This morning in Falun, Sweden saw a return to action for many of the best middle-distance skiers in the world, many of whom skipped the super-long Vasaloppet right after the Olympics as well as yesterday's freestyle sprint in Borlange, in preparation for today's event: a 5km+5km continous pursuit.
The only North Americans on the starting line were Sara Renner and Beckie Scott of Canada, who unlike some competitors, raced both the Vasa and yesterday's sprint.
 and Beckie Scott by mere tenths of a second. Scott was only half a second from another World Cup win, and impressively out-skied Russian star and overall World Cup contender Julija Tchepalova who finished 6th, as well as fourth-placed Justyna Kowalczyk (Poland) and Olga Savialova of Russia (5th.)</p>
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Women's Overall Standings as of March 8th: http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2006/CC/2852/2006CC2852WCOV.pdf
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