lassila (AUS) and Xindi Wang (CHN) have both claimed victories at the aerials World Cup event staged in Minsk. Returning from a two-week break after the Olympic test event in Phoenix Park (KOR), aerialist were back at it again today just outside of Minsk, at located 20km northeast of the Belarusian capital Olympic Sport Complex Raubichi. Serving as the penultimate stage of the seasons, and with quite unclear situation in the aerials World Cup standing, the competition in Belarus provided some solid portion of action and excitement as well as some interesting shuffle in the overall rankings. In the ladies' competition Lydia Lassila grabbed a big win, as the Vancouver 2010 Olympic gold medalist and the Sochi 2014 Olympic bronze medalist proved to be back on top of her game this season. Lassila took her second victory in 2017, following her great comeback on the World Cup circuit three years after her last appearance in international competition at 2014 Sochi Olympics. Another Australian athlete Danielle Scott finished the day on second, as she took back the yellow World Cup leader bib from Mengtao Xu of China, who rounded out today's podium. With only one more competition left to wrap up the aerials World Cup season, Scott sits on top of the leaderboard with 402 points and only 2 points ahead of second Xu. We should expect nothing but a pretty tight battle between those two in Russia. The rules are simple as the one to score higher on the results list in Moscow will take the overall aerials World Cup title. While Scott and Xu are clearly ahead of the pack and above the reach of any other athlete, the battle for third place is still wide open with today's winner Lydia Lassila moving up in the ranking just behind the leading duo with 254 total points. In men's event Xindi Wang led the podium sweep for China, with Guangpu Qi and Hang Zhou finishing on second and third respectively. Wang also scored his career's first World Cup win. Finishing second on the day Guangpu Qi also had a perfect reason to celebrate his good performance in Minsk, as with another 80 points in the ranking and his closer rival Anton Kushnir (BLR) out of competition in Belarus, Qi secured the aerials World Cup title as he will be now looking to receive his crystal globe at season's grand finale in Moscow. With three World Cup wins so far this season, Kushnir still sits second in the ranking with 308, while Mac Bohonnon from USA occupies third spot with 288 points following his fourth place on the day. The aerials World Cup season concludes next weekend with a final competition in Moscow, Russia on March 4. Full Results Men and Women

Laffont and Kingsbury triumph in Thaiwoo moguls The first of the weekend’s back-to-back competitions at the moguls World Cup finals took to the newest venue on the tour in Thawoo (CHN) for single moguls competition on Saturday, where Perrine Laffont (FRA) and Mikael Kingsbury (CAN) were able to step up and claim victories on the tricky Thaiwoo course. As has been the case all week, brilliantly sunny skies and a perfectly prepared course greeted the athletes on Saturday morning, with organizers and Mother Nature working in tandem to create ideal conditions for the season-ending competitions. Ladies’ competition was tight throughout the day, with Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) topping qualifications and the first round of finals before finding herself in the super final lined up against the likes of Laffont, moguls crystal globe winner Britt Cox (AUS), and last weekend’s Tazawako (JPN) dual moguls winner Jaelin Kauf (USA). As she was slated to drop last, Dufour-Lapointe watched as Laffont put down the best run of the day for any of the ladies, skiing the tight moguls on the Thaiwoo sun-warmed course as smoothly as anybody had. Laffont’s score of 80.01 was the first to break the 80-point barrier for the ladies all day, and the gauntlet was thrown down for Dufour-Lapointe. Unfortunately for the Canadian, Laffont’s performance would prove to be just out of reach on the day. While Dufour-Lapointe also skied cleanly, in the end she come up just short, finishing .75 points back of Laffont with a score of 79.26. “I’m so happy to be on the podium today, especially to take first place,” said Laffont of her first win in 2016/17, “It wasn’t an easy course this morning with the ice, but this afternoon it was much better with the slushy snow. I just tried to enjoy my journey, and the win happened!” Third place on Saturday went to Britt Cox (AUS), the 22-year-old Australian who was able to cinch up the moguls World Cup title last weekend in Japan. Saturday’s podium was her eighth in 10 events so far in 2016/17, and while it puts her well out in front in the race for the Freestyle overall crystal globe, we will not know until Sunday’s dual moguls competition if it is hers for certain. Kingsbury takes sixth straight win In the men’s competition on Saturday, Mikael Kingsbury made no mistakes on tricky Thaiwoo course, topping qualifications, final number one, and then the big finals - all by considerable margins - on his way to taking his sixth-straight victory and, for all intents and purposes, ensuring himself of his sixth-straight Freestyle overall crystal globe. Kingsbury’s sixth consecutive win leaves him one back of the record seven-straight victories he himself set back in 2014/15, and you can count on him being hungry to tie that mark in the hopes of besting it at the season opener in 2017/18. Kingsbury’s skiing was head-and-shoulders above his competition on Saturday, as he registered the top scores in time, turning, and air, simultaneously aggressive and relaxed on the extremely tight Thaiwoo course. His super final score of 86.00 put him 4.25 clear of runner-up Brodie Summers (AUS). None of which is to take away from Summers’ performance, as the 23-year-old earned his second career podium with a silky-smooth effort that just didn’t quite match Kingsbury’s speed or jump difficulty. Capping off a thee-podium day for the Australians was Matt Graham, who went for a more attacking style than did his countryman Summers, but paid the price with some breaks in form through the course’s middle section. However, his result did move him to within 27 points of Ben Cavet of France in the race for second overall on the moguls leaderboard. Competition in Thaiwoo continues on Sunday with dual moguls - the final event of the moguls World Cup season and the competition in which we will see Britteny Cox and Mikael Kingsbury awarded the 2016/17 moguls crystal globes and, very possibly, the globes for 2016/17 FIS Freestyle Skiing overall titles. Full Results Men and Women

