Cross-country skiing in Ruka
Top placing! Only Norwegian better than Vermeulen
Mika Vermeulen narrowly missed out on his second World Cup podium finish in the 20 km cross-country mass start race in Ruka on Sunday. The 25-year-old from Styria battled with the front runners right up to the finish, led the field at times and ended up in fourth place behind three Norwegians. He was only 2.9 seconds behind the winner Harald Östberg Amundsen and one second behind Martin Löwström Nyenget.
"I've finished fourth a few times before, so that's not really good for me now. I did what I had to do, but unfortunately they were better than me," was Vermeulen's summary in the ORF interview.
Austrian ran without transponder
Curious: Vermeulen had forgotten to attach his transponder to transmit his time, but was included in the classification. However, there were no split times and the Styrian will have to pay a penalty for this. "That was a bit of a disadvantage, but thankfully we've been running with GPS at the back since this year, and I think that should be enough," said Vermeulen.
Winner Amundsen had done a good half of the work on the track. "He deserved it." The lap was "as feared relatively easy". "That was all I could do today. I can't blame myself, I skied well tactically and the material was good." His next race is now on Friday, the 10 km race (skating) in Lillehammer. Top star and Saturday's winner Johannes Hösflot Kläbo did not feel well and did not start.
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