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2017 Australian XC Championships - Falls Creek

Sat 19 Aug 2017 00:00 — Sun 20 Aug 2017 00:00

Falls Creek XC, 1 Slalom Street, Falls Creek Vic 3699

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Jezersek and Bellingham lead the charge at Falls Creek in XC

Barbara Jezersek and Phil Bellingham have dominated the second half of the Cross Country Skiing Australian National Championships after they topped the podium on both days of the event, winning the Classic Sprint on Saturday and the 10/15km Freestyle races on Sunday.

Despite Bellingham being just beaten out in qualifying by Paul Kovacs in the Classic Sprint he steadily moved his way through the quarter and semi-finals before blowing away the field in the opening minute of the final to eventually go on to claim a comfortable win. Fellow Sochi Olympian Callum Watson finished second while Miles Havlick from the USA rounded out the podium.

He backed it up in the 15km Freestyle where, after a close first 10km, he accelerated away from the competition to win in a time of 36:45. Once again it was Watson winning silver, 34 seconds off Bellingham, with Havlick finishing another 22 seconds further back. Kovacs was the third highest finishing Australian.