Cross Country: Russian men sweep World Cup podium at home
The home course advantage came through today (Jan. 22) as Russian cross country racers Nikolay Morilov, Alexey Petukhov and Nikita Kriukov finished 1,2,3 in a World Cup sprint held today (Jan. 22) in Rybinsk, Russia. The win was 23-year-old Morilov’s first career victory.
A fourth Russian man made the top five as Mickail Jun Devjatiarov took fifth behind Italian Cristian Zorzi in fourth.
Sean Crooks led the Canadian men in 26h place ahead of teammates Brent McMurtry in 29th and Philip Widmer in 32nd.
No American men raced today. The U.S. Olympic team was named Tuesday, Jan. 19.
Slovenia’s Vesa Fabjan won the woman’s race ahead of Italian Magda Genuin in second and World Cup standings leader, Poland’s Jutyna Kowalczyk in third. Germany’s Claudia Nystad was just off the podium in fourth.
No North American women competed today.
World Cup racing continues in Rybinsk tomorrow with 15km women’s and 30 km men’s pursuit races before Sunday’s team sprint events. The cross country World Cup will then head to Canmore, Canada for the final event before the Vancouver Games.
Men’s Results
1 | 1 | 3480280 | MORILOV Nikolay | 1986 | RUS | ||
2 | 2 | 3480021 | PETUKHOV Alexey | 1983 | RUS | ||
3 | 3 | 3480436 | KRIUKOV Nikita | 1985 | RUS | ||
4 | 5 | 1067485 | ZORZI Cristian | 1972 | ITA | ||
5 | 8 | 3480287 | DEVJATIAROV Mickail Jun. | 1985 | RUS | ||
6 | 15 | 3200014 | WENZL Josef | 1984 | GER | ||
7 | 4 | 1223558 | FRASNELLI Loris | 1979 | ITA | ||
8 | 11 | 1223267 | PASINI Renato | 1977 | ITA | ||
9 | 7 | 3200229 | TSCHARNKE Tim | 1989 | GER | ||
10 | 9 | 3510206 | TAMBORNINO Eligius | 1986 | SUI | ||
11 | 13 | 3480322 | PARFENOV Andrey | 1987 | RUS | ||
12 | 18 | 3390050 | SIMONLATSER Timo | 1986 | EST | ||
13 | 12 | 1322498 | NOVIKOV Sergey | 1980 | RUS | ||
14 | 16 | 1101047 | SOMMERFELDT Rene | 1974 | GER | ||
15 | 17 | 3480323 | CHVANOV Dmitriy | 1985 | RUS | ||
16 | 20 | 1298054 | PASINI Fabio | 1980 | ITA | ||
17 | 6 | 3390008 | SAAREPUU Anti | 1983 | EST | ||
18 | 10 | 3480739 | PANZHINSKIY Alexander | 1989 | RUS | ||
19 | 14 | 3290007 | HOFER David | 1983 | ITA | ||
20 | 29 | 3660029 | KARNEYENKA Leanid | 1987 | BLR | ||
21 | 19 | 1235877 | VON ALLMEN Peter | 1978 | SUI | ||
22 | 21 | 3510207 | KINDSCHI Joeri | 1986 | SUI | ||
23 | 23 | 3480500 | BOLOTOV Nikolay | 1986 | RUS | ||
24 | 26 | 3670011 | KONDROSCHEV Andrey | 1986 | KAZ | ||
25 | 27 | 3670049 | VOLODKO Denis | 1985 | KAZ | ||
26 | 22 | 3100017 | CROOKS Sean | 1983 | CAN | ||
27 | 24 | 3480773 | VOLKOV Anatoliy | 1989 | RUS | ||
28 | 25 | 3690014 | BILOSYUK Ivan | 1984 | UKR | ||
