Nordic Worlds: Veerpalu wins 15K, Freeman fourth
Estonia’s Andrus Veerpalu became a world champion today, winning the men’s 15 K classic cross country skiing race at the 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic. It was the two-time Olympic gold medalist’s second world championship victory, the first came in 2001.
Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic finished second in front of the home crowed followed by Finland’s Matti Heikkinen in third. American Kris Freeman was 17.7 seconds off the pace, finishing fourth to matched his result in the same event at the 2003 championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy.
Estonia’s Andrus Veerpalu became a world champion today, winning the men’s 15 K classic cross country skiing race at the 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic. It was the two-time Olympic gold medalist’s second world championship victory, the first came in 2001.
Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic finished second in front of the home crowed followed by Finland’s Matti Heikkinen in third. American Kris Freeman was 17.7 seconds off the pace, finishing fourth to match his result in the same event at the 2003 championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy.
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Time | FIS Points |
1 | 36 | 1088534 | VEERPALU Andrus | 1971 | EST | 38:54.4 | 0.00 |
2 | 48 | 1217350 | BAUER Lukas | 1977 | CZE | 39:00.7 | 2.16 |
3 | 38 | 3180053 | HEIKKINEN Matti | 1983 | FIN | 39:10.8 | 5.62 |
4 | 21 | 1285347 | FREEMAN Kris | 1980 | USA | 39:12.1 | 6.07 |
5 | 35 | 1098137 | MAE Jaak | 1972 | EST | 39:25.1 | 10.52 |
6 | 50 | 3510023 | COLOGNA Dario | 1986 | SUI | 39:27.7 | 11.41 |
7 | 41 | 3420036 | ROENNING Eldar | 1982 | NOR | 39:35.6 | 14.12 |
8 | 46 | 1283892 | OLSSON Johan | 1980 | SWE | 39:36.5 | 14.43 |
9 | 39 | 1178162 | ANGERER Tobias | 1977 | GER | 39:44.9 | 17.31 |
10 | 15 | 1106867 | BAJCICAK Martin | 1976 | SVK | 39:51.9 | 19.71 |
11 | 9 | 3200001 | GOERING Franz | 1984 | GER | 39:52.7 | 19.98 |
12 | 43 | 1344711 | JAUHOJAERVI Sami | 1981 | FIN | 39:52.8 | 20.01 |
13 | 34 | 1221036 | FILBRICH Jens | 1979 | GER | 39:56.2 | 21.18 |
14 | 44 | 1345875 | GAILLARD Jean Marc | 1980 | FRA | 39:59.0 | 22.14 |
15 | 22 | 1059822 | HJELMESET Odd-Bjoern | 1971 | NOR | 39:59.6 | 22.34 |
16 | 13 | 3670007 | POLTARANIN Alexey | 1987 | KAZ | 39:59.9 | 22.45 |
17 | 11 | 1106091 | BATORY Ivan | 1975 | SVK | 40:13.2 | 27.00 |
18 | 37 | 1248293 | SOEDERGREN Anders | 1977 | SWE | 40:13.9 | 27.24 |
19 | 32 | 1374975 | ROTCHEV Vassili | 1980 | RUS | 40:20.0 | 29.34 |
20 | 16 | 3500015 | RICKARDSSON Daniel | 1982 | SWE | 40:20.2 | 29.40 |
21 | 10 | 1324729 | GREY George | 1979 | CAN | 40:20.6 | 29.54 |
22 | 25 | 3150069 | JAKS Martin | 1986 | CZE | 40:24.7 | 30.95 |
23 | 42 | 1100077 | VITTOZ Vincent | 1975 | FRA | 40:26.3 | 31.49 |
24 | 28 | 1223849 | CHECCHI Valerio | 1980 | ITA | 40:31.7 | 33.34 |
25 | 14 | 1322498 | NOVIKOV Sergey | 1980 | RUS | 40:34.8 | 34.41 |
26 | 30 | 1362656 | LIVERS Toni | 1983 | SUI | 40:37.3 | 35.26 |
27 | 29 | 3290016 | CLARA Roland | 1982 | ITA | 40:41.8 | 36.81 |
27 | 12 | 1285153 | ROUSSELET Alexandre | 1977 | FRA | 40:41.8 | 36.81 |