Thompson and Bovolenta crowned victorious in Sunny Valley SX One of the most spectacular Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup competitions in recent memory took place on Saturday at Russia’s Sunny Valley resort, where both Marielle Thompson (CAN) in the ladies’ final and Arnaud Bovolenta (FRA) in the men’s competition claimed photo-finish victories by razor-thin margins. All weekend athletes and officials had been told about the huge crowds expected to attend Saturday’s competition at the newest venue on the ski cross World Cup circuit, and come time for the first heats to pull out of the gate on the snowy afternoon none were to be disappointed. With spectators lined up from top to bottom of the course and a packed grandstand greeting the athletes in the finish area, the atmosphere in Sunny Valley was electric. The ladies big final saw Thompson lined up alongside Sandra Naeslund (SWE), Ophelie David (FRA) and Marte Hoeie Gjefsen (NOR), where all four ladies pulled clean starts out of the gate before Thompson slid into the lead with Naeslund on her heels. While Thompson had made her way to the big final mostly unchallenged, the last heat of the day for the ladies’ would change all that, as Naeslund hounded Thompson through the course’s top half before making a strong outside pass with half the race left to go. Naeslund maintained the lead through the final through corners and the final straightaway, looking for al the world like she would be able to hold on for her third win of the season. However, Thompson hung out in Naeslund’s draft through the final stretch before pulling out over the final jump and slingshotting ahead of the Swede at the last second, winning her sixth race of the year by a hand-length. “I knew I had a fair amount of speed being in Sandra’s draft and I thought maybe I could get her at the line,” a smiling Thompson said, holding the actual 24 carat gold-plated crown that was her winner’s reward, “It turns out I was right. It was a good reach. I was just hoping for the best, pretty much.” With the win Thompson secured the third ski cross crystal globe of her career. “It feels good to know I’ve got the globe,” she went on, “That was kind of what today was all about, having a good race and making it official so I can go to (the next event at) Blue Mountain with less stress. So today went perfectly. I’m thrilled.” The great veteran David took home the third place medal on the day, making a great pass on Hoeie Gjefsen through the final straightaway to move onto the podium - the 64th of her career. Bovolenta takes first World Cup win, injured in the process Saturday’s men’s big final was no less thrilling than the ladies’, with multiple passes, another photo-finish, and a first career win for Arnaud Bovolenta that unfortunately resulted in an injury for the French skier after a crash with Daniel Bohnacker (GER) after crossing the line. Out of the gate in the men’s big final it was Filip Fliar (SLO) who took the lead, and the reigning World Champion looked primed to repeat the performances of his earlier heats where he was consistently able to power his way to top spot. However, with the top men of the day on his heels, a series of small mistakes leading to the final straightaway saw Flisar dump his speed and slide back to forth, while Bovolenta pulled ahead with Bohnacker and his German countryman Tim Hronek hot in pursuit. Through the final stretch and across the finish jump the four skiers fanned out in an almost dead-heat that Bovolenta would lead by an arm, with Hronek reaching his way into second and Bohnacker third. However, Bohnacker’s efforts at the line meant he wasn’t prepared to put on the brakes when Bovolenta had raised his arms to celebrate, and the German crashed into the French winner before the two slid tangled together into the safety netting. Bovolenta would need to be taken off course on a sled with a possible knee injury, leaving his coach Thibault Combre to accept his medal and crown in the awards ceremony. While Bovolenta’s teammate Jean Frederic Chapuis was eliminated from competition in the first round of heats, with other top competitors Brady Leman (CAN) and Alex Fiva (SUI) also bowing out early, Chapuis found himself, like Thompson, assured of his third career ski cross crystal globe. In an interview after awards, Chapuis spoke first of his teammate Bovolenta’s triumph and injury. “When he got out of the start in second I thought, ‘Ah, this will be his first World Cup win,’” Chapuis said, “Then when I crossed the line I was obviously very happy for him. But we didn’t really see what happened with the crash on the TV. I spoke with him though and he said his knee isn’t so good, and when Bovo feels pain it’s good, because he doesn’t normally feel anything.” Asked about his third-straight World Cup win - a feat which no man had accomplished before - Chapuis was in a better mood. “I was kind of lucky today, with Brady and Alex both going out early, as well. But it’s good that this battle for the globe is over now, because when you get closer to the final there’s always more pressure. But to set the record for most globes in a row…I don’t know what to say. It’s cool.” From here the Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup now moves to Blue Mountain (CAN) for the World Cup finals, with the single competition set to take place on March 5, 2017. Full Results Men and Women

