The Swiss Defago surprises Didider favorites and win the fall in Vancouver
February 16, 2010 by Sports news
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Didier Defago won a great victory in the fall
Against all odds, the Swiss Didier Defago gave the campaign at the Winter Olympics, which are played in Vancouver (Canada), winning drop test.
Defago, who had to participate in the pre-classification to participate in the event flew on the track Dave Murray Whistler, using a time of 1 minute, 54 seconds and 31 hundredths, to cover 3105 meters long with a slope of 853 meters.
In the second and third place, finished two great champions, like the Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal and American Bode Miller, separated the first and the third by only 9 cents.
Took part del vento two Spanish, Catalan and Basque Terra Ferrán Paul de la Cuesta, who spent time of 1:58.85 and 1:59.84 respectively, not classed among the top 40.
In the 10 km freestyle, the victory was in the hands of Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla, with a time of 24 minutes, 58 seconds and 4 hundredths, overtaking the Estonian Kristina Smigun-Vaehi and Norway’s Marit Bjoergen .
Another Swiss success of the day was staged Dario Cologna, who took the victory in the freestyle over 15 miles, beating the Italian Pietro Piller and Czech Lukas Bauer.
Sorting Test Descent:
.1. Didier Defago (SUI) 1:54.31
.2. Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 07
.3. Bode Miller (USA) at 09
Classification 10 km Freestyle Female:
.1. Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 24:58.4
.2. Kristina Šmigun-Vaehi (EST) at 6.6
.3. Marit Bjoergen (NOR) 15.9
Classification 15 km Freestyle Male:
1. Dario Cologna (Swi) 33:36.3.
2. Pietro Piller (ITA) 34:00.9.
3. Lukas Bauer (CZE) 34:12.0.
Medal
Country Gold Silver Bronze
1 Switzerland 3 0 3
2 ° U.S. 2 2 4
3 ° France 2 0 2
4 ° Germany 1 3 0
5 ° Canada 1 2 1
6th Korea 1 1 0
7 ° Czech Republic 1 0 1
8 ° Holland 1 0 0
Sweden 1 0 0
Slovakia 1 0 0
11th Norway 0 2 1
12 ° Italy 0 1 2
13 ° Estonia 0 1 0
Australia 0 1 0
Poland 0 1 0
16 ° Austria 0 0 1
Croatia 0 0 1
Russian 0 0 1
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