February 23, 2007 (Sapporo, Japan) – U.S. sprinters Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK) and Laura Valaas (Wenatchee, WA) narrowly missed qualifying for the freestyle team sprint final heats Friday, finishing just 2.7 seconds out of the top-5 as Finland moved on to take women’s gold on Day Two of the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Italy won the men’s 1.4K event with the U.S. team (Andy Newell – Shaftsbury, VT, and Torin Koos – Leavenworth, WA) in 15th.