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Many of the best distance skiers in the world will not be in Davos this weekend. Due to the crown pandemic, Sweden, Norway and Finland have chosen to outperform the remaining World Cup competitions this year, and this, of course, is clearly seen on the results charts.
And without giants like Therese Johaug in place, new stars have a chance to shine.
Like Rosie Brennan, for example.
On Saturday she scored a resounding victory in the sprint – previously she was 15th best in the sprint – and on Sunday, the American hit again.
Brennan also took home 10 kilometers freestyle. And he did it with style. The 32-year-old, who is usually better at distance and was fifth overall in the opening mini-tour last month in Ruka, Finland, was 34 seconds ahead of second-place Julia Stupak, Russia, and others 6.5 seconds ahead of the third, another American. Hailey Swirbul.
Before this weekend, Rosie Brennan had two podium spots in relay as the only top result at the World Cup. Individually, he had a handful of the top 10 listings at best.
Now suddenly he has two individual World Cup victories in two days, albeit in very special conditions.
The men’s 15 km freestyle became a Russian spectacle. All the seats on the podium were occupied by Russians, and in that order: Alexander Bolshunov, Andrei Melnichenko and Artem Maltsev.
In addition, Ivan Yakimushkin was fourth.
– I’m glad I did so well. We have good competition in the team, said Bolshunov on the SVT broadcast.
His margin of victory at the end was 32.2 seconds.
The Swedes, Norwegians and Finns also refrained from participating in the men’s race.
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