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Blink Festival Stage 1 Lysebotn Opp – USA’s Stephen 3rd

by skitrax.com

Stepen (l) and Randall on their way to the Blink Festival... © courtesy of Kikkan Randall
July 19, 2012 – The USA’s Liz Stephen landed in 3rd place on the podium at the 7.5km Lysebotn Opp, the opening round of the Blink Festival, a popular three-day rollerski race event in Norway, that was won by local star Therese Johaug.

Johaug and Stephen on the podium... © courtesy of Kikkan Randall
According to Kikkan Randall, who invited Stephen to race with her at the Blink competition, “Liz scored a podium today in the epic uphill battle up Lysboten Opp!! Yeehaw. As you can see, we’re not having any fun over here at all.”

Johaug wins © Christian Stahl
Johaug was the clear winner of the uphill roller skiing climb with a time of 32:34, almost a minute ahead of her compatriot Heidi Weng. Stephen had a stellar performance to claim the bronze at 01:01 off the pace.

Maurice Manificat led the French skiers to success © courtesy of Kikkan Randall
The men’s competition was much more dramatic and more of a race as Maurice Manificat led the French skiers to success and dominated the men’s competition in 29:02.5. Jean Marc Gaillard lost to Manificat by only +1.8 sec to finish second. Curdin Perl of Switzerland crossed the finish line +5.8 sec behind the winner in third.

Randall and Stephen making friends... © courtesy of Kikkan Randall
Women’s results HERE.
Men’s results HERE.
More photos HERE.

With files from FIS XC





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