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Kikkan Randall Wins World Championship Silver

Kikkan Randall became the first US woman to win a World Championship medal in cross-country skiing when she skied to second place in the 1.3km freestyle sprint in Liberec, Czech Republic today.   Randall finished .6 seconds behind winner Arianna Follis (ITA), and barely edged out bronze medalist Pirjo Muranen (FIN). Randall started the day strongly, posting the 7th fastest qualifying time.  After a slow start to the season, leader of the US women’s team demonstrated...