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  • Tuesday Rundown: Soldier Hollow & Almaty (Updated x2)

    Norway’s Fredrik Riseth celebrates his win in the men's classic sprint at U23 World Championships on Tuesday at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. He beat out Russia’s Alexander Bolshunov by 1.05 seconds for the victory. (Photo: FlyingPointRoad.com)
    Norway’s Fredrik Riseth (4) celebrates his win in the men’s classic sprint at U23 World Championships on Tuesday at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. He beat out Russia’s Alexander Bolshunov (1) by 1.05 seconds for the victory and Norway’s Joachim Aurland followed in third (+2.3). (Photo: FlyingPointRoad.com)

    FIS Nordic U23 World Championships (Midway, Utah): Classic sprint

    [UPDATED] All four American women and three Canadians qualified for the women’s classic sprint heats on the first day of U23 World Championships on Tuesday, and in the men’s qualifier, three Americans finished in the top 30 to advance to the quarterfinals at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah.

    Kelsey Phinney led the Americans in sixth in the women’s 1.3-kilometer qualifier, clocking in 2.77 seconds off the fastest women’s qualifying time of 3:39.40, set by Sweden’s Anna Dyvik.

    Canada’s Dahria Beatty qualified eighth (+3.85), followed by Nichole Bathe (USA) in 14th (+8.8), Jesse Knori (USA) in 19th (+12.07), Jenn Jackson (CAN) in 22nd (+12.99), Corey Stock (USA) in 26th (+15.11), and Katherine Stewart-Jones (CAN) in 28th (+16.61).

    In the men’s 1.5 k qualifier, American Cole Morgan claimed with the 11th-fastest time, 8.19 seconds behind Russia’s Alexander Bolshunov, who topped the qualifying round in 3:36.52.

    Also for the U.S., Paddy Caldwell qualified 20th (+14.68) and Jack Hegman 23rd (+15.59), while Cal Deline missed the top 30 by 0.14 seconds in 31st.

    In the quarterfinals, Morgan finished second by 0.85 seconds to Bolshunov, and both automatically advanced to the semifinals. There, the Russian finished second to Norway’s Fredrik Riseth while Morgan took fifth, 9.67 seconds out of first. Overall, Morgan placed ninth on the day for his best result at a Junior or U23 World Championship.

    The top North American woman on Tuesday, Beatty finished third in her quarterfinal, 2.45 seconds behind the winner of her heat, Norway’s Thea Krokan Murud. Beatty advanced to the semifinals as a lucky loser, where she ended up sixth, 8.04 seconds behind Murud, who won that heat as well. Overall, Beatty placed 12th for her first top 20 at U23 Worlds.

    Meanwhile, Stewart-Jones raced in the same quarterfinal as Beatty and finished fifth (+12.63) for 24th overall.

    Knori was the top U.S. woman in 15th overall after placing third in her quarterfinal, 7.18 seconds behind Norway’s Tiril Udnes Weng, who won that heat.

    Phinney was right behind in 16th overall after finishing fourth in her quarterfinal, 3.81 seconds behind Weng’s sister, Lotta Udnes Weng, in first. Stock also raced in that quarterfinal and finished fifth (+10.08) for 22nd overall.

    Petra Hyncicova, who skis for the University of Colorado-Boulder but is representing her native Czech Republic at U23s, took 20th on Tuesday. She qualified in 21st then finished fourth in her quarterfinal, 4.33 seconds behind Sweden’s Maja Dahlqvist in first.

    Dahlqvist went on to win the first semifinal and Norway’s Murud won the second semi. Both met in the final, where Dyvik — who had placed second from the first semifinal — dominated throughout to take the win in 3:32.40. Murud finished 3.42 seconds back in second, and Sweden had two on the podium with Dahlqvist in third (+3.76).

    On the men’s side, Caldwell ended up 18th after placing fourth in the same quarterfinal as Morgan, finishing 6.17 seconds behind Bolshunov in first.

    Hegman placed 28th on the day after finishing sixth in his quarterfinal, 5.71 seconds behind Norway’s Chrisander Skjoenberg Holth in first.

