For Finland, men were unable to take advantage of the exceptional opportunity to succeed.
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Finland the men were unable to take advantage of the exceptional chance of success in the sprint world cup sprint in Drammen, Norway.
The competition was held without the host country’s elite, as Norway’s top men were sidelined due to positive corona tests.
When the Russian tough sprinters were also absent due to the situation in Ukraine, the table was set for the Frenchman Richard Jouvelle for the first mc victory of his career.
Jouve, who has risen to second in his personal races three times in his career in the past, used his seam to manage the traditional skiing day from start to finish.
In the finals, defeated China Wang Qiang 1.59 seconds, and French Lucas Chanavat completed the French success in third place. For Wang, 28, the Chinese place is the best in his career, the previous best was the sixth place in Lahti last weekend.
If France used its search time, the Finnish men did not quite reach it, even though three of them reached the top ten.
Joni Mäki, Lauri Vuorinen and Ristomatti Hakola When they made it to the semifinals, they finished 7-9. The trio skied to 3–5 in the same semifinals.
“The second front of the season (for me) and the three of us in the same semifinals. It’s rare, I’ve never been able to ski like that, ”Hakola said in a press release.
“Good time trial and preliminary round, but in the semi-finals you didn’t get completely intact skiing. At the end, it was nice to challenge, but the trip ended in the middle, 0 ”from the final, Mäki, who was 43 seconds away.
Women in the race Norway won when experienced Maiken Caspersen Falla covered the Swedish Olympic champion in the final Jonna Sundlingin and Slovenia Anamarija Lampicin. For Falla, the victory was already the sixth in the Drammen sprint and the 22nd World Cup in his career, but the first since the Trondheim sprint in 2020.
The best Finn and the only one to reach the semi-finals was Katri Lylynperäwhose final disposal was 12th. Johanna Matintalo was 21st and Kerttu Niskanen 23: s.
“A little disappointed, I expected more from myself in the semi-finals. By eight days, the fourth race, maybe the little one will start to weigh in the musculature, ”Lylynperä commented in the press release.
The World Cup continues this weekend at Holmenkollen with 30 and 50 kilometers combined starts (p).
Drammen, Norway:
World Cup, Sprint (p):
Women: 1) Maiken Caspersen Falla Norway 2.52.31, 2) Jonna Sundling Sweden 0.53 seconds behind, 3) Anamarija Lampic Slovenia –1.97, 4) Maja Dahlqvist Sweden –4.19, 5) Anna Dyvik Sweden –4 , 54, 6) Nadine Fähndrich Switzerland – 4,60, 7) Julia Kern USA, 8) Katharina Hennig Germany, 9) Laura Gimmler Germany, 10) Jessie Diggins USA,
… 12) Katri Lylynperä Finland, … 21) Johanna Matintalo Finland, .. 23) Kerttu Niskanen Finland, … 28) Jasmi Joensuu Finland, … 33) Anne Kyllönen Finland, … 35) Maaret Pajunoja Finland.
Men: 1) Richard Jouve France 2.32.84, 2) Wang Qiang China –1.59, 3) Lucas Chanavat France –2.32, 4) Sivert Wiig Norway –3.14, 5) Federico Pellegrino Italy –5.34 , 6) Pål Tröan Aune Norway –11.26, 7) Joni Mäki Finland, 8) Lauri Vuorinen Finland, 9) Ristomatti Hakola Finland, 10) Jovian Hediger Switzerland,
… 28) Lauri Mannila Finland, … 40) Ville Ahonen Finland.
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