Cross Country: Randall sets new career high in fourth
The U.S. Ski Team’s Kikkan Randall scored a career best classic sprint finish, coming in fourth in the first stage of the Ruka Triple in Kuusamo, high up on the Arctic Circle of Finland. Qualifying 15th, Randall powered through to the finals after beating Poland’s Justyna Kowalczak to the line in the semi-finals. Norway’s Marit Bjoergen took the win with Randall 4.5 seconds out in the sprint final. Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla took second ahead of Norwegian Vibeke Skofterud in third.
“I am super satisfied with my best ever classic sprint result and first final, but also a little bummed to have just missed out on a podium,” said Randall, whose previous best classic sprint finish was a seventh place. “I’ll be looking to keep this momentum going into the next two days.”
American Andy Newell qualified 19th in the men’s race but lost out in the first round of heats. Saturday’s second stage of the Ruka Triple will feature 10k/5k freestyle race before concluding Sunday with a pursuit.
Randall and Newell were the only Americans to qualify for finals.
Action continues Saturday and Sunday in the three-day mini stage race the Ruka Triple.
“I am taking this mini-tour one day at a time,” said Randall. “I was psyched to have a strong start today and now I will look forward to laying out two more hard efforts in the distance races. I want to race like I did last weekend and push myself to go for more top tens. At this point, all I want to do is put another bib on and go for it.”
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Women’s Results
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Time | FIS Points |
1 | 5 | 1303777 | BJOERGEN Marit | 1980 | NOR | ||
2 | 21 | 3505217 | KALLA Charlotte | 1987 | SWE | ||
3 | 1 | 1305426 | SKOFTERUD Vibeke W | 1980 | NOR | ||
4 | 15 | 1365857 | RANDALL Kikkan | 1982 | USA | ||
5 | 11 | 3185137 | KYLLOENEN Anne | 1987 | FIN | ||
6 | 3 | 3485202 | MATVEEVA Natalia | 1986 | RUS | ||
7 | 27 | 3055066 | SMUTNA Katerina | 1983 | AUT | ||
8 | 29 | 3425301 | JOHAUG Therese | 1988 | NOR | ||
9 | 2 | 3565005 | VISNAR Katja | 1984 | SLO | ||
10 | 17 | 3505481 | BRODIN Hanna | 1990 | SWE | ||
11 | 13 | 3425365 | FALLA Maiken Caspersen | 1990 | NOR | ||
12 | 20 | 1373617 | FESSEL Nicole | 1983 | GER | ||
13 | 6 | 3435001 | KOWALCZYK Justyna | 1983 | POL | ||
14 | 12 | 3105040 | GAIAZOVA Daria | 1983 | CAN | ||
15 | 14 | 3505090 | INGEMARSDOTTER Ida | 1985 | SWE | ||
16 | 18 | 3705003 | PROCHAZKOVA Alena | 1984 | SVK | ||
17 | 4 | 3485342 | DOTSENKO Anastasia | 1986 | RUS | ||
18 | 16 | 1255665 | SAARINEN Aino- Kaisa | 1979 | FIN | ||
