Fossavatn Ski Marathon under way
Fassavatn Ski Marathon Day 1:
Fossavatn 2015 started today with a race in 25 km skating. The weather was fantastic and the snow conditions good.
Results were as follows:
Women
1. Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Finnlandi – 01:19:10
2. Ulla Yrjölä, Finnlandi – 01:47:11
3. Guðbjörg Rós Sigurðardóttir, Íslandi – 01:48:55
Men
1. Ilya Chernousov, Rússlandi – 01:07:31
2. Petter Soleng Skinstad – 01:10:10
3. Mårten Soleng Skinstad – 01:18:44
Day 2:
Several participants raced in good weather, but after having sun and no wind since this morning, it started snowing just as they started. The weather forecast for tomorrow is looking good, very little wind and cloudy.
1 km
Women
Dagný Emma Kristjánsdóttir, Ísafjörður
Men
Eyþór Freyr Árnason, Ísafjörður
5 km
Women
1. Johanna Lehnung, Þýskaland – 00:25:52
2. Ava Neilis, Kanada – 00:27:03
3. Carolina Nealis, Svíþjóð – 00:27:2
Men
1. Nikodem Júlíus Frach, Ísafjörður – 00:23:33
2. Sveinbjörn Orri Heimisson, Ísafjörður – 00:25:52
3. Kyle Neilis, Kanada – 00:25:52
Tomorrow we have almost 800 participants from 26 countries. This is multiple of our previous races. For example we had 109 participants finishing the race last year, but now we have about 410 participants signed up for the 50 km tomorrow, or four times last year. We still might have some more participants as the registration doesn’t conclude till 9 pm tonight.
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