It was an all-Norwegian men's final in today's classic sprint held in downtown Drammen, Norway where the course was surrounded by tens of thousands of loudly cheering Norwegian fans. Boerre Naess led the prelim with a smoking time of 2:41.85, which turned out to be by far the fastest of the day including times from all of the heats. An unbelievable 10 out of the top 12 qualifiers were Norwegians.
![](http://images.fasterskier.com/oldsitearchive/upload/060309actionshotfromsoldierhollowu23s.jpg width=440 height=329.51111111111 border=1><BR><font size=1 face=verdana>Boerre Naess finishing second in the U-23 Sprint World Championship At Soldier Hollow</font></center><BR></p>
<p>Naess made it through to the A-Final where he faced only his Norwegian teammates Odd-Bjorn Hjelmeset, Eldar Ronning, and Jens Arne Svartedal. The long gradual uphill finish was perfect for Svartedal, who threw down his trademark mind-bogglingly explosive diagonal stride at a tempo and power output that even Naess couldn't match. At the line it was Svartedal ahead of Naess ahead of Ronning, with Hjelmesset coming in a long ways back for fourth.</p>
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You can also view detailed results from each heat for the next two days at the following link: http://www.sportresult.com/sports/htm/cc/cc.htm
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