19 | 22 | 3185256 | LAHTEENMAKI Krista | 1990 | FIN | ||
20 | 28 | 3425275 | BRUN-LIE Celine | 1988 | NOR | ||
21 | 7 | 3185003 | MALVALEHTO Mona-Lisa | 1983 | FIN | ||
22 | 10 | 3105013 | CRAWFORD Chandra | 1983 | CAN | ||
23 | 19 | 1247226 | ZELLER Katrin | 1979 | GER | ||
24 | 23 | 3485198 | IVANOVA Julia | 1985 | RUS | ||
25 | 25 | 3565002 | FABJAN Vesna | 1985 | SLO | ||
26 | 8 | 3485032 | KOROSTELEVA Natalia | 1981 | RUS | ||
27 | 9 | 3485510 | MEDVEDEVA Polina | 1989 | RUS | ||
28 | 24 | 3205075 | HERRMANN Denise | 1988 | GER | ||
29 | 26 | 3185168 | NISKANEN Kerttu | 1988 | FIN | ||
30 | 30 | 3395048 | OJASTE Triin | 1990 | EST | ||
31 | 31 | 1293107 | BOEHLER Stefanie | 1981 | GER | ||
32 | 32 | 3395010 | PORMEISTER Piret | 1985 | EST | ||
33 | 33 | 3505183 | HAAG Anna | 1986 | SWE | ||
34 | 34 | 3295000 | BROCARD Elisa | 1984 | ITA | ||
35 | 35 | 3485283 | NIKOLAEVA Svetlana | 1987 | RUS | ||
36 | 36 | 3425410 | OESTBERG Ingvild Flugstad | 1990 | NOR | ||
37 | 37 | 3515038 | TRACHSEL Doris | 1984 | SUI | ||
38 | 38 | 3185311 | GRUNDVALL Maria | 1991 | FIN | ||
39 | 39 | 3565014 | JEZERSEK Barbara | 1986 | SLO | ||
40 | 40 | 3485013 | NOVIKOVA Valentina | 1984 | RUS | ||
41 | 41 | 3185088 | AEHTAEVAE Ann-Mary | 1973 | FIN | ||
42 | 42 | 3195056 | JEAN Aurore | 1985 | FRA | ||
43 | 43 | 3535124 | SARGENT Ida | 1988 | USA | ||
44 | 44 | 3105019 | JONES Perianne | 1985 | CAN | ||
45 | 45 | 3485491 | TANYGINA Alevtina | 1989 | RUS | ||
46 | 46 | 3425349 | KRISTOFFERSEN Marthe | 1989 | NOR | ||
47 | 47 | 3535320 | BJORNSEN Sadie | 1989 | USA | ||
48 | 48 | 3505069 | LINDBORG Sara | 1983 | SWE | ||
49 | 49 | 3185004 | SARASOJA-LILJA Riikka | 1982 | FIN | ||
50 | 50 | 3105084 | MARSHALL Alysson | 1988 | CAN | ||
51 | 51 | 3395035 | ROHTLA Laura | 1985 | EST | ||
52 | 52 | 3505258 | KORSGREN Lina | 1988 | SWE | ||
53 | 53 | 3185114 | AHERVO Laura | 1984 | FIN | ||
54 | 54 | 1371774 | KAZAKUL Anastasia | 1982 | RUS | ||
55 | 55 | 3675019 | SLONOVA Anastasia | 1991 | KAZ | ||
56 | 56 | 1255374 | ROPONEN Riitta-Liisa | 1978 | FIN | ||
57 | 57 | 1312216 | BONER Seraina | 1982 | SUI | ||
58 | 58 | 3295088 | DE MARTIN TOPRANIN Virginia | 1987 | ITA | ||
59 | 59 | 3195059 | BARTHELEMY Laure | 1988 | FRA | ||
60 | 60 | 3425499 | WENG Heidi | 1991 | NOR | ||
61 | 61 | 1181848 | YATSKAYA Oxana | 1978 | KAZ | ||
62 | 62 | 1319976 | KOLOMINA Yelena | 1981 | KAZ | ||
63 | 63 | 3505003 | RYDQVIST Maria | 1983 | SWE | ||
64 | 64 | 3485193 | KHAZOVA Irina | 1984 | RUS | ||
65 | 65 | 3425003 | STEIRA Kristin Stoermer | 1981 | NOR | ||
66 | 66 | 3195040 | FAIVRE PICON Anouk | 1986 | FRA | ||
67 | 67 | 3505445 | OEBERG Jennie | 1989 | SWE | ||
68 | 68 | 3195010 | HUGUE Coraline | 1984 | FRA | ||