    Norway’s Riseth won his quarterfinal and semifinal before taking the victory in the final, by 1.05 seconds over Bolshunov with a winning time of 3:32.78. Norway had two on the podium with Joachim Aurland in third (+2.3).

    Results:

    Women’s qualifier | Women’s brackets | Women’s overall

    Men’s qualifier | Men’s brackets | Men’s overall

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    FIS Nordic Combined Junior World Championships (Park City & Midway, Utah): Individual normal hill/10 k

    Finland’s Arttu Mäkiaho winning the normal hill/10 k competition on Tuesday, the first day of Nordic Combined Junior World Championships, at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. He won by nearly 22 seconds. (Photo: FlyingPointRoad.com).
    Finland’s Arttu Mäkiaho winning the normal hill/10 k competition on Tuesday, the first day of Nordic Combined Junior World Championships, at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. He won by nearly 22 seconds. (Photo: FlyingPointRoad.com).

    [UPDATED] On the first day of Nordic Combined Junior Worlds, with the jumping taking place at Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, and racing at Soldier Hollow in nearby Midway, Stephen Schumann achieved his first top 10 in the individual normal hill/10 k.

    Schumann jumped to 28th then clocked the fifth-fastest cross-country time to place 10th overall, 55 seconds behind Finland’s Arttu Mäkiaho, who won in 25:54.5 minutes.

    Mäkiaho started the 10 k in ninth, based on his jump, with a 35-second starting deficit to jump leader Laurent Muhlethaler of France. While Muhlethaler dropped to 17th in the 10 k, Mäkiaho clocked the third-fastest ski time to win the first nordic-combined competition of the championships.

    Austria’s Mika Vermeulen finished 21.6 seconds back in second, after picking off 27 places in the ski race. He jumped to 29th and skied the fastest 10 k in 24:48.1.

    Germany’s Martin Hahn rounded out the podium in third (+25.6), moving up from 26th in the jump with the fourth-fastest ski time.

    Four Americans competed, with Ben Loomis landing in the top 20 in 18th (+1:38.5), Koby Vargas in 37th (+3:44.0) and Grant Andrews in 44th (+4:25.6).

    Junior/U23 World Championships continue Wednesday with the junior 5/10 k freestyle individual starts, plus women’s and men’s ski jumping. Complete schedule

    Results: Normal hill/10 k

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    World University Games cross-country skiing (Almaty, Kazakhstan): 5/10 k freestyle pursuits

    Jørgen Grav of Ford Sayre competing for Norway at the World University Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (Photo: Almaty2017.com)
    Jørgen Grav of Ford Sayre competing for Norway at the World University Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (Photo: Almaty2017.com)

    Cross-country ski competitions continued at the World University Games on Tuesday with pursuit races based off the finish times from Monday’s 5 and 10 kilometer classic races.

    In the men’s 10 k pursuit, Dmitriy Rostovtsev overtook Russian teammate (and yesterday’s winner) Valeriy Gontar to win by 14.7 seconds. Armenia’s Sergey Mikayelyan moved from fourth up to third place (+52.0) to claim the final podium spot.

    Jørgen Grav of Norway, a former University of Vermont skier now in graduate studies at Dartmouth College and competing for Ford Sayre, placed 36th, +5:14.4.

    For Canada William Dumas (Skinouk) skied from 48th all the way up to 40th to lead the team and finish +5:26.0.  Carrington Pomeroy (Nakkertok) moved from 57th up to 48th (+6:01.2), Conor Thompson (Université Laval) finished 52nd (+6:33.3), Gavin Shields (Lappe Nordic) 58th (+6:54.6), Jordan Cascagnette (Team Hardwood) 62nd (+7:24.8), and Alexis Morin (Université Laval) 68th (+8:44.1).

    Vincent Mason of the University of Wyoming had the best U.S. finish, clocking in at 55th (+6:36.6). Teammate Will Timmons finished 63rd (+7:29.9) and Sam Wiswell 71st (+9:27.9). Mitchell Hollman (Air Force Academy) 74th (+10:25.1), Kevin Geisen (Western State) 78th (+12:07.6), and Cameron Moore (Western State) 79th (+12:50.0).

