Just a few meters ahead coming into the homestretch, Ola Vigen Hattestad stayed ahead and outlunged Alexey Poltoranin of Kazakhstan by a couple centimeters on Sunday, giving Norway I the victory as Kazakhstan placed second and Norway II finished third.
Nikita Kriukov did it again at World Championships, winning gold for Russia, this time in the 6 x 1.5 k freestyle team sprint with Alexey Petukhov on Sunday. Sweden took second and Kazakhstan was third, edging Canada's defending champs by 0.03 seconds for bronze.
Nations Cup Ranking: 13th (1033 pts) Men: 13th (502 pts) Women: 10th (531 pts) 2010/2011 A Team Men Nikolay Chebotko Alexey Poltoranin Yevgeniy Velichko Sergey Cherepanov Yevgeniy Koshevoy Denis Volotka Women Svetlana Malakhova-Shishkina Elina Kolomina Oxana Jatskaya What you may have missed last season: While the team is led in points by Nikolay Chebotko, a solid classic skier who struggles almost every time he puts on a pair of skate skis, the Kazakh man you...