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FIS NORDIC SKIING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Men's 15km+15km Skiathlon Final Results USTIUGOV Sergey 1:09:16.7 SUNDBY Martin Johnsrud 1:09:23.4 KROGH Finn Haagen 1:09:48.5 Ustiugov gets his gold in Skiathlon Russia's Sergey Ustiugov after just missing out in the sprint two days ago got his gold medal today in the men's 30 km Skiathlon at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, Finland. Around the 20 km mark of the competition it became a two man race between Ustiugov and Norway's Martin Johnsrud Sundby and they traded the lead back and forth until the final lap when the gamesmanship began with neither really wanting to take the lead. On the final climb the two leaders went for it full speed and neither was giving an inch until Sundby missed a pole plant and stumbled ultimately breaking his pole and the gold was Ustiugov's. Sundby was in tough anyways to beat Ustiugov in the final kilometer with Ustiugov's World class sprint speed. In the bronze medal position was Norway's Finn Haagen Krogh. The 4th place finisher from the sprint two todays before he made sure to get the final spot on the podium today. He led into the final curve and left little doubt who would take the bronze. Krogh finished +31.8 seconds back of Ustiugov's winning time of 1:09:16.7. Sundby crossed the line +6.7 behind. Similar to the ladies' competition positions 4th to 7th were separated by less than one second and there were 10 nations represented in the top 15 spots. Full Results Here Sergey Ustiugov 2017 Skiathlon World Champion Last 3km Race Replay

why this doesn´t surprise me

nah as usual the start of the season...he always seriously start focusing from Milano San Remo and we all know when he is in his best shapes at TdF and World Champs...but sure today he certainly wanted to win, but GvA was stronger today..but well..hell yeah, just the start of the season

