Heikkinen takes 15k classic for Finn win at Worlds
In 2009 Matti Heikkinen was the bronze medalist in the 15k-c. This year it was all or nothing.
Pursued by a pair of Norwegians, Heikkinen staved off the attack with one of his own for a 13 second win over silver medal winner Eldar Roenning and bronze Martin Johnsrud Sundby to take the gold medal Tuesday (March 1) at the Nordic World Championships in Oslo.
Both Roenning and Johsrud Sundby were gracious toward the gold medalist. “My skis were excellent,” said Roenning. “Of course I was hoping for gold, but Matti Heikkinen really deserved to win. I didn’t stand a chance.”
Heikkinen said he thought it “healthy for the sport the Norwegians didn’t win again,” adding that the crowd was so loud as he entered the stadium he was inspired to go even harder. “I started skiing when I was nine years old and becoming World Champion was always my goal,” he said. “I knew I had the capacity and today everything was perfect. It is special to win in the legendary Holmenkollen.”
It was the first gold medal for the Finnish men’s team since 1999.
American Kris Freeman finished a respectable 24th with Noah Hoffman in 29th, Lars Flora 39th and Simeon Hamilton 51st. Canada topped out with Ivan Babikov in 30th.
“I latched on to Heikkinen for about 5k and blew up spectacularly,” said Freeman. “I was actually pretty surprised that I was still as good as I was at the finish. I was barely making forward progress. … I didn’t have it in the tank.”
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Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Time | FIS Points |
1 | 68 | 3180053 | HEIKKINEN Matti | 1983 | FIN | 38:14.7 | 0.00 |
2 | 71 | 3420036 | ROENNING Eldar | 1982 | NOR | 38:28.0 | 4.64 |
3 | 70 | 3420228 | JOHNSRUD SUNDBY Martin | 1984 | NOR | 38:46.6 | 11.12 |
4 | 48 | 3480533 | VOLZHENTSEV Stanislav | 1985 | RUS | 38:51.3 | 12.76 |
5 | 62 | 1344711 | JAUHOJAERVI Sami | 1981 | FIN | 38:58.9 | 15.41 |
6 | 69 | 3190111 | MANIFICAT Maurice | 1986 | FRA | 39:03.5 | 17.01 |
7 | 75 | 1217350 | BAUER Lukas | 1977 | CZE | 39:09.7 | 19.17 |
8 | 56 | 3180054 | NOUSIAINEN Ville | 1983 | FIN | 39:11.0 | 19.63 |
9 | 61 | 1178162 | ANGERER Tobias | 1977 | GER | 39:24.8 | 24.44 |
10 | 73 | 3480013 | VYLEGZHANIN Maxim | 1982 | RUS | 39:25.7 | 24.75 |
11 | 35 | 3670006 | CHEREPANOV Sergey | 1986 | KAZ | 39:35.0 | 27.99 |
12 | 55 | 3300190 | YOSHIDA Keishin | 1987 | JPN | 39:40.9 | 30.05 |
13 | 66 | 1221327 | TEICHMANN Axel | 1979 | GER | 39:42.8 | 30.71 |
14 | 44 | 1098137 | MAE Jaak | 1972 | EST | 39:43.4 | 30.92 |
15 | 52 | 3420280 | ELIASSEN Petter | 1985 | NOR | 39:45.0 | 31.48 |
16 | 41 | 1292331 | SIMILAE Tero | 1980 | FIN | 39:47.6 | 32.39 |
17 | 60 | 1283892 | OLSSON Johan | 1980 | SWE | 39:53.1 | 34.31 |
18 | 72 | 3150069 | JAKS Martin | 1986 | CZE | 39:55.0 | 34.97 |
19 | 54 | 1106867 | BAJCICAK Martin | 1976 | SVK | 40:11.5 | 40.72 |
20 | 77 | 3480016 | LEGKOV Alexander | 1983 | RUS | 40:13.9 | 41.56 |
21 | 51 | 3420605 | ROETHE Sjur | 1988 | NOR | 40:14.5 | 41.77 |
22 | 65 | 1248293 | SOEDERGREN Anders | 1977 | SWE | 40:22.5 | 44.55 |