69 | 69 | 3185089 | HAKALA Maija | 1984 | FIN | ||
70 | 70 | 3535142 | BROOKS Holly | 1982 | USA | ||
71 | 71 | 3435098 | MARCISZ Ewelina | 1991 | POL | ||
72 | 72 | 1274580 | ISHIDA Masako | 1980 | JPN | ||
73 | 73 | 1142563 | SHEVCHENKO Valentina | 1975 | UKR | ||
74 | 74 | 3425183 | JACOBSEN Astrid Uhrenholdt | 1987 | NOR | ||
75 | 75 | 3185262 | KAUPPINEN Tanja | 1991 | FIN | ||
76 | 76 | 3295089 | GORRA Melissa | 1988 | ITA | ||
77 | 77 | 3505497 | LARSEN Lisa | 1990 | SWE | ||
78 | 78 | 1354799 | GYORGY Monika | 1982 | ROU | ||
79 | 80 | 3435014 | JASKOWIEC Sylwia | 1986 | POL | ||
79 | 79 | 3205124 | SIEGEL Monique | 1989 | GER | ||
81 | 81 | 3675018 | MATROSSOVA Marina | 1990 | KAZ | ||
82 | 82 | 3695016 | ANTSYBOR Maryna | 1987 | UKR | ||
83 | 83 | 3295015 | RUPIL Silvia | 1985 | ITA | ||
84 | 84 | 3435031 | MACIUSZEK Paulina | 1985 | POL | ||
85 | 85 | 3535261 | STEPHEN Elizabeth | 1987 | USA | ||
86 | 86 | 3185265 | PITKAENEN Marjaana | 1991 | FIN | ||
87 | 87 | 3295141 | AGREITER Debora | 1991 | ITA | ||
88 | 88 | 3785012 | ARDISAUSKAITE Ingrida | 1993 | LTU | ||
89 | 89 | 3295013 | PILLER Marina | 1984 | ITA | ||
90 | 90 | 3095010 | GRIGOROVA-BURGOVA Antoniya | 1986 | BUL |
Men’s Results
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Time | FIS Points |
1 | 24 | 3500330 | PETERSON Teodor | 1988 | SWE | ||
2 | 3 | 3480436 | KRIUKOV Nikita | 1985 | RUS | ||
3 | 16 | 3420089 | PETTERSEN Oeystein | 1983 | NOR | ||
4 | 5 | 3420365 | BRANDSDAL Eirik | 1986 | NOR | ||
5 | 4 | 3100097 | VALJAS Len | 1988 | CAN | ||
6 | 1 | 3180250 | PENTSINEN Anssi | 1986 | FIN | ||
7 | 2 | 3500407 | MODIN Jesper | 1988 | SWE | ||
8 | 15 | 3670000 | CHEBOTKO Nikolay | 1982 | KAZ | ||
9 | 6 | 3480021 | PETUKHOV Alexey | 1983 | RUS | ||
10 | 13 | 3480314 | CHERNOUSOV Ilia | 1986 | RUS | ||
11 | 12 | 3510023 | COLOGNA Dario | 1986 | SUI | ||
12 | 20 | 3390050 | SIMONLATSER Timo | 1986 | EST | ||
13 | 7 | 3390003 | KUMMEL Peeter | 1982 | EST | ||
14 | 11 | 3180228 | PAAKKONEN Lasse | 1986 | FIN | ||
15 | 22 | 3480503 | GAFAROV Anton | 1987 | RUS | ||
16 | 28 | 3420239 | NORTHUG Petter jr. | 1986 | NOR | ||
17 | 8 | 3420036 | ROENNING Eldar | 1982 | NOR | ||
18 | 14 | 3480016 | LEGKOV Alexander | 1983 | RUS | ||
19 | 19 | 3530005 | NEWELL Andrew | 1983 | USA | ||
20 | 21 | 3420077 | HATTESTAD Ola Vigen | 1982 | NOR | ||
21 | 17 | 3180114 | STRANDVALL Matias | 1985 | FIN | ||
22 | 23 | 1221327 | TEICHMANN Axel | 1979 | GER | ||
23 | 25 | 3481161 | BELOV Evgeniy | 1990 | RUS | ||
24 | 29 | 3100110 | HARVEY Alex | 1988 | CAN | ||
25 | 9 | 3390033 | EINASTE Kein | 1985 | EST | ||
26 | 18 | 1344711 | JAUHOJAERVI Sami | 1981 | FIN | ||
27 | 27 | 3190070 | MIRANDA Cyril | 1985 | FRA | ||
