Randall, Valaas Just Miss Team Sprint Finals
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 - By US Ski Team
SAPPORO, Japan (Feb. 23) - U.S. sprinters Kikkan Randall (Anchorage,
AK) and Laura Valaas (Wenatchee, WA) narrowly missed qualifying for the
freestyle team sprint final heats Friday, finishing just 2.7 seconds out
of the top-5 as Finland moved on to take women's gold on Day Two of the
2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
Italy won the men's 1.4K event with the U.S. team (Andy Newell - Shaftsbury, VT, and Torin Koos - Leavenworth, WA) in 15th.
Multimedia:
Photos from Sapporo are available at http://ussa.smugmug.com.
Audio of Randall and Valaas is available at www.ussamedia.com.
For complete results:
http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/1228.html?cal_suchsector=CC&event_id=22246
Italy won the men's 1.4K event with the U.S. team (Andy Newell - Shaftsbury, VT, and Torin Koos - Leavenworth, WA) in 15th.
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| Kikkan Randall and Laura Valaas pose in the finish area following the team sprint, the second competition held in the Sapporo Dome (credit: Doug Haney/U.S. Ski Team) |
Photos from Sapporo are available at http://ussa.smugmug.com.
Audio of Randall and Valaas is available at www.ussamedia.com.
For complete results:
http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/1228.html?cal_suchsector=CC&event_id=22246