29 | 28 | 3100079 | MCMURTRY Brent | 1986 | CAN | ||
30 | 30 | 3480358 | TYUTEREV Andrey | 1985 | RUS | ||
31 | 31 | 3480062 | GELJMANOV Andrej | 1982 | RUS | ||
32 | 32 | 3100042 | WIDMER Philip | 1983 | CAN | ||
33 | 33 | 3480872 | MORIAKOV Alexey | 1989 | RUS | ||
34 | 34 | 3100034 | NISHIKAWA Graham | 1983 | CAN | ||
35 | 35 | 3480521 | PESHKOV Yuriy | 1988 | RUS | ||
36 | 36 | 3480446 | BOBROV Alexander | 1984 | RUS | ||
37 | 37 | 1374975 | ROTCHEV Vassili | 1980 | RUS | ||
38 | 38 | 3670018 | DROBYAZKO Ivan | 1986 | KAZ | ||
39 | 39 | 3430049 | NUCIAK Mateusz | 1986 | POL | ||
40 | 40 | 3090024 | TZINZOV Veselin | 1986 | BUL | ||
41 | 41 | 1281952 | TAGSCHERER Zoltan | 1976 | HUN | ||
42 | 42 | 3430010 | WEGRZYN Rafal | 1982 | POL | ||
43 | 43 | 3690018 | BILOSYUK Myroslav | 1985 | UKR |
Women’s Results
1 | 1 | 3565002 | FABJAN Vesna | 1985 | SLO | ||
2 | 2 | 1250524 | GENUIN Magda | 1979 | ITA | ||
3 | 8 | 3435001 | KOWALCZYK Justyna | 1983 | POL | ||
4 | 19 | 1220648 | NYSTAD Claudia | 1978 | GER | ||
5 | 7 | 3205215 | GOESSNER Miriam | 1990 | GER | ||
6 | 3 | 3565005 | VISNAR Katja | 1984 | SLO | ||
7 | 11 | 1256732 | SACHENBACHER -STEHLE Evi | 1980 | GER | ||
8 | 17 | 3485461 | TURYSHEVA Elena | 1986 | RUS | ||
9 | 6 | 1373617 | FESSEL Nicole | 1983 | GER | ||
10 | 25 | 1139071 | MORODER Karin | 1974 | ITA | ||
11 | 10 | 3485340 | CHUIKOVA Ekaterina | 1986 | RUS | ||
12 | 13 | 3515055 | GRUBER Bettina | 1985 | SUI | ||
13 | 4 | 3485013 | NOVIKOVA Valentina | 1984 | RUS | ||
14 | 5 | 3485221 | SHAPOVALOVA Evgenia | 1986 | RUS | ||
15 | 9 | 3485170 | ILJINA Natalja | 1985 | RUS | ||
16 | 12 | 1322110 | ROTCHEVA Olga | 1978 | RUS | ||
17 | 14 | 1293107 | BOEHLER Stefanie | 1981 | GER | ||
18 | 21 | 3295000 | BROCARD Elisa | 1984 | ITA | ||
19 | 23 | 1191354 | ROCHAT Laurence | 1979 | SUI | ||
20 | 26 | 3485167 | NARYSHKINA Natalja | 1984 | RUS | ||
21 | 16 | 3485371 | KUZIUKOVA Olga | 1985 | RUS | ||
22 | 18 | 3485030 | SCHUCHKINA Olga | 1980 | RUS | ||
23 | 22 | 3395005 | SIRGE Kaili | 1983 | EST | ||
24 | 27 | 3485062 | MELINA Viktoria | 1981 | RUS | ||
25 | 30 | 3485052 | RUMIANTSEVA Olga | 1982 | RUS | ||
26 | 15 | 3515004 | BUCHER Silvana | 1984 | SUI | ||
27 | 20 | 3485198 | IVANOVA Julia | 1985 | RUS | ||
28 | 24 | 3515087 | VAN DER GRAAFF Laurien | 1987 | SUI | ||
29 | 28 | 3485046 | MIKHAILOVA Olga | 1981 | RUS | ||
30 | 29 | 3485342 | DOTSENKO Anastasia | 1986 | RUS | ||
31 | 31 | 3485113 | USKOVA Elena | 1974 | RUS | ||
32 | 32 | 1371774 | KAZAKUL Anastasia | 1982 | RUS | ||
33 | 33 | 3695015 | OBIUKH Zoya | 1985 | UKR | ||
34 | 34 | 3485199 | NALDEEVA Ekaterina | 1987 | RUS |