    In the women’s 5 k skate pursuit, Anna Nechaevskaya of Russia moved up and stole the lead from Russian teammate (and yesterday’s winner) Lilia Vasilieva (+18.1). Anna Shevchenko of Kazakhstan kept her hold on third place (+21.3).

    Elise Sulser of the University of Wyoming again led the United States, slipping one spot to finish 24th (+3:47.1). Her teammate Meghan Kent was 47th (+6:39.9) and Yara Thomas 50th (+7:20.0). Emma Malmqvist (Colorado Mesa University) placed 53rd (+8:04.7), Sierra Jech (State University of New York) 55th (+8:26.9), and Sierra Foster (Oregon State University) 61st (+10:00.3).

    For Canada, Christel Pichard-Joliceur (Université Laval) finished 31st (+4:35.9). Shelby Dickey (Highlands Trailblazers) followed in 41st (+5:35.9), then Emma Camicioli (Rocky Mountain Racers) in 44th (+5:53.0) and Kyla Vanderzwet (Nakkertok) 45th (+5:54.8).

    World University Games biathlon (Almaty, Kazakhstan): 15/20 k individual

    In the women’s 15 k individual, the first biathlon competition of the Universiade, Kazakhstan took four of the top five places with much of their World Cup team competing on home turf. Alina Raikova won over Galina Vishnevskaya by 2:21.1 thanks to just two penalties to Vishnevskaya’s four. Ukraine’s Nadiia Bielkina was third, +2:23.6 with five penalties.

    The lone Canadian finisher was Jessica Paterson of the University of Alberta, who finished 23rd (+13:06.1) with eight missed shots.

    In the men’s 20 k individual, Baptiste Jouty of France came out on top by 41.0 seconds over Sergey Korostylev of Russia, with two penalties for each racer. Third place went to Semen Suchilov, also of Russia, +1:05.5 with three missed shots.

    Seamus Boyd-Porter of Memorial University led Canada with a 36th-place finish, +13:33.1 and eight missed shots. Taij Isaac Mann of MacEwan University finished 42nd with two missed shots (+19:37.2), and Sasha Eccleston 45th with seven missed shots (+23:07.8).

    No American biathletes competed.

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  • Monday Rundown: Soldier Hollow & Almaty (Updated)

    American Bill Harmeyer doing a tele turn on his way back to the stadium after a broken pole took him out of contention in the first men's semifinal on Monday at 2017 Junior World Championships at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. He finished sixth in the semifinal. (Photo: FlyingPointRoad.com)
    American Bill Harmeyer doing a tele turn on his way back to the stadium after a broken pole took him out of contention in the first men’s semifinal on Monday at 2017 Junior World Championships at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. He finished sixth in the semifinal. (Photo: FlyingPointRoad.com)

    FIS Nordic Junior World Championships (Midway, Utah): Classic sprint

    [UPDATED] On the first day of Junior World Championships at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah, three U.S. women, four U.S. men and two Canadian men finished in the top 30 to qualify for the heats in the women’s and men’s classic sprints.

    Of those nine North Americans, three reached the semifinals: Julia Kern, Hannah Halvorsen and Bill Harmeyer, all representing the U.S.

    Germany’s Janosch Brugger beat out four Norwegians and a Finn in the men’s final, finishing in 3:43.00 minutes, just 0.04 seconds ahead of Petter Stakston of Norway. Norway had two on the podium with Herman Martens Meyer in third (+3.83).

    Harmeyer reached the semifinal after qualifying in 11th and placing fourth in his quarterfinal. He advanced with a fast-enough time after finishing 1.13 seconds behind Staktson, who won that first men’s quarterfinal. In the first semifinal, Harmeyer stumbled on the course’s biggest climb, broke a pole and ended up sixth, 23.23 seconds behind Stakson, who also won that heat.

    Also for the U.S., Kam Husain qualified 27th and finished sixth in the second quarterfinal, 1.5 seconds behind Norway’s Jo Svinsås, who won the heat.

