Venezuelan Nicolás Claveau-Laviolette made his first appearance this Tuesday at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games, in the classic cross-country skiing sprint event, a discipline with which he began his competitive calendar at the Olympic Games.
The young athlete completed the 1,5-kilometer course in 3 minutes and 47,29 seconds, a time that placed him 88th overall. With this result, Claveau also established himself as one of the youngest participants in the event, being the third youngest in the entire competition.
The native of Lechería, Anzoátegui state, the athlete became the sixth Venezuelan representative to participate in a Winter Olympic Games and the first from the country to compete specifically in the cross-country skiing modality, marking a new chapter for national sport.
Victory in this race went to Norwegian Johannes Klæbo, who recorded the best time of the day with 3:03.37. Second place went to American Ben Ogden, who crossed the finish line with a time of 3:09.88.
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Claveau's schedule will continue this Friday, when the 10-kilometer cross-country skiing competition is scheduled to take place at the Tesero Cross-Country Stadium.
“Hello to all Venezuelans, I already did my first sprint race. It was very difficult, but I'm very happy. The next race is on Friday and I think it will be better for me,” declared Nicolás Claveau after his debut.
