Sprint, free style, ladies and gentlemen, at the world ski CHAMPIONSHIPS in Seefeld, Austria.
Thursday, February 21. Qualifying begins at 12: 00 noon, the finals 14.30.
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Ladies: Stina Nilsson, Maja Dahlqvist, and Jonna Sundling and Hanna Falk. Gentlemen: Calle Halfvarsson, Oskar Svensson, Victor Thorn and Teodor Peterson.
• Stina Nilsson, Sweden. Sure, there is a major question mark for the star’s physical status. But the 25-year-old was dominant in the world cup before lårskadan in Otepää, is the reigning olympic champion and plenty of the world CUP-guldsugen after an inglorious cases in Lahti in 2017 and silver in Falun in 2015.
• John Hösflot Kläbo, Norway. Than more dominant than Nilsson during the winter världscupsprintar: five wins and a second place finish individually. Just as Nilsson chasing the 22-year-old Norwegian his first world CUP gold medal after OLYMPIC gold medal in Seoul last year.
• Maiken Caspersen Falla, Norway. When Stina Nilsson was injured in Otepää took the reigning world champion his first världcupseger for the year. The seasoned 28-year-old, OLYMPIC gold medalist in Sochi 2014, won also in Lahti in their last competition before the world CUP.
• Federico Pellegrino, Italy. The 28-year-old has flåsat Hösflot Kläbo in the neck during the winter, but not yet defeated him. Pellegrino has instead finished second three times behind the Norwegian. World CUP gold medallist from Lahti won genrepssprinten in Cogne and in Lillehammer in november, both times without Hösflot Kläbo on the starting line.
• Maja Dahlqvist, Sweden. Before the season was 24-year-old is not even a part of A team. But Dahlqvist was the surprising runner-up directly in the världscuppremiären in Ruka. Since then it has been one of Sweden of additional four individual podiums – but she has not yet won. Do mästerskapsdebut.
Ladies: 1) Maiken Caspersen Falla, Norway, 2) Jessica Diggins, united states, 3) Kikkan Randall, united states. the
Gentlemen: 1) Federico Pellegrino, Italy, 2) Sergey Ustiugov, Russia, 3) John Hösflot Kläbo, Norway.
Medalists OLYMPICS 2018 (classic style):
Ladies: 1) Stina Nilsson, Sweden, 2) Maiken Caspersen Falla, Norway, 3) Yulia Belorukova, OAR (Russia). the
Gentlemen: 1) John Hösflot Kläbo, Norway, 2) Federico Pellegrino, Italy, 3) Alexander Bolsjunov, OAR (Russia).
Read more: The biggest top Swedish medal hopes at the world ski CHAMPIONSHIPS
the Guide to the whole of the nordic world ski CHAMPIONSHIPS: •Tävlingsschema •Swedish rider •Stars
