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oh c´mon everyone see the puck, otherwise they can not play

apparently for unknown reason the universiade use a 5 series shoot-out but well ...as always a unlucky defeat with our bigger brother...we are used to it

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exact 3vs3 serie, and if necessary a 1vs1 series untill decided

yes, in ice hockey it´s called sudden death

yeah baby this is a derby

like always

Cox and Kingsbury reign supreme in Deer Valley duals The 2017 Visa Freestyle International at Deer Valley Resort came to a close with an action-packed dual moguls competition on Saturday, where World Cup leaders Britt Cox (AUS) and Mikael Kingsbury (CAN) once again validated their claims to the top with impressive wins in front of a raucous crowd nearly 10,000 strong. Cox has been riding high this season with three victories and four podiums in five events so far this season, including a third-place performance on Thursday night in the Deer Valley single moguls competition, but Saturday night in Deer Valley would be her first career dual moguls finals. However, despite the pressure, the steep and deep Deer Valley course, and a lightning-fast run by her big finals match-up Andi Naude (CAN), Cox kept her final run as cool and as smooth as she has all season, linking her turns expertly and stomping her airs while beside her Naude unravelled in the second half of the course. “It’s just been phenomenal,” Cox said of her experience in Deer Valley, “Just the whole way we’ve built up this season with my support team, my family - who are here today from Australia - and my teammates. I’ve been learning so much from them this season and to see Brodie get his first podium today is incredible.” Despite a finals run that wasn’t as tidy as she would have liked, Naude can take solace in the fact that she was the top Canadian on a day when many of her compatriots struggled with the added speed of duals competition in the big Deer Valley moguls. “It was such a great race,” said Naude, “Everyone was pushing it, and the course was really fun to ski. It was difficult, but it brought out the best in all of us.” Third place went to Jaelin Kauf (USA), matching her career-best performance from last season in the same event. In her small final heat 20-year-old Kauf found herself matched up against her 16-year-old World Cup rookie teammate Olivia Giaccio, and rather than show signs of feeling the pressure the two youngsters seemed to revel in the moment, putting down one of the most closely-fought, entertaining, and speedy battles of the night. While Kauf would take the win and third place, Giaccio’s fourth-place finish in just her sixth World Cup event is one more reason to be excited for an up-and-coming US team that looks to be a force on the tour for years to come. Kingsbury pulls off Deer Valley sweep for the second time, takes all-time podiums record Over on the men’s side, Mikael Kingsbury did what no other skier has done before by pulling off the “Deer Valley Double” for a second time, sweeping both the single and dual moguls competitions just as he did in the 2014/15 iteration of the classic event. Kingsbury clobbered his competition through his four duals on the way to the final, with a combined score of 122 - 18 through those rounds, before facing off against teammate Marc-Antoine Gagnon in the big finale. In the big final Gagnon battled admirably to match Kingsbury’s speed, but come time for judging he simply couldn’t compete with Kingsbury’s brilliant technique, and the final scores came in 22-13 for Kingsbury. “It feels amazing,” an exuberant Kingsbury said from the finish area, “Deer Valley is just like the Superbowl for us, and just to win the singles competition was amazing. But I was fired up today to do the back-to-back (wins) and…there’s no words to describe it. And then to be on the podium both times with one of my teammates…it’s just unbelievable.” With the win, Kingsbury claimed his 58th career World Cup podium, knocking down one more record in a career that has become littered with them as he surpassed French legend Edgar Grospiron for the most men’s World Cup podiums of all time. Third place on the day went to Brodie Summers (AUS) - his first career podium and just one more 2016/17 bright spot for an Australian team that has emerged as one of the best in the world this season. Summers beat Jimi Salonen (FIN) in a scorching small final that saw both athletes lay down impressive runs. From Deer Valley the moguls World Cup now moves to Bokwang Phoenix Park in Korea for the Test Event ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Competition in Bokwang is slated to take place on February 11, with qualifications beginning 15:20 local time. Full Results Men and Women

