Russia has met the highest expectations on the very last day of the 2015 FIS Rollerski World Championships in Italy's Val di Fiemme, today. The final competition of the tournament was the Long Distance Mass Start FT race and former Winter Olympic champion Eugeniy Dementiev seized gold after a tough 25km long race in which he managed to get rid of Robin Norum (SWE) and Federico Pellegrino (ITA) only at the end of the final uphill. Dementiev crossed the line almost 8 seconds ahead of the Swede while Pellegrino finished 13 seconds behind.

A huge crowd gathered in Val di Fiemme to cheer and enjoy the final day of the Rollerski World Champs, and the Russian flag waved high in the Italian blue sky more than once as Andrey Nischakov and Maria Kondratenko both became new 2015 Rollerski Junior World Champions in Long Distance discipline.
In the Senior Ladies' Mass Start competition, Marika Sundin of Sweden took the title by defeating homegirls Ilaria Debertolis and Virginia De Martin Topranin.

Concerning the overall medal table of the 2015 FIS Rollerski World Championships, Russia topped the gold and total ranking with 6 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze medals. Italy followed with 4 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals, and Sweden reached third spot with 4 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze medals.
An Open promo race took place today on the streets of Val di Fiemme straight after the World races and – almost needless to say – two Russians climbed the highest step of the podium, Nikita Kriukov and Svetlana Hvostunkova.

The 2015 FIS Rollerski World Championships will be broadcast by national RAI Sport 1 TV channel on Wednesday 30 September afternoon, and Eurosport, NRK (Norway) and SVT (Sweden) will be airing the event internationally.

The races in Val di Fiemme awarded the last 2015 Rollerski World Cup points and Sweden's Linn Sömskar and Robin Norum grabbed the title in Senior category while Markus Fredriksson (SWE) and Olga Letucheva (RUS) seized the overall victory among Juniors.

Now that the curtains on a super successful running of the Rollerski World Champs have come down, Italy's Val di Fiemme and the Nordic Ski Fiemme OC look ahead at the 2016 FIS Tour de Ski with the final legs scheduled on 9 and 10 January in Lago di Tesero and on the Alpe Cermis with the spectacular Final Climb.

Info: www.fiemmeworldcup.com

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Long Distance – Senior Men
1 Dementiev Eugeniy RUS 48:19.00;
2 Norum Robin SWE 48:26.58;
3 Pellegrino Federico ITA 48:32.00;
4 Pepene Paul Constantin ROU 48:41.24;
5 Bonaldi Sergio ITA 48:46.13;
6 Clara Roland ITA 48:50.52;
7 Paredi Simone ITA 48:56.08;
8 Hogiu Petrica ROU 49:02.50;
9 Ploskonosov Dmitriy RUS 49:32.25;
10 Mailler Clement FRA 49:41.35

Long Distance – Senior Ladies
1 Sundin Marika SWE 47:42.96;
2 Debertolis Ilaria ITA 48:16.47;
3 De Martin Topranin Virginia ITA 48:21.80;
4 Mikhailova Olga RUS 48:36.91;
5 Nikolaeva Svetlana RUS 48:42.45;
6 Prochazkova Alena SVK 49:08.34;
7 Antsybor Maryna UKR 49:23.46;
8 Soemskar Linn SWE 49:53.20;
9 Nesterenko Lada UKR 49:59.37;
10 Serdyuk Kateryna UKR 50:12.51

Long Distance – Junior Men
1 Nischakov Andrey RUS 44:51.87;
2 Ustyukhov Andrey RUS 44:53.65;
3 Kudryavtsev Evgeniy RUS 44:56.18;
4 Fredriksson Marcus SWE 45:15.69;
5 Koristek Jan SVK 45:18.27;
6 Cioanca Alin Florin ROU 45:25.17;
7 Buskqvist Alfred SWE 45:27.15;
8 Bikse Indulis LAT 45:27.45;
9 Popa Raul Mihai ROU 45:35.37;
10 Carlet Alessandro ITA 45:36.00

Long Distance – Junior Ladies
1 Kondratenko Maria RUS 53:07.68;
2 Defrancesco Ilenia ITA 53:10.05;
3 Chvanova Tatiana RUS 53:42.01;
4 Bolzan Lisa ITA 54:45.03;
5 Olsen Amalie Honerud NOR 54:49.62;
6 Burtseva Elizaveta RUS 54:55.35;
7 Rockstroh Anna GER 54:58.42;
8 Olsson Sandra SWE 55:18.68;
9 Broll Veronika ITA 55:53.69;
10 Ariuntungalag Enkhbayar MGL 56:13.03

Long Distance – Open Race - Men
1 Kriukov Nikita RUS 58:36.69;
2 Di Gregorio Alfio ITA 58:43.88;
3 Orlandi Luca ITA 1h00:28.66;
4 Pellegrin Mattia ITA 1h01:31.78;
5 Debertolis Bruno ITA 1h02:14.24;
6 Zanotto Stefano ITA 1h03:02.11;
7 Radovan Matteo ITA 1h03:42.10;
8 Morandini Nicola ITA 1h03:46.30;
9 Fontanive Damiano ITA 1h03:49.76;
10 Dalla Via Alberto ITA 1h04:07.18

Long Distance – Open Race - Ladies
1 Hvostunkova Svetlana RUS 1h14:06.22;
2 Druidi Viviana ITA 1h22:58.13;
3 Zanon Stefania ITA 1h25:45.71

World Cup Overall Standing Senior Men
1 Norum Robin SWE (646);
2 Becchis Emanuele ITA (597);
3 Andresen Ragnar Bragvin NOR (437)

World Cup Overall Standing Senior Ladies
1 Soemskar Linn SWE (934);
2 Sundin Marika SWE (678);
3 Kaminskaya Valiantsina BLR (576)

World Cup Overall Standing Junior Men
1 Fredriksson Marcus SWE (812);
2 Buskqvist Alfred SWE (668);
3 Becchis Francesco ITA (497)

World Cup Overall Standing Junior Ladies
1 Letucheva Olga RUS (841);
2 Bolzan Lisa ITA (825);
3 Chvanova Tatiana RUS (820)

Source.fis-ski.com