Randall, Hattestad win World Cup sprint events
Friday, December 2, 2011
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) -- Kikkan Randall of the United States and Ola Vigen Hattestad of Norway won cross-country skiing World Cup sprint races on Saturday.
Randall claimed the women's event in 1 minute, 44.6 seconds, with Russia's Natalia Matveeva 0.4 seconds behind and Switzerland's Laurien Van Der Graaf a second back.
Hattestad won the men's event in 2:57, ahead of Russia's Alexey Petukhov and Norway's Paal Golberg in a photo-finish 0.1 seconds back.
Team sprints take place on the course along the Rhine River on Sunday.
More like this
Randall, Northug win World Cup sprint races
