Over 7.000 skiers at yesterday’s Jizerska 50
The increasing popularity of the Czech Worldloppet race, Jizerska Padesatka, can not be denied! Over 7.000 skiing friends participated in this weekend’s 51st edition of Jizerska 50, 4.500 of them skied the main race in classic style over 50 kilometers. The victories went to Scandinavia.
The Norwegian marathon skier, Morten Eide Pedersen dominated the Czech race for the third time now in last four years. Katerina Smutna on the contrary did not repeat last year’s victory. The Czech skier finished second after Britta Johansson Norgren, the Swedish racer who won Jizerska 50 for the second time now.
Pedersen finished the race 46 seconds before second Oskar Kardin (SWE) and confirmed that the Jizerska 50 is his favorite race with winning it for the 3rd time. The 3rd place belongs to Andreas Nygaard, also Norwegian. The best home racer was eighteenth Stanislav Rezac. The 44-years-old racer won the Jizerska 50 in 2000, 2001 and 2012.
Katerina Smutna struggled for the third triumph on the Jizerska 50, but she had to settle with a second place behind Britta Johansson Norgren. Almost four minutes after the winner completed the race third Sara Lindborg, again from Sweden.
Men’s Jizerska 50 results
- Pedersen (NOR / BN Bank) 2:05:27,8
- Kardin (SWE / Santander) -46,2
- Nygaard (NOR / Santander) -53,3
… 18. Stanislav Rezac (CZE / Silvini Madshus) -5:54,7
Women’s Jizerska 50 results
- Johansson Norgren (SWE / Lager 157) 2:26:47,9
- Smutna (CZE / Bauer Ski) -38,8,
- Lindborg (SWE/Serneke) -3:46,8