Martinod and Yater-Wallace awarded with top spots following the cancellation of the halfpipe finals Once again Mother Nature had different plans from those of the organizers of the 2017 Toyota US Grand Prix World Cup staged at Mammoth Mountain with strong winds making it impossible to run the show. After several postponement leading to eventual cancellation of the halfpipe finals, top qualifiers from Wednesday, Marie Martinod (FRA) and Torin Yater-Wallace (USA) were awarded with the wins. Following two days of gnarly weather at the resort, today brought an improvement with sun finally making its way through the clouds. Unfortunately high winds wouldn't let go and as they were creating major safety issues the jury decided to call off the competition. At the end the overall results were determined by the qualifying round results from Wednesday. In the ladies' competition top qualifier Marie Martinod (FRA) took her second win of the season as she strengthen her position on top of the halfpipe World Cup ranking. "Looking at the weather forecast, we knew the finals could get cancelled," Martinod said following the award ceremony, "Together with my coach we decided to give it all in the qualifications, ski fast and jump high. It worked." Martinod winning run from qualifications included a huge straight air tail grab followed by a back-to-back 540 safety, left and right flair safety and a left 900 safety to finish off her run with 94.00 points. Second place of the day went to 2014 Sochi Olympic gold medalist Maddie Bowman, while Ayana Onozuka of Japan finished on third. "I keep forgetting that this is an Olympic qualifier because it’s so far out but I’m pretty happy to be sitting where I am right now seeing as it is an Olympic qualifier," said Bowman, "Right now I’m just skiing and having fun." In men's competition it was Torin Yater-Wallace who led the US sweep with Gus Kenworthy finishing on second and Taylor Seaton rounding out the podium on third. It was a big win for Yater-Wallace, who has struggled with downtime due to illness and injury over the past few seasons and was dealing with a bruised heel through the event. The win at Mammoth was his seventh career World Cup podium, though the last one came at Copper Mountain back in 2014. Yater-Wallace's run included a right double cork 1260 mute followed up by a left 1080 tail, switch right 720 mute, left 900 tail and right 900 tail on his last hit for a total score of 92.33 points. Kenworthy scored his first podium of the year after winning the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth in 2016. “I don't think I prepared for this event any differently than I would have for any other event," the Telluride native said after the event. “The fact that it's an Olympic qualifier definitely adds a lot of pressure, but I tried not to think too much about the stakes at hand and just focused on landing my run.” Seaton has an excellent showing with a run that featured two more tricks than most other skiers. “I’ve been dreaming of doing this run since I was 14 years old,” Seaton said. “I think it just had to do with a lot of work on fundamentals, doing alley-oop 180s and really just trying to ride the transition of the pipe to squeeze all seven hits in.” In the overall World Cup standing Marie Martinod leads the way in ladies' field with 200 points, 75 points over the second Annalisa Drew (USA) and 90 points over third Ayana Onozuka. On the men's side of things Kevin Rolland (FRA) still sits on top with 129 points, however his advantage over his teammate Ben Valentin now dropped to only 4 points. Following today's win Torin Yater-Wallace moved to third spot with 118 points after two competitions. Mens slopestyle qualifiers and women and men's slopestyle finals are scheduled to go off on Sunday at Mammoth, pending weather. Full Results Women and Men

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DAY 6 Saturday 4th February 2017 HIGHLIGHTS #1

