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Kangaroo Hoppet opens Worldloppet season
The Kangaroo Hoppet, Australia's international ski marathon, was held at Falls Creek in north-east Victoria on Saturday 27th August. The Kangaroo Hoppet traditionally opens the ski marathon season as the first event of the 2011/12 season, and the only event from Oceania belonging to the Worldloppet series which features 15 races in 15 countries and has annual participation of 125,000 skiers.
The first skier across the line in the men's premier 30km free technique event was Petr Novak from the Czech Republic, making it the third time in the event's 21 year history that a Czech skier has won. Australian Esther Bottomley was the first woman home in the 30km, making it back-to-back Hoppet victories for the home-grown skier.
Warm weather in recent weeks caused the event to be moved from its traditional course across the Bogong High Plains to the back-up course at the top of the Falls Creek Alpine Resort. Track conditions on the 10km Mt McKay / Frying Pan Spur loop were initially firm and fast, though snow softened on sections of the track facing the sun throughout the duration of the event. Over 1150 competitors from 24 nations entered in the three race distances of 30km, 10km, and 5km.
The Kangaroo Hoppet is also the final race in the 2011 FIS Australia New Zealand Cup (ANC), one of eight Continental Cup series around the world endorsed by FIS. The 2011 ANC series winners Callum Watson and Esther Bottomley will receive a personal start place and expenses paid during the first period of the 2011/2012 FIS World Cup series.
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