Kikkan Randall wins third straight Cup sprint
American Kikkan Randall collected the first U.S. World Cup cross country victory of the season today (Dec. 3) by outsprinting Russian Natalia Vedeeva to the finish in the Dusseldorf sprint through the city streets along the Rhine. It was Randall’s fourth career win and she grabbed the lead of the World Cup sprint standings. She sits fifth overall.
After a slow start in the sprint final Randall had to power through the pack and past the Russian for the win, her third straight sprint win going back to last season.
Coach Chris Grover clarified the effort, saying “She was so determined out there. Dusseldorf is such a short sprint for women (circa 900 meters and 1:45) that you can’t afford to be in the back in your heat. She did not exactly have the start that she wanted in the finals and she absolutely fought her way up to second place by the back side of the course (coming off of “Mt. Dusseldorf”) and eventually to the win in the finish stretch.”
“There was a lot of moving around out there today,” Randall said. “I was glad I had a little left in my legs at the end. It was so loud out there I couldn’t even hear myself breathing hard. It was really fun here today.”
Andy Newell qualified 14th but missed out on moving out of the first heat by a tenth of a second after breaking a pole in the quarter final.
Randall photo by Gepa
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Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Time | FIS Points |
1 | 10 | 1365857 | RANDALL Kikkan | 1982 | USA | ||
2 | 2 | 3485202 | MATVEEVA Natalia | 1986 | RUS | ||
3 | 8 | 3515087 | VAN DER GRAAFF Laurien | 1987 | SUI | ||
4 | 17 | 3105013 | CRAWFORD Chandra | 1983 | CAN | ||
5 | 11 | 3505481 | BRODIN Hanna | 1990 | SWE | ||
6 | 1 | 3185004 | SARASOJA-LILJA Riikka | 1982 | FIN | ||
7 | 3 | 3185003 | MALVALEHTO Mona-Lisa | 1983 | FIN | ||
8 | 13 | 3425365 | FALLA Maiken Caspersen | 1990 | NOR | ||
9 | 14 | 3505231 | ERIKSSON Mia | 1987 | SWE | ||
10 | 19 | 3425410 | OESTBERG Ingvild Flugstad | 1990 | NOR | ||
11 | 5 | 3205224 | KOLB Hanna | 1991 | GER | ||
12 | 16 | 3425404 | EIDE Mari | 1989 | NOR | ||
13 | 4 | 3565005 | VISNAR Katja | 1984 | SLO | ||
14 | 22 | 3295167 | VUERICH Gaia | 1991 | ITA | ||
15 | 26 | 3515055 | GRUBER Bettina | 1985 | SUI | ||
16 | 6 | 3485283 | NIKOLAEVA Svetlana | 1987 | RUS | ||
17 | 7 | 3185137 | KYLLOENEN Anne | 1987 | FIN | ||
18 | 12 | 3565034 | CEBASEK Alenka | 1989 | SLO | ||
19 | 20 | 3425177 | GJEITNES Kari Vikhagen | 1985 | NOR | ||
20 | 23 | 3565002 | FABJAN Vesna | 1985 | SLO | ||
21 | 9 | 3295000 | BROCARD Elisa | 1984 | ITA | ||
22 | 18 | 3195113 | BUILLET Marion | 1990 | FRA | ||
23 | 21 | 3425499 | WENG Heidi | 1991 | NOR | ||
24 | 24 | 3485032 | KOROSTELEVA Natalia | 1981 | RUS | ||
25 | 25 | 3425221 | GROENVOLL Maria Nysted | 1985 | NOR | ||
26 | 15 | 3505449 | SOEMSKAR Linn | 1989 | SWE | ||
27 | 27 | 1181848 | YATSKAYA Oxana | 1978 | KAZ | ||
28 | 28 | 3395048 | OJASTE Triin | 1990 | EST | ||
29 | 29 | 3505405 | FALK Hanna | 1989 | SWE | ||
30 | 30 | 3205225 | ANGER Lucia | 1991 | GER | ||
31 | 31 | 3485717 | SOBOLEVA Elena | 1992 | RUS | ||
32 | 32 | 3105019 | JONES Perianne | 1985 | CAN | ||
33 | 33 | 3205176 | RINGWALD Sandra | 1990 | GER | ||
34 | 34 | 3535320 | BJORNSEN Sadie | 1989 | USA | ||
35 | 35 | 3485221 | SHAPOVALOVA Evgenia | 1986 | RUS | ||
36 | 36 | 3485342 | DOTSENKO Anastasia | 1986 | RUS | ||
37 | 37 | 3205075 | HERRMANN Denise | 1988 | GER | ||
38 | 38 | 3105084 | MARSHALL Alysson | 1988 | CAN | ||
39 | 39 | 3505258 | KORSGREN Lina | 1988 | SWE | ||
40 | 40 | 3195056 | JEAN Aurore | 1985 | FRA | ||
41 | 41 | 3425703 | SLIND Kari Oeyre | 1991 | NOR | ||
42 | 42 | 3155111 | GROHOVA Karolina | 1990 | CZE | ||
43 | 43 | 3195059 | BARTHELEMY Laure | 1988 | FRA | ||
44 | 44 | 3195080 | LOCATELLI Manon | 1989 | FRA | ||
45 | 45 | 3185311 | GRUNDVALL Maria | 1991 | FIN | ||
46 | 46 | 3105040 | GAIAZOVA Daria | 1983 | CAN | ||
47 | 47 | 3055066 | SMUTNA Katerina | 1983 | AUT | ||
48 | 48 | 3505090 | INGEMARSDOTTER Ida | 1985 | SWE | ||
49 | 49 | 3395010 | PORMEISTER Piret | 1985 | EST | ||
50 | 50 | 3565014 | JEZERSEK Barbara | 1986 | SLO | ||
51 | 51 | 3535142 | BROOKS Holly | 1982 | USA | ||
52 | 52 | 3535124 | SARGENT Ida | 1988 | USA | ||
53 | 53 | 3155041 | NYVLTOVA Eva | 1986 | CZE | ||
54 | 54 | 3295193 | LAURENT Greta | 1992 | ITA | ||
55 | 55 | 3295088 | DE MARTIN TOPRANIN Virginia | 1987 | ITA | ||
56 | 56 | 3435004 | SZYMANCZAK Agnieszka | 1984 | POL |