28 | 10 | 1276617 | ONDA Yuichi | 1980 | JPN | ||
29 | 26 | 1223267 | PASINI Renato | 1977 | ITA | ||
30 | 30 | 3200001 | GOERING Franz | 1984 | GER | ||
31 | 31 | 1345875 | GAILLARD Jean Marc | 1980 | FRA | ||
32 | 32 | 3390103 | TAMMJARV Karel | 1989 | EST | ||
33 | 33 | 3180054 | NOUSIAINEN Ville | 1983 | FIN | ||
34 | 34 | 3500664 | HALFVARSSON Calle | 1989 | SWE | ||
35 | 35 | 3500015 | RICKARDSSON Daniel | 1982 | SWE | ||
36 | 36 | 3180221 | JYLHAE Martti | 1987 | FIN | ||
37 | 37 | 3390101 | RANKEL Raido | 1990 | EST | ||
38 | 38 | 1283892 | OLSSON Johan | 1980 | SWE | ||
39 | 39 | 3390034 | KARP Algo | 1985 | EST | ||
40 | 40 | 3180301 | LEHTONEN Lari | 1987 | FIN | ||
41 | 41 | 3150069 | JAKS Martin | 1986 | CZE | ||
42 | 42 | 3480695 | BESSMERTNYKH Alexander | 1986 | RUS | ||
43 | 43 | 3700049 | MLYNAR Peter | 1988 | SVK | ||
44 | 44 | 3420023 | GJERDALEN Tord Asle | 1983 | NOR | ||
45 | 45 | 3670007 | POLTORANIN Alexey | 1987 | KAZ | ||
46 | 46 | 3420961 | KROGH Finn Haagen | 1990 | NOR | ||
47 | 47 | 3660055 | VORANAU Aliaksandr | 1990 | BLR | ||
48 | 48 | 3420002 | DAHL John Kristian | 1981 | NOR | ||
49 | 49 | 3150105 | HORYNA Ondrej | 1987 | CZE | ||
50 | 50 | 3200121 | KUEHNE Andy | 1987 | GER | ||
51 | 51 | 1362947 | PERL Curdin | 1984 | SUI | ||
52 | 52 | 3180408 | LUUSUA Ari | 1988 | FIN | ||
53 | 53 | 3500139 | HELLNER Marcus | 1985 | SWE | ||
54 | 54 | 1067291 | DI CENTA Giorgio | 1972 | ITA | ||
55 | 55 | 3670006 | CHEREPANOV Sergey | 1986 | KAZ | ||
56 | 56 | 3100006 | KERSHAW Devon | 1982 | CAN | ||
57 | 57 | 3690014 | BILOSYUK Ivan | 1984 | UKR | ||
58 | 58 | 3190111 | MANIFICAT Maurice | 1986 | FRA | ||
59 | 59 | 1217350 | BAUER Lukas | 1977 | CZE | ||
60 | 60 | 3300373 | MIYAZAWA Hiroyuki | 1991 | JPN | ||
61 | 61 | 1178162 | ANGERER Tobias | 1977 | GER | ||
62 | 62 | 3480832 | SEDOV Petr | 1990 | RUS | ||
63 | 63 | 3180204 | KOUTANIEMI Mikko | 1986 | FIN | ||
64 | 64 | 3290245 | NOECKLER Dietmar | 1988 | ITA | ||
65 | 65 | 3290004 | SCOLA Fulvio | 1982 | ITA | ||
66 | 66 | 3190162 | GUEDON Pierre | 1989 | FRA | ||
67 | 67 | 3670049 | VOLOTKA Denis | 1985 | KAZ | ||
68 | 68 | 3430103 | STAREGA Maciej | 1990 | POL | ||
69 | 69 | 3480013 | VYLEGZHANIN Maxim | 1982 | RUS | ||
70 | 71 | 1221036 | FILBRICH Jens | 1979 | GER | ||
70 | 70 | 1310470 | KRECZMER Maciej | 1981 | POL | ||
72 | 72 | 3660013 | LASUTKIN Alexander | 1983 | BLR | ||
73 | 73 | 3500755 | JONSSON Fredrik | 1990 | SWE | ||
74 | 74 | 1268566 | EIGENMANN Christoph | 1979 | SUI | ||
75 | 75 | 3670022 | VELICHKO Yevgeniy | 1987 | KAZ | ||
76 | 76 | 3180132 | SIMULA Jussi | 1985 | FIN | ||
77 | 77 | 3500141 | NELSON Lars | 1985 | SWE | ||
