World Cup: Kauppi and Hubmann victorious in sprint
Posted on | June 10, 2009 | Category: News
Minna Kauppi ran to victory on home ground today in the second World Cup race of the season in Salo, Finland. The sprint, also the last race of the Nordic Open Championships, was a close affair with less than 20 seconds separating first from fourth place. The Norwegians Anne Margrethe Hausken and Marianne Andersen finished 8 and 10 seconds respectively down on Kauppi’s time, in second and third places.
Daniel Hubmann, Switzerland, last year’s overall winner of the World Cup, won the men’s race by 9 seconds ahead of Andrey Khramov, Russia. There was a gap of 28 seconds from Khramov’s time down to third-placed Thierry Gueorgiou, France. Switzerland impressed with three runners in the first six; Tero Föhr, Finland in sixth place was the highest-placed Scandinavian.
Leading results
Women
1. Minna Kauppi FIN 15:37
2. Anne Margrethe Hausken NOR 15:46
3. Marianne Andersen NOR 15:48
4. Simone Niggli SUI 15:56
5. Helena Jansson SWE 16:05
6. Galina Vinogradova RUS 16:09
Men
1. Daniel Hubmann SUI 14:23
2. Andrey Khramov RUS 14:32
3. Thierry Gueorgiou FRA 15:01
4. Matthias Merz SUI 15:06
5. Matthias Müller SUI 15:07
6. Tero Föhr FIN 15:08
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