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After two silver medals Ukraine s Oleksandra Kononova won gold in the women s middle distance at the World Cup in Slovenia ⒸAdrian Stykowski/World Para Snow Sports By Lena Smirnova | For World Para Snow Sports
Ukrainian women added a golden glow to their yellow-and-blue uniforms with a full medal sweep in the three Para cross-country races at the World Cup in Planica, Slovenia.
Liudmyla Liashenko led the charge with two gold medals, in the sprint and short-distance races, and a silver in Sunday’s middle-distance event.
Oleksandra Kononova picked up the gold in the middle distance, to add to her two silver from the earlier races, while Yuliia Batenkova-Bauman took a third cross-country bronze.
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Giuseppe Romele was a fairly unknown factor going into the 2020-21 World Cup in Para Nordic skiing. The Italian sit skier was 12th in the cross-country ranking last season, but managed to start this season with a victory, his career’s first, over the biggest star in his class.
“I am happy about the competition,” Romele said. “But I will not celebrate yet. After the last race, I will celebrate.”
The World Cup in Planica, Slovenia opened with the cross-country short distance on Wednesday (3 March) and sprint races on Thursday, the day that marked one year to go to the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games.
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Austria s four-time world champion Carina Edlinger is one of the stars competing at the Planica 2021 World Cup ⒸLillehammer LOCBy Lena Smirnova | For World Para Snow Sports
The long-awaited World Cup season in Para Nordic skiing is set to begin this week in Slovenia where the world’s best athletes will test themselves with one year to go to the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games.
Planica and Kranjska Gora, Slovenia will host three cross-country and three biathlon races from 3 to 10 March to start the 2020-21 World Cup season, with another World Cup to follow in Vuokatti, Finland later this month.
A total of 91 athletes from 15 nations will be competing in Slovenia.
Para Nordic Skiing World Cup to return after year-long hiatus in Kranjska Gora
A six-day meeting, three cross-country and three biathlon races are scheduled.
Short-distance cross-country races are set to begin action tomorrow, before sprints are scheduled the day after.
Middle-distance cross-country races are planned on Sunday (March 7), with the following day one reserved for rest.
Biathlon contests are scheduled on March 6, 9 and 10.
Each race will feature men s and women s standing, sitting and visual impairment categories.
American Paralympic champions Oksana Masters and Kendall Gretsch are among an impressive field set to compete, which also includes Russia s defending World Cup champions Vera Khlyzova, Ivan Golubkov and Vladislav Lekomtsev.