{"id":55213,"date":"2024-11-29T18:06:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T16:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rukanordic.com\/?p=55213"},"modified":"2024-11-29T18:07:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T16:07:50","slug":"iivo-niskanen-claims-victory-in-2024-25-world-cup-opening-event-at-ruka-klaebo-finishes-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rukanordic.com\/en\/iivo-niskanen-claims-victory-in-2024-25-world-cup-opening-event-at-ruka-klaebo-finishes-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"Iivo Niskanen Claims Victory in 2024\/25 World Cup Opening event at Ruka, Klaebo Finishes 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2024\/25 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup season started at Ruka on Friday. <\/span><b>Iivo Niskanen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> took an impressive victory at the 10 kilometer classic race. The difference was 12.5 seconds to <\/span><b>Harald Amensen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who finished second.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI felt good at the finish line and I was able to enjoy the last kilometers of the race. It was a great race. Nothing to complain about\u201d, Niskanen said after the victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Niskanen, it was Norwegians dominance, as they took the next five spots, with <\/span><b>Martin Nyenget <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">taking the third place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a favourite to the race, <\/span><b>Johannes Klaebo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> didn\u00b4t fulfill the expectations and finished on the fourth place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTough race, tough conditions, so nothing more to say\u201d, Klaebo commented after the race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next Finn was <\/span><b>Arsi Ruuskanen,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who was one minute behind Niskanen and finished 19th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other Finns and their positions: <\/span><b>Ville Ahonen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 28th. <\/span><b>Lauri Vuorinen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 31th. <\/span><b>Ristomatti Hakola<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 37th. <\/span><b>Markus Vuorela <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">41th. <\/span><b>Remi Lindholm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 42th.<\/span><b> Juuso Haarala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 46th.<\/span><b> Alexander Stahlberg<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 53th. <\/span><b>Juuso Varis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 56th. <\/span><b>Emil Liekari <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">66th. <\/span><b>Lauri Mannila<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 69th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fis-ski.com\/DB\/general\/results.html?sectorcode=CC&amp;raceid=46734\">Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Text: Olli \u00d6sterman<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Picture: Teemu Moisio<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024\/25 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup season started at Ruka on Friday. 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