 |
|
|
Lahti Sprint Medals To Andersson, Vaelimaa, and Kuitunen
After winning silver in the World Championship Sprint last week, Sweden's Lina Andersson followed up with a clear win in today's World Cup classic sprint race in Lahti, Finland. The overall World Cup leader Marit Bjoergen did not race. 
Lina Andersson. Photo By Marco Felgenhauer, www.xc-ski.de Andersson fought off strong performances by Finland's Kirsi Vaelimaa and Virpi Kuitunen, who put in a strong showing for the host nation by taking second and third places in the A-final. Sweden's Anna Dahlberg settled for fourth. In the B-final, which decides 5th through 8th spots, it was Claudia Kuenzel of Germany ahead of the recent World Sprint Champion Emelie Oehrstig of Sweden, and two more Finns--Mona-Liisa Malvalehto and Aino Kaisa Saarinen--who were cheered on heartily by the home crowd. Canadian Beckie Scott finished ninth while Sara Renner missed qualifying by 0.3 seconds, ending up 17th. Milaine Theriault had a solid sprint race, putting up the 24th fastest qualifying time. No other North Americans raced. 
Beckie Scott 
Sara Renner. Photo By Marco Felgenhauer, www.xc-ski.de Sunday sees more World Cup racing in Lahti with a 10km freestyle race for the women and 15km for the men. Results -- Lahti World Cup, Women's 1.2km Classic Sprint Final Standings: 1 1 1283116 ANDERSSON Lina 1981 SWE 2 6 1218611 VAELIMAA Kirsi 1978 FIN 3 3 1166037 KUITUNEN Virpi 1976 FIN 4 4 1237817 DAHLBERG Anna 1976 SWE 5 16 1220648 KUENZEL Claudia 1978 GER 6 7 1242958 OEHRSTIG Emelie 1978 SWE 7 5 3185003 MALVALEHTO Mona-Liisa 1983 FIN 8 2 1255665 SAARINEN Aino Kaisa 1979 FIN 9 9 1128789 SCOTT Beckie 1974 CAN 10 10 1276714 MAJDIC Petra 1979 SLO 11 11 1126461 VENAELAEINEN-SUNDQVIST Kati 1975 FIN 12 12 1113754 HENKEL Manuela 1974 GER 13 8 1169432 NATSUMI Madoka 1978 JPN 14 13 1256732 SACHENBACHER Evi 1980 GER 15 14 1367021 SIDKO Alena 1979 RUS 16 15 3485039 KURKINA Larisa 1973 RUS 17 17 1128886 RENNER Sara 1976 CAN 18 18 1303874 BJOERNAAS Kine Beate 1980 NOR 19 19 1296114 KELDER Cristina 1981 ITA 20 20 1312701 MISCHOL Seraina 1981 SUI 21 21 1129371 BARANOVA- MASOLKINA Natalia 1975 RUS 22 22 1081744 VILJANMAA Annmari 1973 FIN 23 23 1262261 WIGERNAES Ine 1969 NOR 24 24 1129177 THERIAULT Milaine 1973 CAN 25 25 1291846 APAJALAHTI Minna 1980 FIN 26 26 3425155 AAS Sigrid 1980 NOR 27 27 1293107 BOEHLER Stefanie 1981 GER 28 28 3435001 KOWALCZYK Justyna 1983 POL 29 29 3425115 SOLLI Guro Stroem 1983 NOR 30 30 3185039 RUOTSALAINEN HIIPAKKA Katja 1977 FIN 31 31 1335302 PELTONEN Heli 1977 FIN 32 32 1002786 PARUZZI Gabriella 1969 ITA 32 33 1350628 FUKUDA Nobuko 1980 JPN 34 34 3185026 KORANDER Marjo 1981 FIN 35 35 3185024 HANNONEN Marianne 1983 FIN 36 36 1345099 BOURGEOIS PIN Elodie 1982 FRA 37 37 1088922 SAVIALOVA Olga 1972 RUS 38 38 3185000 