Redemption of Kikkan Randall in the women's sprint in Lahti

Kikkan Randall won the women's sprint in Lahti redeeming the Olympic debacle, Katja Visnar for second place, third for Sophie Caldwell, who scoff at the photo finish a talented Gaia Vuerich.

Saturday 1 March 2014 4 minutes reading time

For Randall is the eleventh victory in the World Cup, the thirteenth overall career, a result that can not erase the disappointment suffered in Sochi, but that still allows you to celebrate, as with the one hundred points today, combined with the debacle Denise Herrmann, the U.S. took the lead in the specialty of the sprint. Second place went to Katja Visnar, finally on the podium after a series of good results in qualifying combined with early elimination in the finals. First career podium in the World Cup for Sophie Caldwell, who completes the American holiday at the expense of a talented Gaia Vuerich. The twenty-two of Cavalese is also lucky in the lucky loser to reach the final, in which he finds himself in the running for a podium finish after contact Maiken Caspersen Falla which eliminates (and fifth) and Vesna Fabjan (at the end of the sixth). But on the final straight Vuerich get a bit 'tired, before coming alongside and then beaten by a better split of Caldwell, getting a fourth place still great today as it was at the start of all the best specialists in the world. Among other blue, the only one to qualify is Greta Laurent, who, however, is then eliminated in the battery. Unfortunately for the rookies Stuerz Giulia and Francesca Baudin, however definitely happy to debut for the small and accumulated experience. In the overall standings of the World Cup smiles Therese Johaug: Marit Bjoergen and Astrid Jacobsen, respectively tithe (also out in the semifinals due to a revised strategy) and the twenty-fifth (removed battery) does not recover virtually nothing in a race that instead was their extremely favorable. Johaug remains as the lead with 1082 points compared to 902 and 901 Bjoergen Jacobsen. Cut out of the fight all the others. SPRINT TL FEMALE LAHTI - FINAL STANDINGS 1. Kikkan Randall (USA) 2. VISNAR Katja (SLO) 3. CALDWELL Sophie (USA) 4. Vuerich Gaia (ITA) 5. FALLA Maiken Caspersen (NOR) 6. Vesna Fabjan (SLO) The complete ranking

Jacopo Barbieri

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