78 | 78 | 1323468 | REHEMAA Aivar | 1982 | EST | ||
79 | 79 | 3660065 | SEMENOV Michail | 1986 | BLR | ||
80 | 80 | 3190125 | POIRRIER Bastien | 1988 | FRA | ||
81 | 81 | 3290007 | HOFER David | 1983 | ITA | ||
82 | 82 | 1285347 | FREEMAN Kris | 1980 | USA | ||
83 | 83 | 3180350 | MIKKOLAINEN Juha-Matti | 1987 | FIN | ||
84 | 84 | 3690030 | PEREKHODA Ruslan | 1987 | UKR | ||
85 | 85 | 3420605 | ROETHE Sjur | 1988 | NOR | ||
86 | 86 | 1292331 | SIMILAE Tero | 1980 | FIN | ||
87 | 87 | 3100004 | GOLDSACK Drew | 1981 | CAN | ||
88 | 88 | 3420009 | JESPERSEN Chris Andre | 1983 | NOR | ||
89 | 89 | 3430056 | MICHALEK Mariusz | 1987 | POL | ||
90 | 90 | 1286608 | PERRILLAT Christophe | 1979 | FRA | ||
91 | 91 | 3100034 | NISHIKAWA Graham | 1983 | CAN | ||
92 | 92 | 3300190 | YOSHIDA Keishin | 1987 | JPN | ||
93 | 93 | 3180200 | HARKONEN Teemu | 1983 | FIN | ||
94 | 94 | 3300330 | LENTING Akira | 1990 | JPN | ||
95 | 95 | 3200072 | KATZ Andreas | 1988 | GER | ||
96 | 96 | 1248293 | SOEDERGREN Anders | 1977 | SWE | ||
97 | 97 | 3290016 | CLARA Roland | 1982 | ITA | ||
98 | 98 | 3300021 | NARUSE Nobu | 1984 | JPN | ||
99 | 99 | 3200015 | REICHELT Tom | 1982 | GER | ||
100 | 100 | 3100190 | BABIKOV Ivan | 1980 | CAN | ||
101 | 101 | 3090024 | TSINZOV Veselin | 1986 | BUL | ||
102 | 102 | 1196883 | FLORA Lars | 1978 | USA | ||
103 | 103 | 3690018 | BILOSYUK Myroslav | 1985 | UKR | ||
104 | 104 | 3690023 | SHVIDKIY Oleksiy | 1986 | UKR | ||
105 | 105 | 1139459 | PILLER COTTRER Pietro | 1974 | ITA | ||
106 | 106 | 3200127 | MARSCHALL Philipp | 1988 | GER | ||
107 | 107 | 3190029 | DUVILLARD Robin | 1983 | FRA | ||
108 | 108 | 1175155 | MAGAL Jiri | 1977 | CZE | ||
109 | 109 | 1363141 | FISCHER Remo | 1981 | SUI | ||
110 | 110 | 3550066 | LIEPINS Arvis | 1990 | LAT | ||
111 | 111 | 3100128 | SANDAU Kevin | 1988 | CAN | ||
112 | 112 | 1106867 | BAJCICAK Martin | 1976 | SVK | ||
113 | 113 | 3740021 | MIKAYELYAN Sergey | 1992 | ARM | ||
114 | 114 | 1125588 | DOLIDOVICH Sergei | 1973 | BLR | ||
115 | 115 | 1362656 | LIVERS Toni | 1983 | SUI | ||
116 | 116 | 1223849 | CHECCHI Valerio | 1980 | ITA | ||
117 | 117 | 3050194 | LANDERTINGER Dominik | 1988 | AUT | ||
118 | 118 | 3780025 | STROLIA Vytautas | 1992 | LTU | ||
119 | 119 | 3090025 | BURGOV Ivan | 1986 | BUL | ||
120 | 120 | 3530489 | HOFFMAN Noah | 1989 | USA | ||
121 | 121 | 3480280 | MORILOV Nikolay | 1986 | RUS | ||
122 | 122 | 3530492 | ELLIOTT Tad | 1988 | USA | ||
123 | 123 | 3460018 | PEPENE Paul Constantin | 1988 | ROU | ||
124 | 124 | 3460021 | HOGIU Petrica | 1991 | ROU | ||
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1002 | 3530120 | HAMILTON Simeon | 1987 | USA | |||
1001 | 3150035 | KOZISEK Dusan | 1983 | CZE |