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Stefan Kraft soars to victory in Oberstdorf Austria's Stefan Kraft won this season's first Ski Flying event on the HS 225 Heini-Klopfer-hill in Oberstdorf, which was reconstructed for 12 million Euro. Kraft took the win in front of 19 000 enthusiastic fans with jumps of 227.5 m and 218 m (439.9 points). Only 5.1 points behind, Andreas Wellinger (234.5 m and 222.5 m; 434.8 points) came in second. Wellinger provided the highlight of the day with his record jump of 234.5 m on the reconstructed hill. The third place went to World Cup leader Kamil Stoch of Poland (222.5 m and 217 m; 425.4 points). Today's winner was more than happy after his triumph: "Ski Flying is always something very special for me. I'm always looking forward to it and that I was able to get my first win in Ski Flying here in Oberstdorf is amazing. It's a really nice day. Ski Flying is the coolest and most exciting thing there is, but I have to stay calm. Tomorrow I don't care about the result I just want to fly over the hill size twice in the competition." This was Kraft's sixth win in the World Cup, the second this season and the first ever in Ski Flying. Stefan Kraft is the first athlete since Martin Schmitt 2000/01, who could win on the large and the flying hill in Oberstdorf in one season. He was already the best in the opening event of the 4-Hills-Tournament on December 30th, 2016 in the Erdinger Arena. Local hero Andreas Wellinger, who won in Willingen last weekend and is still in a fantastic shape, provided the highlight of the day. With a great jump of 234.5 m and a smooth landing he enthused the fans and himself. He obviously enjoyed the celebrations in the outrun for a couple of minutes after his jump. "It was really close between Stefan and me in the final. My first jump with the new hill record was amazing, and landing it with a telemark was a really, really cool feeling. I'm in a great shape at the moment so it's pretty easy for me right now", said Wellinger. Today's result was the first ever podium finish for the Bavarian in a Ski Flying World Cup. Third-placed Kamil Stoch was impressed by the new Heini-Klopfer-hill: "The hill is very well prepared and I also like the new profile. I was really enjoying this competition today, it was very nice to fly. Yesterday I had some problems in the inrun, so today I was focusing only on my technique and nothing else. I think this will also be a good plan for tomorrow, just to focus on myself and what I need to do and not on the result." Norwegian Daniel Andre Tande finished fourth with 418.2 points, followed by the two Prevc brothers Domen (410.9 points) and Peter (392.8 points). Michael Hayboeck and Markus Eisenbichler were seventh and eighth, ahead of Poland's Piotr Zyla. Richard Freitag completed the Top 10. After the first competition on this hill, athletes and coaches were satisfied with the facility. "This is a very good hill with a good atmosphere, also because the spectators are very close to the landing area and the outrun. The atmosphere in this stadium is amazing", said German head coach Werner Schuster. Poland's Kamil Stoch leads the overall World Cup ranking with 1038 points, ahead of Norway's Daniel Andre Tande (903 points) and Domen Prevc of Slovenia (831 points). Stefan Kraft is fourth, best German athlete is Markus Eisenbichler with 509 points. The second Ski Flying event in Oberstdorf starts on Sunday at 3:00 pm CET. Full Results Here

FINAL QUALIFICATION ROUND Tournament 2 Tomakomai (JPN) - 09.02.2017 - 12.02.2017 Participating Nations: Austria France Germany Japan Round-Robin 4 Nations, Round-Robin Tournament, 1st Nation will Qualify to the Women´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018 Germany (GWS)3 - 2 France (Score by Period: 0-1, 1-0, 1-1, OT: 0-0, GWS: 1-0) 9th February 2017, h. 14:30 (GMT +9), Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai Austria 1 - 6 Japan (Score by Period: 1-1, 0-2, 0-3) 9th February 2017, h. 18:00 (GMT +9), Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai Germany 4 - 1 Austria (Score by Period: 2-1, 0-0, 2-0) 11th February 2017, h. 14:30 (GMT +9), Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai Japan 4 - 1 France (Score by Period: 1-0, 1-1, 2-0) 11th February 2017, h. 18:00 (GMT +9), Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai France 3 - 1 Austria (Score by Period: 0-0, 1-1, 2-0) 12th February 2017, h. 14:30 (GMT +9), Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai Japan 3 - 1 Germany (Score by Period: 0-0, 2-1, 1-0) 12th February 2017, h. 18:00 (GMT +9), Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai Round-Robin Final Standing RANK NATION GAME WINS W(OT) L(OT) LOSE SCORE POINTS 1 Japan 3 3 0 0 0 13:3 9 2 Germany 3 1 1 0 1 8:6 5 3 France 3 1 0 1 1 6:8 4 4 Austria 3 0 0 0 3 3:13 0 Following Nation Have Qualified to Women´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018 Japan

FINAL QUALIFICATION ROUND Tournament 1 Arosa (SUI) - 09.02.2017 - 12.02.2017 Participating Nations: Czech Republic Denmark Norway Switzerland Round-Robin 4 Nations, Round-Robin Tournament, 1st Nation will Qualify to the Women´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018 Denmark 1 - 6 Switzerland (Score by Period: 0-2, 0-3, 1-1) 9th February 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +1), Sport und Kongresszentrum, Arosa Czech Republic 5 - 0 Norway (Score by Period: 2-0, 3-0, 0-0) 9th February 2017, h. 20:00 (GMT +1), Sport und Kongresszentrum, Arosa Switzerland 4 - 1 Norway (Score by Period: 1-1, 1-0, 2-0) 11th February 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +1), Sport und Kongresszentrum, Arosa Czech Republic 4 - 3 Denmark (Score by Period: 1-1, 3-1, 0-1) 11th February 2017, h. 20:00 (GMT +1), Sport und Kongresszentrum, Arosa Switzerland 4 - 1 Czech Republic (Score by Period: 0-1, 2-0, 2-0) 12th February 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +1), Sport und Kongresszentrum, Arosa Norway 5 - 1 Denmark (Score by Period: 0-1, 4-0, 1-0) 12th February 2017, h. 20:00 (GMT +1), Sport und Kongresszentrum, Arosa Round-Robin Final Standing RANK NATION GAME WINS W(OT) L(OT) LOSE SCORE POINTS 1 Switzerland 3 3 0 0 0 14:3 9 2 Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 10:7 6 3 Norway 3 1 0 0 2 6:10 3 4 Denmark 3 0 0 0 3 5:15 0 Following Nation Have Qualified to Women´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018 Switzerland