29 | 45 | 3420239 | NORTHUG Petter jr. | 1986 | NOR | 40:55.1 | 41.36 |
30 | 24 | 1175155 | MAGAL Jiri | 1977 | CZE | 41:01.0 | 43.39 |
31 | 17 | 1066224 | FREDRIKSSON Mathias | 1973 | SWE | 41:01.7 | 43.63 |
32 | 20 | 3670006 | CHEREPANOV Sergey | 1986 | KAZ | 41:04.6 | 44.62 |
33 | 8 | 3290008 | GULLO Giovanni | 1983 | ITA | 41:15.5 | 48.36 |
34 | 47 | 3420228 | JOHNSRUD SUNDBY Martin | 1984 | NOR | 41:17.5 | 49.04 |
35 | 4 | 1277393 | LEYBYUK Roman | 1977 | UKR | 41:17.8 | 49.14 |
36 | 6 | 3100110 | HARVEY Alex | 1988 | CAN | 41:19.4 | 49.69 |
37 | 40 | 3100006 | KERSHAW Devon | 1982 | CAN | 41:23.1 | 50.96 |
38 | 49 | 1221327 | TEICHMANN Axel | 1979 | GER | 41:26.5 | 52.12 |
39 | 33 | 1323468 | REHEMAA Aivar | 1982 | EST | 41:38.0 | 56.07 |
40 | 1 | 1310470 | KRECZMER Maciej | 1981 | POL | 41:49.2 | 59.90 |
41 | 19 | 1286608 | PERRILLAT Christophe | 1979 | FRA | 41:51.3 | 60.62 |
42 | 58 | 3690000 | PUTSKO Olexandr | 1981 | UKR | 42:03.1 | 64.67 |
43 | 23 | 3480023 | KUZNETSOV Alexander | 1982 | RUS | 42:05.4 | 65.46 |
44 | 53 | 1367215 | HONDA Shohei | 1982 | JPN | 42:06.8 | 65.94 |
45 | 27 | 3480013 | VYLEGZHANIN Maxim | 1982 | RUS | 42:11.5 | 67.55 |
46 | 51 | 3050025 | HIRNER Manuel | 1985 | AUT | 42:19.9 | 70.42 |
47 | 3 | 3670022 | VELICHKO Yevgeniy | 1987 | KAZ | 42:25.2 | 72.24 |
48 | 55 | 1311925 | VILARRUBLA Vicenc | 1981 | SPA | 42:33.3 | 75.02 |
49 | 57 | 1271864 | SOUTHAM James | 1978 | USA | 42:37.8 | 76.56 |
50 | 7 | 1108225 | BURGERMEISTER Reto | 1975 | SUI | 42:40.7 | 77.55 |
51 | 60 | 3040011 | SIM Ben | 1985 | AUS | 42:45.5 | 79.20 |
52 | 62 | 1334720 | COOK Chris | 1980 | USA | 42:49.7 | 80.64 |
53 | 56 | 3090024 | TZINZOV Veselin | 1986 | BUL | 42:55.6 | 82.66 |
54 | 52 | 3100091 | BUTLER Christopher | 1986 | CAN | 43:00.0 | 84.17 |
55 | 54 | 3690022 | SHTUN Vitaliy | 1986 | UKR | 43:02.9 | 85.16 |
56 | 64 | 3220002 | MUSGRAVE Andrew | 1990 | GBR | 43:15.6 | 89.51 |
57 | 5 | 3390034 | KARP Algo | 1985 | EST | 43:26.6 | 93.28 |
58 | 18 | 3290007 | HOFER David | 1983 | ITA | 43:37.0 | 96.85 |
59 | 31 | 3670000 | CHEBOTKO Nikolay | 1982 | KAZ | 43:38.7 | 97.43 |
60 | 2 | 3660013 | LASUTKIN Alexander | 1983 | BLR | 43:46.2 | 100.00 |
61 | 59 | 1276617 | ONDA Yuichi | 1980 | JPN | 43:50.9 | 101.61 |
62 | 63 | 3020000 | SOULIE Francois | 1978 | AND | 44:01.2 | 105.14 |
63 | 68 | 1291070 | THOR OLSEN Jonas | 1978 | DAN | 44:25.6 | 113.50 |
64 | 61 | 3460018 | PEPENE Paul Constantin | 1988 | ROU | 44:27.8 | 114.26 |
65 | 74 | 3170005 | SOERENSEN Sebastian | 1984 | DAN | 44:56.4 | 124.06 |
66 | 69 | 3120046 | XU Wenlong | 1987 | CHN | 44:58.4 | 124.74 |
67 | 66 | 3490026 | GUTIERREZ Javier | 1985 | SPA | 45:35.0 | 137.29 |
68 | 70 | 3040080 | WATSON Callum | 1989 | AUS | 45:35.3 | 137.39 |
69 | 71 | 3550066 | LIEPINS Arvis | 1990 | LAT | 46:15.5 | 151.17 |
70 | 67 | 3040005 | MOCK Andrew | 1982 | AUS | 46:32.4 | 156.96 |
71 | 73 | 3170013 | MOELGAARD Asger Fischer | 1983 | DAN | 47:30.3 | 176.80 |
72 | 72 | 3090025 | BURGOV Ivan | 1986 | BUL | 49:20.7 | 214.63 |
73 | 65 | 3780010 | STROLIA Mantas | 1986 | LTU | 50:29.1 | 238.07 |
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75 | 3550011 | KALNUPS Aigars | 1986 | LAT | |||
26 | 3180054 | NOUSIAINEN Ville | 1983 | FIN |