Krasnaya Polyana, Russia – The U.S. Ski Team’s Liz Stephen skied to a career best eighth in the 7.5k/7.5k skiathlon on the Sochi 2014 Olympic course on Saturday.
Kristin Stoermer Steira of Norway won women’s while Dario Cologna of Switzerland took the men’s. Skiers faced raging snow at some times during the race at the Laura venue just northeast and up the mountain from Krasnaya Polyana. It was the second day of Olympic test events on the Laura Cross Country Ski Center near Sochi with teammate Kikkan Randall, of Anchorage, Alaska, winning the sprint on Friday.
Stephen, of E. Montpelier, Vt., went out strong in the 7.5k classic segment, running with the lead pack the entire way and making the change to skate less than 10 seconds out of the lead. She maintained her placing in the skate finishing 47 seconds off the lead.
Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, WA) was 24th, Jessie Diggins (Afton, MN). Noah Hoffman (Aspen, CO) was 26th in the men’s 15k/15k.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
FIS Cross Country World Cup
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia – Feb. 2, 2013
Women’s 7.5k/7.5k Skiathlon
Rank | Bib | Name | Year | Nation | Time | FIS Points |
1 | 2 | STEIRA Kristin Stoermer | 1981 | NOR | 46:17.7 | 0.00 |
2 | 7 | TCHEKALEVA Yulia | 1984 | RUS | 46:36.9 | 9.68 |
3 | 18 | FESSEL Nicole | 1983 | GER | 46:37.6 | 10.03 |
4 | 4 | JACOBSEN Astrid Uhrenholdt | 1987 | NOR | 46:38.0 | 10.23 |
5 | 8 | ZELLER Katrin | 1979 | GER | 46:47.5 | 15.02 |
6 | 3 | KYLLOENEN Anne | 1987 | FIN | 46:49.2 | 15.88 |
7 | 6 | ISHIDA Masako | 1980 | JPN | 46:55.0 | 18.80 |
8 | 9 | STEPHEN Elizabeth | 1987 | USA | 47:03.0 | 22.83 |
9 | 21 | MIKHAILOVA Olga | 1981 | RUS | 47:15.7 | 29.23 |
10 | 26 | ZHUKOVA Natalia | 1992 | RUS | 47:17.3 | 30.04 |
Men’s 15k/15k Skiathlon
Rank | Bib | Name | Year | Nation | Time | FIS Points |
1 | 1 | COLOGNA Dario | 1986 | SUI | 1:21:00.0 | 0.00 |
2 | 6 | CHERNOUSOV Ilia | 1986 | RUS | 1:21:01.6 | 0.46 |
3 | 2 | LEGKOV Alexander | 1983 | RUS | 1:21:01.8 | 0.52 |
4 | 5 | VYLEGZHANIN Maxim | 1982 | RUS | 1:21:02.2 | 0.63 |
5 | 9 | BELOV Evgeniy | 1990 | RUS | 1:21:07.5 | 2.16 |
6 | 7 | ANGERER Tobias | 1977 | GER | 1:21:10.0 | 2.88 |
7 | 22 | GAILLARD Jean Marc | 1980 | FRA | 1:21:10.6 | 3.05 |
8 | 8 | CLARA Roland | 1982 | ITA | 1:21:12.0 | 3.46 |
9 | 47 | KHOKHRYAKOV Nikolay | 1985 | RUS | 1:21:15.8 | 4.55 |
10 | 11 | MANIFICAT Maurice | 1986 | FRA | 1:21:16.6 | 4.78 |