Östersund, Sweden, Carl Johan Bergman of Sweden claimed his second victory in a row in the Men’s 10K Sprint at the IBU Rollerski Biathlon Cup, while Helena Jonsson stepped up her performance to take the title in the Women’s 7.5K Sprint on Saturday. Bergman Wins by 2.1 Seconds Bergman’s margin of victory was quite as comfortable as in Friday’s 12.5K cross-country race, where he won by 26.6 seconds. today, he covered the 10K in 23:43.2,...
Oberhof, Germany – Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) could have been happier, but not much. Hitting nine out of ten targets in world class time, Hakkinen finished 17th in the ultra competitive Oberhof World Cup Sprint, with a time of 26:55.8, one second behind 15th place and just ten seconds out of tenth. The result moves Hakkinen into 26th place in the overall World Cup ranking and qualifies him for the Mass Start competition on Sunday....
Cervenka commented on the Sprint competitions, “It was cold today, around nine degrees, about as cold as it was in Minnesota when I left, with some shifting wind, but nothing major. Still, the shooting was not very good, which is typical of the first day in most trials competitions. Most of the top finishers were the people we expected to see on the podium, the athletes with previous World Championships experience.” Leading the experienced group...