Cross Country: U.S. women second in Milan World Cup team sprint
U.S. cross country skiers Kikkan Randall and Jessica Diggins took second place in a World Cup team sprint today (Jan. 15) in Milan, Italy.
The American duo finished with a time of 16 minutes, 15.6 seconds, crossing the line just less than a second behind Swiss winners Ida Ingemarsdotter and Hanna Brodin. Canadians Perianne Jones and Chandra Crawford rounded out the podium in third.
“In the third exchange Jessica fell but I was not nervous, I know all can happened in team sprint,” said Randall. “I pushed hard to get back into the race, it cost some extra energy but I made it and I am happy to be on the podium with Jessica and also with our friends from Canada. We did a training camp with the Canadians this summer and pushed each other to a high level.”
Ingemarsdotter made a decisive move in the last lap of the last leg. She took the lead, opened up a gap and only Randall and Crawford could follow.
“I am lucky to be a part of the North American team,” said Crawford. “It is really nice to be on the podium together with them, we have a lot of fun together. The course here was flat and fast – I like it – and also the people here in Milan are enthusiastic and cheered for everybody.”
Russians Alexey Petukhov and Nikolay Morilov took the men’s victory ahead of the Swedish team of Calle Halfvarsson and Teodor Peterson, who finished just two tenths of a second behind. Italians David Hofer and Fulvio Scola caimed third place another four-thenths of a second behind.
Americans Andy Newell and Simeon Hamilton finished 19th.
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Women’s Results
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Time | FIS Points | |
| 1 | SWEDEN I | SWE | 16:14.7 | |||
| BRODIN Hanna | ||||||
| INGEMARSDOTTER Ida | ||||||
| 2 | UNITED STATES I | USA | 16:15.6 | |||
| DIGGINS Jessica | ||||||
| RANDALL Kikkan | ||||||
| 3 | CANADA | CAN | 16:15.8 | |||
| JONES Perianne | ||||||
| CRAWFORD Chandra | ||||||
| 4 | NORWAY I | NOR | 16:16.3 | |||
| EIDE Mari | ||||||
| FALLA Maiken Caspersen | ||||||
| 5 | FINLAND | FIN | 16:16.8 | |||
| KYLLOENEN Anne | ||||||
| SARASOJA-LILJA Riikka | ||||||
| 6 | SWEDEN II | SWE | 16:16.8 | |||
| ERIKSSON Mia | ||||||
| SOEMSKAR Linn | ||||||
| 7 | RUSSIA II | RUS | 16:19.5 | |||
| KHAZOVA Irina | ||||||
| NOVIKOVA Valentina | ||||||
| 8 | NORWAY II | NOR | 16:25.6 | |||
| BRUN-LIE Celine | ||||||
| WENG Heidi | ||||||
| 9 | SWITZERLAND | SUI | 16:25.6 | |||
| GRUBER Bettina | ||||||
| VAN DER GRAAFF Laurien | ||||||
| 10 | FRANCE | FRA | 17:20.2 | |||
| JEAN Aurore | ||||||
| BUILLET Marion | ||||||
| 11 | ITALY I | ITA | Semifinale | |||
| BROCARD Elisa | ||||||
| VUERICH Gaia | ||||||
| 12 | RUSSIA I | RUS | Semifinale | |||
| KOROSTELEVA Natalia | ||||||
| MATVEEVA Natalia | ||||||
| 13 | GERMANY | GER | Semifinale | |||
| RINGWALD Sandra | ||||||
| HERRMANN Denise | ||||||
| 14 | UNITED STATES II | USA | Semifinale | |||
| SARGENT Ida | ||||||
| BJORNSEN Sadie | ||||||
| 15 | SLOVENIA | SLO | Semifinale | |||
| CEBASEK Alenka | ||||||
| FABJAN Vesna | ||||||
| 16 | ITALY II | ITA | Semifinale | |||
| DEBERTOLIS Ilaria | ||||||
| LAURENT Greta |
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Men’s Results
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Time | FIS Points | |
| 1 | RUSSIA I | RUS | 14:34.8 | |||
| PETUKHOV Alexey | ||||||
| MORILOV Nikolay | ||||||
| 2 | SWEDEN I | SWE | 14:35.0 | |||
| HALFVARSSON Calle | ||||||
| PETERSON Teodor | ||||||
| 3 | ITALY I | ITA | 14:35.4 | |||
| HOFER David | ||||||
| SCOLA Fulvio | ||||||
| 4 | NORWAY I | NOR | 14:36.9 | |||
| GLOEERSEN Anders | ||||||
| BRANDSDAL Eirik | ||||||
| 5 | FRANCE I | FRA | 14:37.0 | |||
| JAY Renaud | ||||||
| DARRAGON Roddy | ||||||
| 6 | FINLAND | FIN | 14:37.1 | |||
| PENTSINEN Anssi | ||||||
| STRANDVALL Matias | ||||||
| 7 | ITALY II | ITA | 14:38.9 | |||
| PASINI Renato | ||||||
| PELLEGRINO Federico | ||||||
| 8 | NORWAY II | NOR | 14:39.1 | |||
| GOLBERG Paal | ||||||
| NORTHUG Tomas | ||||||
| 9 | SWITZERLAND II | SUI | 14:50.2 | |||
| KINDSCHI Joeri | ||||||
| EIGENMANN Christoph | ||||||
| 10 | AUSTRIA II | AUT | 15:01.5 | |||
| STOCKINGER Martin | ||||||
| HERBURGER Aurelius | ||||||
| 11 | RUSSIA II | RUS | Semifinale | |||
| BOGDANOV Stanislav | ||||||
| GAFAROV Anton | ||||||
| 12 | AUSTRIA I | AUT | Semifinale | |||
| WURM Harald | ||||||
| TRITSCHER Bernhard | ||||||
| 13 | GERMANY I | GER | Semifinale | |||
| EISENLAUER Sebastian | ||||||
| WENZL Josef | ||||||
| 14 | FRANCE II | FRA | Semifinale | |||
| GROS Baptiste | ||||||
| MIRANDA Cyril | ||||||
| 15 | CZECH REPUBLIC | CZE | Semifinale | |||
| RAZYM Ales | ||||||
| KOZISEK Dusan | ||||||
| 16 | SWITZERLAND I | SUI | Semifinale | |||
| TAMBORNINO Eligius | ||||||
| JAEGER Martin | ||||||
| 17 | SWEDEN II | SWE | Semifinale | |||
| EDIN Johan | ||||||
| MODIN Jesper | ||||||
| 18 | ESTONIA I | EST | Semifinale | |||
| SIMONLATSER Timo | ||||||
| KUMMEL Peeter | ||||||
| 19 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | USA | Semifinale | |||
| HAMILTON Simeon | ||||||
| NEWELL Andrew | ||||||
| 20 | AUSTRALIA | AUS | Semifinale | |||
| WATSON Callum | ||||||
| BELLINGHAM Phillip | ||||||
| 21 | ESTONIA II | EST | Semifinale | |||
| RANKEL Raido | ||||||
| SAAREPUU Anti | ||||||
| 22 | ITALY III | ITA | Semifinale | |||
| PASINI Fabio | ||||||
| NOECKLER Dietmar | ||||||
| 23 | ITALY IV | ITA | Semifinale | |||
| FRASNELLI Loris | ||||||
| ZATTONI Andrea | ||||||
| 24 | GERMANY II | GER | Semifinale | |||
| SCHNETZER Michael | ||||||
| HEUN Daniel |
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