RINTALA Mirva 1979 FIN 39 39 3425109 URDAHL Ingrid 1984 NOR 39 40 3185091 TANNER Urpu 1981 FIN 41 41 3395005 SIRGE Kaili 1983 EST 42 42 1207165 MEDVEDEVA-ABRUZOVA Evgenia 1976 RUS 43 43 1274580 ISHIDA Masako 1980 JPN 44 44 3185004 SARASOJA Riikka 1982 FIN 45 45 3785000 TERENTJEVA Irina 1984 LTU 46 46 3305013 ORUI Misaki 1984 JPN Qualification Round: 1 7 1283116 ANDERSSON Lina 1981 SWE 3:02.04 0.00 2 3 1255665 SAARINEN Aino Kaisa 1979 FIN 3:04.62 17.01 3 4 1166037 KUITUNEN Virpi 1976 FIN 3:04.80 18.19 4 16 1237817 DAHLBERG Anna 1976 SWE 3:05.09 20.11 5 9 3185003 MALVALEHTO Mona-Liisa 1983 FIN 3:05.24 21.09 6 26 1218611 VAELIMAA Kirsi 1978 FIN 3:05.27 21.29 7 12 1242958 OEHRSTIG Emelie 1978 SWE 3:05.75 24.46 8 21 1169432 NATSUMI Madoka 1978 JPN 3:06.05 26.43 9 17 1128789 SCOTT Beckie 1974 CAN 3:06.45 29.07 10 13 1276714 MAJDIC Petra 1979 SLO 3:06.80 31.38 11 6 1126461 VENAELAEINEN-SUNDQVIST Kati 1975 FIN 3:06.92 32.17 12 8 1113754 HENKEL Manuela 1974 GER 3:08.13 40.15 13 20 1256732 SACHENBACHER Evi 1980 GER 3:08.77 44.36 14 19 1367021 SIDKO Alena 1979 RUS 3:09.36 48.25 15 23 3485039 KURKINA Larisa 1973 RUS 3:09.48 49.04 16 5 1220648 KUENZEL Claudia 1978 GER 3:09.54 49.44 17 14 1128886 RENNER Sara 1976 CAN 3:09.88 51.68 18 29 1303874 BJOERNAAS Kine Beate 1980 NOR 3:10.34 54.71 19 18 1296114 KELDER Cristina 1981 ITA 3:10.86 58.14 20 2 1312701 MISCHOL Seraina 1981 SUI 3:11.10 59.72 21 32 1129371 BARANOVA- MASOLKINA Natalia 1975 RUS 3:11.37 61.50 22 35 1081744 VILJANMAA Annmari 1973 FIN 3:11.73 63.88 23 33 1262261 WIGERNAES Ine 1969 NOR 3:11.82 64.47 24 28 1129177 THERIAULT Milaine 1973 CAN 3:11.99 65.59 25 42 1291846 APAJALAHTI Minna 1980 FIN 3:12.82 71.06 26 30 3425155 AAS Sigrid 1980 NOR 3:12.87 71.39 27 10 1293107 BOEHLER Stefanie 1981 GER 3:13.39 74.82 28 22 3435001 KOWALCZYK Justyna 1983 POL 3:13.44 75.15 29 1 3425115 SOLLI Guro Stroem 1983 NOR 3:13.65 76.53 30 45 3185039 RUOTSALAINEN HIIPAKKA Katja 1977 FIN 3:14.32 80.95 31 41 1335302 PELTONEN Heli 1977 FIN 3:14.64 83.06 32 11 1002786 PARUZZI Gabriella 1969 ITA 3:14.77 83.92 32 25 1350628 FUKUDA Nobuko 1980 JPN 3:14.77 83.92 34 36 3185026 KORANDER Marjo 1981 FIN 3:14.90 84.77 35 43 3185024 HANNONEN Marianne 1983 FIN 3:15.55 89.06 36 27 1345099 BOURGEOIS PIN Elodie 1982 FRA 3:15.89 91.30 37 24 1088922 SAVIALOVA Olga 1972 RUS 3:16.10 92.68 38 44 3185000 RINTALA Mirva 1979 FIN 3:16.44 94.92 39 34 3425109 URDAHL Ingrid 1984 NOR 3:17.27 100.40 39 46 3185091 TANNER Urpu 1981 FIN 3:17.27 100.40 41 37 3395005 SIRGE Kaili 1983 EST 3:17.98 105.08 42 31 1207165 MEDVEDEVA-ABRUZOVA Evgenia 1976 RUS 3:18.01 105.27 43 38 1274580 ISHIDA Masako 1980 JPN 3:19.24 113.38 44 15 3185004 SARASOJA Riikka 1982 FIN 3:23.89 144.03 45 39 3785000 TERENTJEVA Irina 1984 LTU 3:24.02 144.89 46 40 3305013 ORUI Misaki 1984 JPN 3:25.89 157.22
|
|
