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    Kononova claims cross-country World Cup

    18.03.2017

    Winners in the men’s and women’s sitting were also decided in Sapporo, Japan, on Saturday (18 March).

    Ukraine's Oleksandra Kononova won golds in biathlon and cross-country at the Cable 2015 Nordic skiing Worlds. Ukraine's Oleksandra Kononova skies to her latest gold medal at the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships in Cable, USA. © • James Netz
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    Ukraine’s multiple world and Paralympic champion Oleksandra Kononova has proved herself to be the best women’s cross-country skier across classifications this season, claiming the World Cup crown with her latest race victory in Sapporo, Japan.

    The 26-year-old stormed to the top of the women’s middle distance freestyle standing podium on Saturday (18 March) to claim her eighth win across three World Cups. That sees her finish atop the overall rankings, which gathers points from athletes in the sitting, standing and visually impaired categories.

    Having already won the women’s standing World Cup before arriving in Sapporo with three victories in PyeongChang, South Korea, Kononova also claimed the middle distance race win with a time of 20:35.4.

    Her teammate Liudmyla Liashenko (21:07.3) was second in the race to maintain the same position in the standing rankings with the sprint still to come on Sunday (19 March).

    Bohdana Konashuk (21:13.3) skied to her first World Cup podium, completing an-all Ukrainian top three.

    With the men’s standing title already won by Ukraine’s Ihor Reptyukh coming into Sapporo, France’s new world champion Benjamin Daviet was fighting for honours.

    Daviet (22:14.0) once again showed his potential, winning the race over Reptyukh (22:59.6). Norway’s Nils-Erik Ulset (23:06.4) was third.

    World Cup titles were also decided in the men’s and women’s sitting.

    The USA’s reigning triple world champion Oksana Masters excelled in the women’s. The 27-year-old maintained her unbeaten record this season to seal the title in a time of 15:32.0.

    Germany’s Paralympic gold medallist Andrea Eskau (15:45.3) cemented her second place in the standings, following Masters onto the podium. Eskau’s teammate Anja Wicker (17:11.7) was third in the race.

    Ukraine’s Maksym Yarovyi added the men’s sitting World Cup title to his three golds from February’s World Championships.

    Yarovyi (20:42.9) returned to winning form just in time, having missed out on the podium at the World Cup and PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Test Event between 10-15 March.

    South Korea’s new Paralympic medal hope Eui Hyun Sin (21:04.4) was second. He finished as the runner-up to Yarovyi in the points in only his second World Cup season.

    Germany’s Martin Fleig (21:05.6) was third on Saturday.

    The men’s and women’s visually impaired World Cup will go down to the last race of the season following the middle distance results.

    Austria’s Carina Edlinger (21:11.1), still riding high after her winning her first world titles, forced a decider with her win the women’s middle distance race.

    The 18-year-old, guided by her brother Julian Josef Edlinger, brought herself to within 10 points of Ukraine’s world champion Oksana Shyshkova in the points standings.

    Shyshkova (22:59.6) was second, guided by Volodymyr Ivanov, but still sits at the top of the table.

    Germany’s Clara Klug (23:29.6) was third with guide Florian Grimm.

    Sweden’s Zebastian Modin (22:53.7) sealed the World Cup title in the men’s equivalent following his race victory on Saturday guided by Johannes Andersson.

    The USA’s Jacob Adicoff (23:07.7) continued a great season with second place, his fourth podium finish with guide Sawyer Kesselheim.

    Ukraine’s Dmytro Suiarko (24:17.7), guided by Ivan Marchyshak, was third.

    The remaining World Cup winners, including the overall men’s, will be decided in the cross-country sprint on Sunday (19 March).

    Live results are available at World Para Nordic Skiing’s website.

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