Torin Koos advanced out of the qualification round, posting the 20th fastest time of the morning. The classic sprints, held in downtown Stockholm, featured an incredibly difficult field. As has become the norm, the Norweigans dominated the men's qualification round, placing 10 skiers in the top 30, led by the fastest qualifier, Boerre Naess. Naess completed the course in a time of 2:12.11. Koos finished 4.28 seconds back.
The host nation qualified four, including the second and third fastest – Olympic Champion Bjoern Lind and the winner of the skate sprint in Canmore, Emil Joensson.
Andy Newell finished 35th, +6.90 and .6 seconds out of the final qualifying spot. Chris Cook was 40th +7.29 and Garrott Kuzzy 68th +15.72 in the 72 skier race.
Without top skier Devon Kershaw racing, the Candadian men were unable to qualify anyone for this afternoon's heats. Stefan Kuhn led the way with his 42nd, +7.67. His teammates Drew Goldsack and Phil Widmer finished 50th and 63rd respectively.
The Canadian women fared better, with Chandra Crawford taking the 28th qualification spot, just under 9 seconds behind Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) who posted the fastest time of the morning. Sara Renner had her streak of World Cup point scoring races come to end when she just missed qualifying. Renner finished 31st, .13 seconds out of the last qualification spot. Sarah Daitch also finished just outside the top 30, posting an impressive 34th, under a second out of the top 30. This is Daitch's first year skiing World Cup races. She finished 19th in the freestyle sprint in Canmore last month.
Madeleine Williams was the final Canadian woman, finishing 55th in the 58 woman field.