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Zacher and Chapuis awarded wins in weather-shortened Feldberg SX The first of back-to-back Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup races scheduled to take place in Feldberg (GER) this weekend was cut short on Saturday after noon due to a winter storm that blue into the area during the competition. Weather in Feldberg had been challenging for some time leading up to Saturday’s competition, with a qualification round scheduled for Friday already cancelled before Saturday’s troubles. While the track at Feldberg was in good condition on competition day, and local organizers had large crews on hand slipping and maintaining the course, at some point the battle against snow accumulation and the rising winds became became a losing one. With the cancellation of Friday’s qualifiers, officials elected to go with an alternate start plan on Saturday, expanding the heat format from 32 men to 64, and from 16 ladies to 32, giving every athlete at least one run in a heat and whittling down the field to the standard format in time for televised finals on Saturday afternoon. While these preliminary rounds were completed satisfactorily, the weather took a turn for the worse just before the start of the finals, and by the time the last men’s heat from the round of eight had completed their run, it became clear that the competition would be unable to proceed. With at least one competition round completed officials were able to declare a result, with Germany’s own Heidi Zacher awarded top spot on the ladies’ side and World Cup leader Jean Frederic Chapuis (FRA) taking the victory for the men. The ladies' podium was rounded out by Fanny Smith (SUI) in second and Sandra Naeslund (SWE), while Brady Leman (CAN) and Alex Fiva (SUI) would take second and third, respectively. Sunday expects to also see snowy conditions, though winds are expected to abate. At the time of this writing, competition officials are expecting to go with the same preliminary heat format as seen on Saturday, with those heats beginning at 10:30CET. Finals are then scheduled 12:30. Full Results Men and Women

Brockhoff and Haemmerle win season's sole sprint sbx race Belle Brockhoff (AUS) and Alessandro Haemmerle (AUT) have triumphed in the 2016-17 season's third snowboard cross World Cup race which was staged in Bansko (BUL) today. Both riders lived up to the expectations coming out strong of the time trials two days ago to take home their respective career's third and fourth in the tour's sole sprint event which featured tons of interesting and exciting knock out heats therefore making the first ever sbx World Cup on Bulgarian slope a short but sweeping show and a true advertising for the sport. Brockhoff, who had won the hole shot in all of her heats staged at the foot of the Pirin Mountains and in front of some 5,000 thousands noisy spectators, crossed the finish line in the women's final first with quite a comfortable lead on best qualifier Eva Samkova (CZE) therefore taking over the World Cup lead with 2,400 points from the reigning Olympic champion (2,250). “I'm really happy with today. It's been a fun time here in Bansko. They put up a good show, and they built a really good course which worked really nicely. It was the most technical start section that we had. That's cool to see. I love this kind of starts,” Brockhoff said. With a course length of only 20sec, no turns but a straight line, course builders had focused on the features to avoid a pure drag racing. However, good gliding skills combined with a perfectly waxed board also helped riders to do well. Best example was Chloe Trespeuch (FRA) who managed to come back strong after a late start and stormed to a third rank finish in the Bulgarian sleet after the first rounds had been taken place in dry and perfect conditions. Photo finish in men's final While the women's event saw a dominant rider taking home the glory, the men's final became an exciting and close battle for the win on the 330 metres long straight sprint course. In the end, it was third best qualifier Alessandro Haemmerle who made the smartest move landing first after the pen-ultimate jump therefore being able to pick up the decisive speed advantage over his rival Pierre Vaultier (FRA) who was soaring through the air just a bit longer. The Austrian racer, still pumped by his win in Solitude two weeks ago, managed to bring the nose of his board to the front finally coming out successful of the photo finish decision against the 2014 Olympic champion who had posted the second best qualifying time last Thursday. “It's amazing that I was able to take another one after winning in Solitude. I took a risk in the finals landing on the first and not the second possible transition, and it worked out,” Haemmerle summed up. And Vaultier added: “It was a pretty tough race. It looked out fine in the big final but then Alessandro caught up because he had the better technical move. So, he definitely deserved the win today. It was a brave battle with him and the rest of the final. Thanks to his second consecutive win, 23-year-old Haemmerle took over the World Cup lead from Omar Visintin (ITA) who finished in fifth position today. The South Tyrolean athlete, however, also has piled up 2,050 points so far but has one win less than the rider from Austria. But “Izzy” is keen to keep hold to that yellow leader bib: “Being the new World Cup leader is a huge motivation. I will try to defend it as long as I can.” Baptiste Brochu (CAN) rounded out the men' podium as third celebrating his career's second podium finish. The snowboard cross World Cup tour continues next week with a double event in Feldberg, Germany. From February 10 to 12, 2017, two individual sbx races are scheduled. Full Results Men and Women

