China success at the first visit of Peterson and Hansson

Fri, Jun  25, 2010 - By NordicWays

Swedish Teodor Peterson and Jenny Hansson, both visiting China for the first time, became winners in the fourth edition of the Chinese Summer Ski Tour, that began just outside the city Yakeshi in the province of Inner Mongolia. Race day got bright sun from a clear blue sky, with very fair conditions for the racers provide by about 15,000 cubic meters of stored snow.

Ladies winner, Jenny Hansson said in the afternoon; "It was really good conditions with very fine snow. Unbelievably cool to compete here in China, it was really fun. It felt good in the body today and it was fun to stick all the way to victory in a sprint. It was a pity for the competition that Sanna Hallberg fell, we had a tough fight in the quarterfinals. There have been many funny experiences here in China and we have received a good response from the Chinese people we have met here in Inner Mongolia. I would love to come back to China and the Vasaloppet China some time and I think I would have a good chance of winning the total cup of Tour de Ski China."

Behind Jenny Hansson the Norwegian Liv Inger Nilsen Bjerkreim took the second place and to the delight of the Chinese squad, Wang Libo took come on to the podium with her third place. The final was run also by Katja Schwartz, SWE who became fourth.
 
Teodor Peterson, winner in men’s class, says this about today's race: "It was fun to go here today and the track and snow conditions were surprisingly good. It felt good for me today, but I was a little tired after the trip over here during Friday-Saturday, but it came off during the competition. It is a little different to compete in China and it feels very exotic. I am very happy that I got the chance to go here, so far it is really a memory for life!"

In the men's class took forever young, china veteran Anders Hogberg, Sweden, became second behind Teodor Peterson and Kjetil Hagtvedt Dammen, Norway followed them to the podium. Hagtvedt Dammen that last winter was on the Tour De Ski China with one stage victory in Inner Mongolia. Gustav Hall, Sweden took care of fourth place in the final and David Frisk, also Sweden, won Small Final and became fifth, which means he defeated Bjorn Lind, the Torino Olympic Champion.

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