Title: 1) Beatrici Lorenza (Atl
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INTERVIEWS

JENNY HANSSON – 1^st
I’m so happy and satisfied with the race I did today. It has been very hard from the beginning, but I pushed hard through the whole course and in the end I made it. 
I had a great race, also thanks to the skis I used today, which were perfectly prepared by my team. The waxers did a fantastic job both with me and Oskar, as we are from the same team.
Regarding this year’s Marcialonga, I once again enjoyed the view and the warm atmosphere all along the tracks. It’s been amazing. 

SANDRA HANSSON – 2^nd
Our team today has been fantastic. We have many good athletes who compete in long distance races. I guess it’s because of our long tradition in Vasaloppet, where I will be competing this year. I want to defend the victory from last year. 
My race wasn’t very good. I had to fight hard all the way from the start, because of the skis and also because of the snow, which was fine and too slow, especially in the first part of the course. I’m happy anyway with my second place.

SUSANNE NYSTROEM – 3^rd
A fantastic result for the Swedish team here in Italy. We have many good athletes competing in the FIS Marathon Cup, who could do well today, and we managed to get both the gold medals. That’s great.
Regarding my race, I had a quite bad start and I lost a lot of time there. Even if I managed to get back in the group of the top racers, it was unfortunately too late and the first two were already gone.
I felt very tired on the last uphill. My stomach was cramping pretty bad, along with my arms and even my toes were cramping! It was really tough.

OSKAR SVARD (1^st)
It’s been amazing today. Finally I won the Marcialonga after six times I tried in the past years. As always, this has been a really tough race.
With my team we decided to use the classic-technique skis, but without waxing them, in order to go faster.
For the entire race we stayed all together, and I just tried to keep an eye on the others, so they wouldn’t fly away. On the final climb I was good and lucky at sprinting at the right moment against Jerry and Jorgen. 
Now I just enjoy this beautiful victory and the FIS Marathon Cup red bib.
I’m also very happy for my team-mate Jenny and I want to thank my team for the great job they did. 

JERRY AHRLIN (2^nd)
It’s a pity I missed the victory today, It would have been great to win for the second time in a row. However, this year Oskar Svard was too good.
The race was tight since the very first kilometres and we fought against the Norwegians for the whole 70 km course. I tried to raise the rhythm for a couple times, but today it was hard to leave the group behind. On the Cascata climb three of us flew away and it was fantastic for our team to jump on the highest steps of the podiums. Swedes today did a really good job!

JORGEN AUKLAND (3^rd)
It’s always a great pleasure to be part of the Marcialonga. All the people along the tracks and the beautiful mountains around make the atmosphere unique indeed.
It’s been a tight race since the beginning. The snow was really well prepared throughout the course, and in the end I was happy I came in third. Of course I tried to win, but this year Swedes were at their best. Next year we’ll try to beat them.