SCHEDULE DAY 7 Sunday, February 5th, 2017 (GMT +6) DAILY MEDAL EVENTS 11 CUMULATIVE MEDAL EVENTS 61/85 Alpine Skiing: Mixed Teams Parallel Slalom Biathlon: Mixed Relay Nordic Combined: Teams Gundersen Normal Hill M Short Track Speed Skating: 1500m M Short Track Speed Skating: 1500m W Ski Jumping: Normal Hill Teams M Ski Jumping: Normal Hill Teams W Snowboarding: Slopestyle M Snowboarding: Slopestyle W Speed Skating: Teams Pursuit M Speed Skating: Teams Pursuit W ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09:00 : CURLING - Women's Tie-Breaker - Switzerland vs Great Britain 10:30 : NORDIC COMBINED - Men's Teams Gundersen Normal Hill - Ski Jumping Normal Hill (Event 1/2) 10:45 : SNOWBOARDING - Women's Slopestyle - Qualifiers 11:00 : SNOWBOARDING - Men's Slopestyle- Qualifiers 11:00 : ALPINE SKIING - Mixed Teams Parallel Slalom - Final 11:00 : SPEED SKATING - Women's Team Pursuit - Qualifiers 11:50 : SPEED SKATING - Men's Team Pursuit- Qualifiers 12:00 : BIATHLON - Mixed Relay - Final 12:30 : ICE HOCKEY - Men's 9th-12th Places Semifinals - South Korea vs Great Britain 13:00 : ICE HOCKEY - Women's 5th-7th Places Classification Group - Great Britain vs Japan 13:00 : SNOWBOARDING - Women's Slopestyle - Finals 13:00 : SPEED SKATING - Women's Team Pursuit - Finals 13:30 : SNOWBOARDING - Men's Slopestyle - Finals 13:50 : SPEED SKATING - Men's Team Pursuit - Finals 14:00-16:00 : SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING - Women's 1500m - Finals 14:00-16:00 : SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING - Men's 1500m - Finals 15:00 : NORDIC COMBINED - Men's Team Gundersen Normal Hill - Final - Cross-Country Skiing 3x5km Relay (Event 2/2) 16:00 : ICE HOCKEY - Men's Quarterfinals - Czech Republic vs Slovakia 16:30 : SKI JUMPING - Women's Normal Hill Teams - Finals 19:00 : SKI JUMPING - Men's Normal Hill Teams - Finals 19:30 : ICE HOCKEY - Men's Quarterfinals - Kazakhstan vs Sweden