23 | 38 | 3390034 | KARP Algo | 1985 | EST | 40:22.9 | 44.69 |
24 | 67 | 1285347 | FREEMAN Kris | 1980 | USA | 40:24.4 | 45.22 |
25 | 78 | 3510023 | COLOGNA Dario | 1986 | SUI | 40:26.5 | 45.95 |
26 | 37 | 3390103 | TAMMJARV Karel | 1989 | EST | 40:29.8 | 47.10 |
27 | 40 | 3290008 | GULLO Giovanni | 1983 | ITA | 40:32.8 | 48.15 |
28 | 29 | 3300277 | SHIMIZU Kouhei | 1989 | JPN | 40:40.6 | 50.87 |
29 | 43 | 3530489 | HOFFMAN Noah | 1989 | USA | 40:42.8 | 51.63 |
30 | 59 | 3100190 | BABIKOV Ivan | 1980 | CAN | 40:42.9 | 51.67 |
31 | 64 | 3670007 | POLTORANIN Alexey | 1987 | KAZ | 40:44.6 | 52.26 |
32 | 58 | 1286608 | PERRILLAT Christophe | 1979 | FRA | 40:50.5 | 54.32 |
33 | 53 | 1297957 | MORIGGL Thomas | 1981 | ITA | 40:56.9 | 56.55 |
34 | 74 | 3500139 | HELLNER Marcus | 1985 | SWE | 41:00.6 | 57.84 |
35 | 34 | 3660065 | SEMENOV Michail | 1986 | BLR | 41:04.9 | 59.34 |
36 | 25 | 1277393 | LEYBYUK Roman | 1977 | UKR | 41:05.2 | 59.44 |
37 | 63 | 3481161 | BELOV Evgeniy | 1990 | RUS | 41:05.4 | 59.51 |
38 | 47 | 3290007 | HOFER David | 1983 | ITA | 41:08.5 | 60.59 |
39 | 46 | 1196883 | FLORA Lars | 1978 | USA | 41:09.5 | 60.94 |
40 | 26 | 3670022 | VELICHKO Yevgeniy | 1987 | KAZ | 41:12.8 | 62.09 |
41 | 49 | 3290004 | SCOLA Fulvio | 1982 | ITA | 41:21.6 | 65.16 |
42 | 76 | 3500015 | RICKARDSSON Daniel | 1982 | SWE | 41:27.1 | 67.08 |
43 | 33 | 1106091 | BATORY Ivan | 1975 | SVK | 41:31.5 | 68.61 |
44 | 27 | 3660013 | LASUTKIN Alexander | 1983 | BLR | 41:34.8 | 69.76 |
45 | 45 | 3460018 | PEPENE Paul Constantin | 1988 | ROU | 41:37.0 | 70.53 |
46 | 24 | 3090024 | TZINZOV Veselin | 1986 | BUL | 41:40.4 | 71.71 |
47 | 50 | 3200208 | DOTZLER Hannes | 1990 | GER | 41:43.9 | 72.93 |
48 | 23 | 3100097 | VALJAS Len | 1988 | CAN | 41:45.9 | 73.63 |
49 | 42 | 3190059 | DUFOURD Benoit-Gilles | 1984 | FRA | 41:51.5 | 75.58 |
50 | 36 | 3220002 | MUSGRAVE Andrew | 1990 | GBR | 42:00.2 | 78.62 |
51 | 14 | 3530120 | HAMILTON Simeon | 1987 | USA | 42:08.3 | 81.44 |
52 | 39 | 1321237 | KUHN Stefan | 1979 | CAN | 42:10.6 | 82.24 |
53 | 13 | 1320849 | GOLOVKO Andrey | 1980 | KAZ | 42:17.7 | 84.72 |
54 | 18 | 3430103 | STAREGA Maciej | 1990 | POL | 42:20.5 | 85.69 |
55 | 28 | 1310470 | KRECZMER Maciej | 1981 | POL | 42:23.8 | 86.84 |
56 | 8 | 3740021 | MIKAYELYAN Sergey | 1992 | ARM | 42:38.9 | 92.11 |
57 | 57 | 1324729 | GREY George | 1979 | CAN | 42:42.3 | 93.29 |
58 | 30 | 1311925 | VILARRUBLA Vicenc | 1981 | SPA | 42:45.1 | 94.27 |
59 | 31 | 3040011 | SIM Ben | 1985 | AUS | 42:45.5 | 94.41 |
60 | 16 | 3690023 | SHVIDKIY Oleksiy | 1986 | UKR | 42:55.1 | 97.76 |
61 | 20 | 3690018 | BILOSYUK Myroslav | 1985 | UKR | 42:59.2 | 99.19 |
62 | 10 | 3380033 | DADIC Edi | 1993 | CRO | 43:17.7 | 105.63 |
63 | 32 | 3490026 | GUTIERREZ Javier | 1985 | SPA | 43:19.8 | 106.37 |
64 | 7 | 3520004 | OGLAGO Sebahattin | 1984 | TUR | 43:21.6 | 106.99 |
65 | 12 | 3020000 | SOULIE Francois | 1978 | AND | 43:40.7 | 113.65 |
66 | 15 | 3040080 | WATSON Callum | 1989 | AUS | 43:56.4 | 119.13 |
67 | 3 | 3040037 | WATSON Ewan | 1987 | AUS | 43:58.7 | 119.93 |
68 | 2 | 3410002 | KOONS Benjamin | 1986 | NZE | 44:00.4 | 120.52 |
