Poltoranin dropped out of Tour de Ski sprint
08:46, 30 December 2013
Astana. December 30. KAZINFORM - Placed fifth in the competition's quarterfinals, Alexey Poltoranin of Kazakhstan dropped out of the Tour de Ski sprint hosted by the German Oberhof, Vesti.kz informs.
Poltoranin lost 1.19 seconds to the winner, Joseph Wenzel of Germany. A day before, Poltoranin was fourteenth in the opening prologue being 19.5 seconds behind that day's winner - Alex Harvey, Canada. Tour de Ski is a cross-country skiing event of 7 stages, which will finish in Italian Val di Fiemme.