Qualification Saturday
Bastien Dayer and Sigrid Rykhus won the Qualification for the Telemark Parallell Saturday.
9 nations to Rjukan
Telemark skiers from 9 nations is participating in the World Cup races in Rjukan this week.
Swiss double in Sprint
The Swiss team celebrated a double victory in Rjukan Thursday. Bastien Dayer and Amelie Reymond were both on the top of the podium.
The Swiss Double - Amelie Reymond and Bastien Dayer. Photo: Claes Tommy Herland, NSF
Amelie Reymond was in the lead after the first run and kept it through the second. Sigrid Rykhus tried her best, but was just not good enough to beat the reigning World Champion from Switzerland. After two runs the differance were 1,26 seconds.
In the men's competition Basiten Dayer suprised with his victory after beeing thir in the first run. The Swiss, with three World Cup victories before this race - the first ever came in the same discipline and in the same course in 2009 - kept focus and finished half a second before another surprise - Sondre Kristenstuen (19) of Norway, being on the podium for the second time in his carrier.
Phillipe Lau of France made a disappointing first run, but showed his ability in the second - skiing more than 1,2 seconds faster than Dayer. Still it wasn't good enough to more than a third place.
Flower ceremony ladies - Sigrid Rykhus, Amelie Reymond and Laura Grenier Soliget - with flower giver Terje Lund, Norwegian Ski Federation.
Flower ceremony men - Sondre Kristenstue, Bastien Dayer and Phillipe Lau.
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