Nordic skiing

St. Moritz – Slovenian cross-country runner Anamarija Lampič officially finished second in the 1 January World Cup freestyle sprint event, after an appeals commission upheld Slovenia’s complaint against a decision that relegated her to second place for standing in the way of a fellow competitor.

St. Moritz – Although Slovenian cross-country skier Anamarija Lampič crossed the finish line second in the women’s World Cup freestyle sprint event in Val Müstair, Switzerland on Friday, she was subsequently knocked down to the sixth place for standing in the way of a fellow competitor.

Dresden – Slovenians Anamarija Lampič and Eva Urevc finished third in the women’s team sprint finals at the FIS Cross Country World Cup in Dresden on Sunday. The Swiss Nadine Fähndrich and Laurien van der Graaff won the race, while Russian Yulia Stupak and Natalia Nepryaeva were second.

Dresden- Fresh from being declared Slovenian female athlete of the year, cross-country runner Anamarija Lampič finished third in Saturday’s World Cup sprint in Dresden, Germany.

The top three finish came even though Lampič lost a pole soon after the start and was forced to run with one pole for a part of the race.

In what was the tenth team victory overall for Slovenian ski jumpers, the foursome accumulated a total of 1632.9 points, the Germans 1606.3, whole the Austrians earned 1563.8 points.

Slovenia was in the lead after the first round, having earned 789 points, followed by Germany (775.8 points) and Austria (754.8 points).

Slovenian ski jumper, Peter Prevc, stood on the podium four times - winning two gold and two silver medals, including the team medal. These wins saw him win the overall World Cup, the big Crystal Globe, which he won by a significant margin over his competitors as the best ski jumper of 2016. He also won the World Cup for ski flying by taking gold at Planica.

The award will be split between several architects who were responsible for various aspects of the Planica Nordic Centre, a EUR 40m EU-subsidised facility that was inaugurated late last year.

Located in the north-west of the country, the complex features a ski-flying hill, seven ski-jumping hills and outdoor and indoor cross-country skiing tracks.

Prevc, who had secured the overall World Cup win prior to Planica, cemented his place in the history books with the record 15th individual victory of the season and the 22nd podium finish. The 2015/2016 season established Slovenia as a ski jumping superpower, as Prevc pulled the entire team ahead.