January 23, 2008 (Canmore, Alta.) – The sprinters are up on day two at the Alberta World Cup 2008 and the qualifications have been completed. The Norwegians are back on with Boerre Naess (Nor) in the pole with a time of 2:43.42 in the 1.2km men’s sprint qualifications. USA’s Torin Koos and Andrew Newell have qualified along with Canadians Sean Crooks and Phil Widmer.

In the women’s 1.2km sprint qualifications Virpi Kuitunen (Fin) set the pace time at 3:10.56. Canada’s top sprinters Sara Renner and Chandra Crawford both advanced. No American women qualified.

Apparently the Norwegians chose not to use grip wax and double poled everything, including the climbs – unbelievable, but it worked.

The top 30 skiers advance with five heats of six (6) skiers per heat – the top two skiers keep advancing in subsequent rounds with an A final and B final.

Qualification Results

Women

1. Virpi Kuitunen (Fin) 3:10.56
2. Petra Majdic (Slo) 3:11.94
3. Astrid Jacobsen (Nor) 3:12.47
4. Natalia Matveeva (Rus) 3:14.95
5. Aino- Kaisa Saarinen (Fin) 3:15.27
6. Evgenia Shapovalova (Rus) 3:15.88
7. Olga Rotcheva (Rus) 3:16.15
8. Madoka Natsumi (Jpn) 3:16.49
9. Natalja Naryshkina (Rus) 3:16.61
10. Seraina Mischol (Sui) 3:16.76
11. Justyna Kowalczyk (Pol) 3:17.17
12. Stehle Evi Sachenbacher (Ger) 3:17.55
13. Alena Prochazkova (Svk) 3:17.58
14. Pirjo Muranen (Fin) 3:18.76
15. Sara Renner (Can) 3:19.29
16. Arianna Follis (Ita) 3:19.52
17. Katrin Zeller (Ger) 3:19.66
18. Larisa Kurkina (Rus) 3:20.11
19. Julia Ivanova (Rus) 3:20.41
20. Mona-Lisa Malvalehto (Fin) 3:20.64
21. Katja Visnar (Slo) 3:20.97
22. Magda Genuin (Ita) 3:21.15
23. Claudia Nystad (Ger) 3:21.17
24. Maria Rydqvist (Swe) 3:21.36
25. Chandra Crawford (Can) 3:21.64
26. Stefanie Boehler (Ger) 3:21.94
27. Ella Gjoemle (Nor) 3:21.95
28. Ida Ingemarsdotter (Swe) 3:22.73
29. Caroline Weibel (Fra) 3:23.44
30. Aurore Cuinet (Fra) 3:23.87
31. Nicole Fessel (Ger) 3:24.39
32. Vesna Fabjan (Slo) 3:24.82
33. Kikkan Randall (USA) 3:24.84
34. Laurence Rochat (Sui) 3:24.96
35. Sabina Valbusa (Ita) 3:25.54
36. Perianne Jones (Can) 3:26.36
37. Emilie Vina (Fra) 3:26.38
38. Riikka Sarasoja (Fin) 3:27.51
39. Sarah Daitch (Can) 3:28.18
40. Viktoria Lopatina (Blr) 3:28.76
41. Laura Valaas (USA) 3:29.06
42. Nobuko Fukuda (Jpn) 3:30.10
43. Doris Trachsel (Sui) 3:30.34
44. Shayla Swanson (Can) 3:30.95
45. Lindsay Williams (USA) 3:31.13
46. Esther Bottomley (Aus) 3:32.22
47. Antonella Confortola (Ita) 3:34.41
48. Karin Camenisch (Sui) 3:35.00
49. Kate Brennan (Can) 3:35.11
50. Andrea Dupont (Can) 3:37.42
51. Kate Arduser (USA) 3:37.75
52. Alysson Marshall (Can) 3:38.19
53. Katherine Calder (Aus) 3:41.00
54. Hannah Perry (Can) 3:41.53
55. Heidi Widmer (Can) 3:41.85
56. Karla Mika (Can) 3:44.34
57. Rhonda Jewett (Can) 3:45.12
58. Megan Mctavish (Can) 3:45.28
59. Lindsey Dehlin (USA) 3:45.74