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Takanashi on top in Hinzenbach Sara Takanashi won the first Individual Competition of the FIS World Cup Ladies Ski Jumping in Hinzenbach (AUT). With jumps to 87,5 and 91,0 meters she achieved 241,1 points and her 51st World Cup victory. Takanashi said afterwards: “My jumps got better and better here with every round. On Friday in the training I was not happy with my performance. But today my approach to the take-off was much better.” Great result for German team Places two and three went to the German team. Katharina Althaus set a new career best on second place ahead of Olympic champion Carina Vogt. Althaus set her jumps to 89,0 and 88,5 meters and got 237,9 points. She said: “I am extremely happy with this result. My jumping was really good and it´s even better sharing the podium with a teammate.” Vogt back on the podium Carina Vogt achieved her first World Cup podium since February 1st 2015 – in Hinzenbach. With 88,5 and 87,0 meters and 234,0 points she finished third and said: “The performance of the whole team got better and better during the last weeks. I am really happy to be back on the podium and am already looking forward to the World Championships.” On 4th place Japans Yuki Ito missed out on the podium by only 3,2 points and stayed 0,1 point ahead of the best Austrian lady Daniela Iraschko-Stolz on 5th place with 230,7 points. Hoelzl can´t use pole position Chiara Hoelzl, who was the outstanding athlete throughout all training sessions and also in the lead after the first round, could not quite keep it together in the final and went down to 6th place with 224,8 points. Yuka Seto on 7th place completed a great team result for Japan, Maren Lundby still could not make friends with the hill in Hinzenbach yet and came in 8th. In front of almost 1.500 spectators Jaqueline Seifriedsberger came in 9th as the third Austrian in the top ten. Svenja Wuerth confirmed her steady performances of the last weeks and finished 10th ahead of the best US-girl Nita Englund. Slovenia missing out on top ten Slovenia still is struggling, Spela Rogelj and Maja Vtic came in 12th and 13th ahead of Sarah Hendrickson and the best Russian athlete Irina Avvakumova. Julia Kykkaenen saved a good 16th place for Finland, Lucile Morat was the best French on 17th place. The 15-year old Austrian Marita Kramer had a good first World Cup competition and came in 29th. The second competition in Hinzenbach starts on Sunday at 1 pm. Full Results Here

Rydzek strikes back at Olympic test event in PyeongChang After losing out to his teammate Eric Frenzel in the last TRIPLE race last Sunday, Johannes Rydzek was back to his winning ways in PyeongChang today. He won with 20 seconds over Mario Seidl from Austria who captured his first podium result in the World Cup today. Fabian Rießle beat Eric Frenzel in a finish line sprint and was third, +38.3 seconds behind Rydzek. With this result, Johannes Rydzek takes back the yellow bib of the World Cup leader from Eric Frenzel. Mario Seidl had a really good time on the large hill in PyeongChang and dominated every jumping round held here so far. The competition round of the first Individual Gundersen event was no exception: 136 metres and 139.9 points meant to the top spot and a head start of 29 seconds on Germany’s Johannes Rydzek who seems to be able to stabilise his good jumping performances again. 135.5 metres and 132.6 points put the German in the second position and made his a big favourite for the victory of the day. Franz-Josef Rehrl also repeated his strong performance of the PCR and claimed the third intermediate position, 39 seconds behind leader and teammate Seidl. Fabian Rießle and Eric Frenzel were able to ski together from the start of the race, starting with delays of 56 and 57 seconds, so the three Germans seemed to be en route for the podium again. On top of this, Manuel Faißt joined a strong team performance with the intermediate fourth position, starting into the race 40 seconds behind leader Seidl. The race started as a lonely affair for Mario Seidl but he was soon joined by Johannes Rydzek who closed the 30-second gap in the first phase of the race. After this, Seidl and Rydzek worked together to avoid losing the gap to the pursuing skiers. Fabian Rießle, Eric Frenzel, Tim Hug and Manuel Faißt worked tried their utmost to get closer to the Rydzek and Seidl but to no avail: the gap did not shrink. When Rydzek set an attack on the last lap, Seidl was not able to follow him but in total the Austrian skied a very strong race and ended up on the first World Cup podium of his career deservedly. Fabian Rießle was the strongest in a finish line sprint with Eric Frenzel, Jan Schmid improved rank nine to the final fifth position and Manuel Faißt ended up on the sixth position. The rest of the Top Ten ranks went to Tim Hug, Yoshito Watabe, Franz-Josef Rehrl and Akito Watabe. Local hero Je-Un Park finished the race on position 31. Full Results Here

Kowalczyk gets her 50th win and Sedov his first Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk and Petr Sedov of Russia have won the 15/30 km Skiathlon competition in PyeongChang, Korea. Similar to yesterday's sprint competition there were many new faces on the podium. It was a very familiar face on the top step of the ladies' podium with Kowalczyk winning her 50th World Cup competition. It was her first World Cup win since Szklarska Poreba January 2014. Joining Kowalczyk on the podium in second place was the USA's Liz Stephen +56.0 for her 6th individual World Cup podium. For Japan's Masako Ishida in third place +1:14.8, it was just her second World Cup podium and her very first since Trondheim 2009. For Sedov it was his first World Cup podium and it was a win. He broke away from Norway's Daniel Stock on the free technique portion of the Skiathlon and won in a time of 1:18.49.6. Stock crossed the line for second place 22.5 seconds later. In third was another Norwegian Mathias Rundgreen +42.1. For both Norwegian's it was their first World Cup individual podiums as well. Full Results Men and Women