Åre Uphill Sprint : Highlights
[caption id="attachment_14791" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Women and men run the same distance. In men's race sprinters clearly dominated, but in female one it was distance runners who occupied the podium[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14790" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Italian skiers did really well with Ilaria Debertolis 12th in qualification and Greta Laurent finishing 7th overall and first among " pure sprinters" [/caption] [caption id="attachment_14787" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Organizers added interesting touch by transporting athletes downhill back to the start on snowmobiles [/caption] [caption id="attachment_14775" align="alignnone" width="1920"] The course was brutal not just uphill but downhill as well[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14777" align="alignnone" width="1920"] ..but it's uphill finish pictures that athletes will remember, ditto for fans[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14774" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Erik Valnes: " I never had this feeling before. Its like a nightmare, your try your best but the…
