It was a Norwegian victory in Wednesdays sprint warm-up before the Peking FIS marathon. The 22 year old Johan Kjolstad beat out his teammate Oystein Pettersen to make it 1-2 for the Norwegians.
 Johan Kjœlstad, Norway<br />
2) Øystein Pettersen, Norway<br />
3) Toni Lang, Germany<br />
4) Thomas Ramstedt, Finland<br />
5) Jari Joutsen, Finland<br />
6) Christian Sieler, Germany<br />
7) Stanislav Rezac, Czech Republic<br />
8) Oskar Svard, Sweden<br />
9) Henrik Eriksson, Sweden<br />
10) Li Geliang, China</p>
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<p>Vasaloppet “explodes” in China Fri Dec 17, 2004<br />
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