69 | 19 | 3410009 | KOONS Nils | 1988 | NZE | 44:16.8 | 126.24 |
70 | 4 | 3220019 | SMITH Callum | 1992 | GBR | 44:26.9 | 129.76 |
71 | 1 | 3040028 | VAN DER PLOEG Mark | 1985 | AUS | 44:40.5 | 134.50 |
72 | 22 | 3690014 | BILOSYUK Ivan | 1984 | UKR | 44:43.3 | 135.48 |
73 | 5 | 3090025 | BURGOV Ivan | 1986 | BUL | 44:57.1 | 140.29 |
74 | 6 | 3170013 | MOELGAARD Asger Fischer | 1983 | DAN | 45:19.1 | 147.96 |
75 | 9 | 3550066 | LIEPINS Arvis | 1990 | LAT | 45:31.7 | 152.35 |
76 | 11 | 3170006 | WULFF Kristian | 1985 | DAN | 45:49.9 | 158.70 |
Did not qualify for final race | |||||||
77 | 30 | 3040039 | GRIMMER Nick | 1983 | AUS | 30:53.4 | |
78 | 46 | 1291070 | THOR OLSEN Jonas | 1978 | DAN | 30:57.3 | |
79 | 27 | 3780015 | VAICIULIS Modestas | 1989 | LTU | 31:07.4 | |
80 | 22 | 3770006 | ROJIN Artem | 1986 | KGZ | 31:27.1 | |
81 | 42 | 3040001 | DARLINGTON Chris | 1982 | AUS | 31:45.3 | |
82 | 34 | 3170012 | HULGAARD Jens | 1989 | DAN | 31:51.4 | |
83 | 28 | 3550088 | BIKERNIEKS Nauris | 1991 | LAT | 31:56.3 | |
84 | 43 | 3380009 | BURIC Andrej | 1989 | CRO | 31:57.5 | |
85 | 19 | 3260013 | SEYD Seyed Sattar | 1987 | IRA | 32:05.2 | |
86 | 26 | 3240019 | KONYA Adam | 1992 | HUN | 32:10.3 | |
87 | 29 | 3090089 | DEYANOV Simeon | 1994 | BUL | 32:16.3 | |
88 | 25 | 3220013 | PLATT Simon James | 1989 | GBR | 32:18.9 | |
89 | 16 | 3230036 | GKOUNKO Alexis | 1975 | GRE | 32:26.6 | |
90 | 20 | 3740023 | POGHOSYAN Tadevos | 1993 | ARM | 32:30.0 | |
91 | 32 | 3780025 | STROLIA Vytautas | 1992 | LTU | 32:31.5 | |
92 | 23 | 1254598 | LANNES Carlos | 1979 | ARG | 32:38.5 | |
93 | 21 | 3030004 | CICHERO Federico Pablo | 1983 | ARG | 32:45.1 | |
94 | 18 | 3260033 | KANGARLOO Beejan | 1985 | IRA | 33:10.2 | |
95 | 33 | 3090093 | SINAPOV Anton | 1993 | BUL | 33:10.7 | |
96 | 38 | 3320120 | HA Tae-Bok | 1992 | KOR | 33:19.0 | |
96 | 13 | 3280000 | KUZMIN Daniel | 1978 | ISR | 33:19.0 | |
98 | 15 | 3740033 | GASPARYAN Shavarsh | 1992 | ARM | 33:37.5 | |
99 | 9 | 3240004 | CSEKE Csaba | 1974 | HUN | 34:33.9 | |
100 | 14 | 3260049 | SHEMSHAKI Yasin | 1988 | IRA | 34:38.5 | |
101 | 12 | 3230056 | KAPPAS Dimitrios | 1989 | GRE | 34:44.5 | |
102 | 11 | 3230019 | NAKAS Georgios | 1978 | GRE | 34:47.7 | |
103 | 24 | 3240016 | GOMBOS Karoly | 1981 | HUN | 34:48.5 | |
104 | 10 | 3270003 | BARRON Peter-James | 1989 | IRE | 35:16.6 | |
105 | 6 | 3240013 | PALFY Mate | 1988 | HUN | 35:24.3 | |
106 | 8 | 3740010 | SARGSYAN Hovhannes | 1987 | ARM | 36:35.9 | |
107 | 7 | 3260023 | SAVEI Abolfazl | 1989 | IRA | 36:48.8 | |
108 | 2 | 1287384 | BOIT Philip | 1971 | KEN | 37:08.0 | |
109 | 5 | 3080013 | LUTZ Leandro | 1982 | BRA | 39:04.4 | |
110 | 17 | 3080005 | RIBELA Leandro | 1980 | BRA | 39:10.7 | |
111 | 4 | 3920002 | BAENA Cesar | 1986 | VEN | 39:33.4 | |
112 | 3 | 3270001 | MORRISH Rory | 1968 | IRE | 41:38.8 | |
113 | 1 | 3920005 | BAENA Bernardo | 1990 | VEN | 44:22.6 | |
Did not start | |||||||
21 | 3050159 | TRITSCHER Bernhard | 1988 | AUT | |||
Did not finish | |||||||
17 | 3460021 | HOGIU Petrica | 1991 | ROU | |||
Did not finish in qualification race | |||||||
48 | 3220016 | YOUNG Andrew | 1992 | GBR |