    In the third men’s quarterfinal, Canada’s Reed Godfrey finished fifth, 7.59 seconds behind Russia’s Vladislav Vechkanov in first, after Godfrey qualified in 25th.

    American Lance McKenney qualified in 29th and went on to finish fourth in the fourth quarterfinal, 2.02 seconds behind Russia’s Egor Kazarinov, who won that heat.

    Two North American men raced in the fifth quarterfinal, with Canada’s Étienne Hébert finishing fourth (+1.43) and American Logan Diekmann finishing sixth (+3.98) behind Norway’s Thomas Helland Larsen in first. Hébert qualified in 13th and Diekmann 23rd to start the day.

    In the women’s final, Russia’s Polina Nekrasova won decisively, beating out two Germans, Antonia Fräbel in second (+3.56) and Coletta Rydzek in third (+4.58).

    Kern, of the U.S., qualified in 11th then placed second in the first quarterfinal, just 0.19 seconds behind Nekrasova, to automatically advance to the semifinals. In the first semifinal, Kern fell and ended up fifth, 28.05 seconds behind Nekrasova, who won that heat as well.

    Halvorsen qualified 13th then won the fifth quarterfinal by 0.75 seconds. She went on to place sixth in the second semifinal, 8.14 seconds behind Fräbel in first.

    American Lauren Jortberg qualified 27th and placed fourth in the second quarterfinal, 4.4 seconds behind Norway’s Kristine Stavås Skistad, who won that heat.

    Results (brackets): Men | Women

    Qualifying results: Men | Women

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    World University Games (Almaty, Kazakhstan): 5/10 k classic

    Dmitriy Rostovtsev and Valeriy Gontar of Russia (l, c) and Alexandre Pouye of France on the podium for the men's 10 k classic at 2017 World University Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (Photo: Almaty2017.com)
    Dmitriy Rostovtsev and Valeriy Gontar of Russia (l, c) and Alexandre Pouye of France on the podium for the men’s 10 k classic at 2017 World University Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (Photo: Almaty2017.com)

    Russia took four of the six available podium spots in the opening day of nordic racing at the World University Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

    In the 10 k classic, Valeriy Gontar took an 8.9-second win over Russian teammate Dmitriy Rostovstev. It was an upgrade for Gontar, a student at Penza State University, who was third in this event at the 2015 Universiade. Rostovtsev is a former podium finisher at U23 World Championships. Alexandre Pouye of France was third, +21.8.

    Vincent Mason of the University of Wyoming had the best U.S. finish, clocking in at 44th (+2:54.0). Teammate Will Timmons finished 73rd and Sam Wiswell 80th, Mitchell Hollman (Air Force Academy) 82nd, Kevin Geisen (Western State) 84th, and Cameron Moore (Western State) 85th.

    For Canada Jordan Cascagnette (Team Hardwood) finished 49th, +3:12.3. Conor Thompson (Université Laval) finished 53rd, Carrington Pomeroy (Nakkertok) 57th, William Dumas (Skinouk) 58th, Gavin Shields (Lappe Nordic) 59th, and Alexis Morin (Université Laval) 77th.

    In the women’s 5 k classic, Lilia Vasilieva earned a 13.3-second victory over Russian teammate Anna Nechaevskaya, a podium finisher at last year’s Russian National Championships. Anna Schevchenko of Kazakhstan – who started the season on the World Cup and finished 32nd in the La Clusaz 10 k – was third, +15.2.

    Elise Sulser led the United States in 23rd place; the University of Wyoming skier was 1:58.4 off the pace. Teammate Meghan Kent was 48th and Yara Thomas 49th. Emma Malmqvist (Colorado Mesa University) placed 50th, Sierra Jech (State University of New York) 60th, and Sierra Foster (Oregon State University) 61st.

    For Canada, Christel Pichard-Joliceur (Université Laval) was one spot behind Sulser in 24th (+2:02.5). Emma Camicioli (Rocky Mountain Racers) placed 40th, Shelby Dickey (Highlands Trailblazers) 43rd, and Kyla Vanderzwet (Nakkertok) 47th.

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