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Press Release 31 January 2014

SCHABER (GER) TRIUMPHS IN SKIATHLON
GOLD MEDAL IN THE MEN’S RACE TO AUGDAL (NOR)

The German Schaber wins gold in the Skiathlon at the JR World Champs in Val di Fiemme (Italy)
Silver medal to the Russian Zhambalova and bronze for the Swede Dyvik
Eirik Sverdrup Augdal (NOR) is the World Junior Champion
Chervotkin (RUS) catches Hoel (NOR) and wins silver

After tonight’s massive snowfall the FIS Nordic JR & U23 World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme were ready to host both female and male skiathlon competitions over the distances of 5+5km and 10+10km respectively. Snow kept falling continuously in the first part of the morning, and first up to race were the junior women. The Russian athletes took command in the classic leg with Zhambalova and Nepryaeva, followed by the Germans Belger and Schaber, and then the Norwegian Weng. The first to leave the changeover box to start the skating leg was Zhambalova, leading a small group of about ten competitors, while the Swede Dyvik was doing her best to close the gap. At the halfway point of the fourth lap, a quartet consisting of Weng, Belger, Schaber and Zhambalova powered ahead, but at the penultimate descent Belger slipped on the corner and fell, losing her chance for a podium finish. Her teammate, instead, took advantage of the last uphill before the finish to break away from the others ensuring herself of the gold medal. The battle for the other podium places came down to Zhambalova, Dyvik and Weng, but the Norwegian was not able to mount such a strong sprint finish as the other two and had to settle for fourth place.
In the junior men’s competition the Russian Chervotkin and Vakhrushev took the lead in the classic part, followed by the French athletes Jouve and Lapierre and then the Czech Knop. The fastest to change the skis was Chervotkin, and from that point the tussle began between him and the two Norwegians Augdal and Hoel, who sped off after the Russian. At the halfway point in the skating leg after some back and forth these three were again at the head of the race, while the other Russian athletes Grigoriev and Vakhrushev, the Czech Knop and the Kazakh Klimin had come back into contention. At almost the conclusion of the third lap Chervotkin surprisingly tangled his poles together with Grigoriev’s, losing precious ground to the head of the race. At that point Augdal took advantage and scampered away in the last lap making the gold medal his own. Chervotkin was able to come back at Hoel in the final sprint and took the silver medal.
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Men Junior Skiathlon 10 km C + 10 km F
1 AUGDAL Eirik Sverdrup NOR 56:09.6; 2 CHERVOTKIN Alexey RUS 56:19.6; 3 HOEL Johan NOR 56:20.9; 4 KLIMIN Olzhas KAZ 56:30.0; 5 KNOP Petr CZE 56:43.1; 6 SVENSSON Oskar SWE 56:47.6; 7 VAKHRUSHEV Evgeniy RUS 57:01.3; 8 GRIGORIEV Evgeniy RUS 57:06.9; 9 BAKANOV Alexander RUS 57:07.6; 10 CALDWELL Patrick USA 57:07.9

Ladies Junior Skiathlon 5 km C + 5 km F
1 SCHABER Sarah GER 30:45.8; 2 ZHAMBALOVA Alisa RUS 30:47.9; 3 DYVIK Anna SWE 30:48.8; 4 WENG Lotta Udner NOR 30:49.2; 5 NEPRYAEVA Natalia RUS 30:49.7; 6 SEDOVA Anastasia RUS 30:52.5; 7 BELORUKOVA Yulia RUS 30:53.4; 8 SUNDLING Jonna SWE 30:58.6; 9 BELGER Julia GER 31:15.5; 10 HENNIG Katharina GER 31:20.9