Last Sunday
the 12 day Nordic World Ski Championships came to an end in Val di Fiemme,
Italy.
The
Championships were dominated by Norway winning 8 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze
medals. France and Russia followed in second and third places respectively.
The Swedish
XC-skier Johan Olson won the glorious ski marathon race, which was the last
race and grand finale of the games. Our ONE WAY athelete, Dario Cologna, finished
the 50km marathon in second place BUT as a result of winning the 30km race a
few days before, has claimed the title of World Champion. Well done to Dario
and to ONE WAY!
The most
successful individual participant was Marit Björgen. The Norwegian Ski star won
four gold medals across the cross country-competitions.
In the ski jumping
events the Austrian Team dominated and achieved the glory (which we are
particularly thrilled about). Germany did well and came in second, with Poland
coming in with third place.
As for the Australian
cross country ski team, they competed well and gave their best but were no
threat to the superior European Nations. (They also looked great decked out in
their ONE WAY apparel). And as all good sports is about - it’s the taking part,
courage, determination and effort that counts.
We are
proud of our Aussies – well done to:
Callum Watson
Phillip Bellingham
Paul Kovacs
Mark van der Ploeg
Female athletes:
Esther Bottomley
Aimee Watson
Anna Trnka
Lescinska Grimmer
Mark van der
Ploeg, 30km Skiathlon
To view more photos of our Aussies in action – go to the
official Australian XC-Skiing website: http://
ausxc.com/
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