Jansrud wins in front of home crowd at Kvitfjell The traditional Kvitfjell downhill could take place from the very top today, and unlike in the last 20 years, a Norwegian topped the podium and claimed the win, as Kjetil Jansrud was the fastest, followed by Peter Fill in second and Beat Feuz in third. There have been many Norwegian wins in Kvitfjell in the past year, seven in the past six years to be precise, but none of them was on the original downhill Saturday since Lasse Kjus’ win in 1997. After taking over the red leader bib of the discipline yesterday thanks to his third place, local hero Kjetil Jansrud proved to be in an excellent shape and was unbeatable on the Olympiabakken track today. "I know this hill very well. It's not just home because it's in Norway, it's home because I grew up here so it's a big thing and I think the last time (a Norwegian) won on a Saturday here was Lasse (Kjus) twenty years ago, so this is a big Norwegian day. It's amazing and probably one of my biggest wins. I even won my first World Cup race here so there are a lot of good memories in Kvitfjell. Magnificent day and also grabbing a bigger lead in the red jersey, thirty three points means that if Fill wins in Aspen and I'm third then it's all gone, so it it's going to be exciting." Jansrud’s main only contender for the downhill globe ranked second today, only +0.08 off the pace. It’s Italy’s Peter Fill, winner of the 2015/16 discipline ranking. Very constant with three second place and one third place this season, the South Tyrolean is ready for the final decision in Aspen. "Yesterday I made a big mistake and lost the speed on the top and then it was difficult to go fast but today was a good run and all together everything worked good and I'm really happy with my second place. Now I am close to Jansrud for the big fight for the globe in Aspen. I have only one goal: to beat him there so let us see what's going to happen. I know what I need to do, full attack and when I have luck, maybe I can re-win the globe." In third place, the World Champion from St. Moritz could lay down a strong run and grab his second podium of the regular World Cup season. The Swiss ski talent is too far back to claim the downhill globe (168 points with one race to go), but his performance could be decisive in the tight battle between Jansrud and Fill. Whatever happens in Aspen, Feuz can look back on another very successful season. “We started from the very top today, this is definitively an advantage for me. Unfortunately I was not very good in the lower part and made a mistake in the last section, but in general it was a very good run. It has been a great season for me, especially the World Champion title in front of my home crowd was amazing, I had some struggles early season in the World Cup, but then with the podium in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and now also in Kvitfjell, I’m satisfied of my season.” Full Results Here Kjetil Jansrud

Stuhec adds another SG to winning record Ilka Stuhec added a second super-G victory to her season record under crystal blue skies in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Saturday. She claimed the convincing win 0.50 seconds ahead of Italian Elena Curtoni and 1.09 seconds faster than Stephanie Venier of Austria, who filled out the podium in second and third, respectively. Stuhec led the super-G portion of Friday's alpine combined before ultimately finishing in second. On Saturday, she held on for the win. “The set was a bit turnier [than Friday] I would say,” Stuhec noted. “The speed was lower, so I guess they tried to make it a bit safer. But there were still some key points where you had to do what you had to do to maintain the speed and to carry it all the way down. I guess I did that pretty well.” Curtoni, meanwhile, was pleased to pick up her second super-G podium of the season and career best finish. "Snow is pretty challenging,” Curtoni said. “It’s slidy and salty, but I like this kind of snow and these conditions. I always felt good on it, so I’m OK.” It was a day of seconds for the leaders as Venier grabbed the second super-G podium finish of her career. “I’m happy with the result, but I think my run was not so good,” she confessed. “There were too many mistakes, but I’m happy with the podium today.” With her fourth-place finish, Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein assumed the lead in the super-G standings, surpassing an injured Lara Gut by six points. There are two super-G races left to be contested this season on the ladies' tour. The ladies race an alpine combined at Crans-Montana on Sunday to close out the series. Full Results Here Ilka Stuhec

FIS NORDIC SKIING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Women's 7.5km+7.5km Skiathlon Final Results BJOERGEN Marit 37:57.5 PARMAKOSKI Krista 38:02.3 KALLA Charlotte 38:29.5 Bjoergen golden for 15th time at WSC Norway's Marit Bjoergen has skied her way into the history books yet again. This time winning her 15th World Championship gold medal. Entering the 2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Bjoergen was tied with Russia's Elena Valbe at 14 but with her victory today in the ladies' 15km Skiathlon she stands alone atop this category. Finland's Krista Parmakoski kept it very exciting today changing the lead back and forth as she and Bjoergen broke away from everyone on the free technique part of the Skiathlon. At one point Parmakoski put on a short burst to test Bjoergen's legs much to the excitement of the sell out crowd in Lahti stadium. But in the end Bjoergen proved too strong with her own attack on the final climb and she skied to gold with a 4.8 second lead over Parmakoski who took the silver. Sweden's Charlotte Kalla took the bronze medal position +32.0 seconds back. Midway through the classic portion of the Skiathlon it was down to 4 athletes battling for 3 podium positions. The switch to free technique proved to be a turning point with Bjoergen and Parmakoski breaking away and Kalla eventually dropping Norway's Heidi Weng. Weng lost over minute to Bjoergen in the final 7.5 km of the competition and was caught by Switzerland's Natalie Von Siebenthal for fourth place by just 0.1 ahead of Weng. Fourth to seventh was separated by just 0.7 seconds with 8 nations represented in the top 11 positions. It was a very exciting ladies' competition. Full Results Here Marit Bjoergen 2017 Skiathlon World Champion Last 5km Race Replay

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