Men

1. Boerre Naess (Nor) 2:43.42
2. Nikita Kriukov (Rus) 2:44.98
3. Ola Vigen Hattestad (Nor) 2:45.01
4. Eldar Roenning (Nor) 2:46.18
5. Tor Arne Hetland (Nor) 2:46.85
6. Oeystein Pettersen (Nor) 2:46.94
7. Torin Koos (USA) 2:47.17
8. Cyril Miranda (Fra) 2:47.26
9. Johan Kjoelstad (Nor) 2:47.40
10. Anders Gloersen (Nor) 2:48.76
11. Mats Larsson (Swe) 2:48.90
12. Kalle Lassila (Fin) 2:49.40
13. Bjoern Lind (Swe) 2:49.55
14. Emil Joensson (Swe) 2:49.59
15. Mickail Jun. Devjatiarov (Rus) 2:49.76
16. Andrew Newell (USA) 2:49.98
17. Vassili Rotchev (Rus) 2:50.52
18. Sean Crooks (Can) 2:50.64
19. Thobias Fredriksson (Swe) 2:50.67
20. Christoph Eigenmann (Sui) 2:50.81
21. Ivan Ivanov (Rus) 2:50.96
22. Matias Strandvall (Fin) 2:51.10
23. Josef Wenzl (Ger) 2:51.11
24. Philip Widmer (Can) 2:51.29
25. Robin Bryntesson (Swe) 2:51.80
26. Allmen Peter Von (Sui) 2:52.45
27. Axel Teichmann (Ger) 2:52.54
28. Janusz Krezelok (Pol) 2:52.56
29. Vahur Teppan (Est) 2:52.66
30. Chris Cook (USA) 2:52.73
31. Stefan Kuhn (Can) 2:52.78
32. Yuichi Onda (Jpn) 2:52.91
33. Martti Jylhae (Fin) 2:53.00
34. Peeter Kummel (Est) 2:53.08
35. Reid Pletcher (USA) 2:54.17
36. Devon Kershaw (Can) 2:54.18
37. Damien Ambrosetti (Fra) 2:55.14
38. Maciej Kreczmer (Pol) 2:55.19
39. Nikolay Pankratov (Rus) 2:55.32
40. Dusan Kozisek (Cze) 2:55.37
41. Roddy Darragon (Fra) 2:55.62
42. Martin Stockinger (Aut) 2:55.68
43. Cristian Zorzi (Ita) 2:55.82
44. Anti Saarepuu (Est) 2:55.84
45. Drew Goldsack (Can) 2:55.94
46. Colin Rodgers (USA) 2:56.10
47. Graham Nishikawa (Can) 2:57.16
48. Christopher Werrell (Can) 2:57.36
49. Ian Murray (Can) 2:57.91
50. Anders Eirik Haugen (USA) 2:58.00
51. Paul Murray (Aus) 2:58.69
52. Brent Mcmurtry (Can) 2:58.95
53. Lars Flora (USA) 2:59.64
54. Mike Argue (Can) 2:59.72
55. Harald Wurm (Aut) 2:59.84
56. Maxim Vylegzhanin (Rus) 3:00.31
57. Marshall Greene (USA) 3:00.71
58. Andreas Waldmeier (Sui) 3:01.12
59. Skeets Morel (Can) 3:01.71
60. Brian Gregg (USA) 3:04.83
61. Jesse Winter (Can) 3:09.30
62. Pate Neumann (Can) 3:24.01





























































































































Men

1. Boerre Naess (Nor) 2:43.42
2. Nikita Kriukov (Rus) 11.46
3. Ola Vigen Hattestad (Nor) 11.68
4. Eldar Roenning (Nor) 20.27
5. Tor Arne Hetland (Nor) 25.19
6. Oeystein Pettersen (Nor) 25.85
7. Torin Koos (USA) 27.54
8. Cyril Miranda (Fra) 28.2
9. Johan Kjoelstad (Nor) 29.23
10. Anders Gloersen (Nor) 39.21
11. Mats Larsson (Swe) 40.24
12. Kalle Lassila (Fin) 43.91
13. Bjoern Lind (Swe) 45.01
14. Emil Joensson (Swe) 45.31
15. Mickail Jun. Devjatiarov (Rus) 46.55
16. Andrew Newell (USA) 48.17
17. Vassili Rotchev (Rus) 52.14
18. Sean Crooks (Can) 53.02
19. Thobias Fredriksson (Swe) 53.24
20. Christoph Eigenmann (Sui) 54.27
21. Ivan Ivanov (Rus) 55.37
22. Matias Strandvall (Fin) 56.39
23. Josef Wenzl (Ger) 56.47
24. Philip Widmer (Can) 57.79
25. Robin Bryntesson (Swe) 61.53
26. Allmen Peter Von (Sui) 66.31
27. Axel Teichmann (Ger) 66.97
28. Janusz Krezelok (Pol) 67.12
29. Vahur Teppan (Est) 67.85
30. Chris Cook (USA) 68.36
31. Stefan Kuhn (Can) 68.73
32. Yuichi Onda (Jpn) 69.69
33. Martti Jylhae (Fin) 70.35
34. Peeter Kummel (Est) 70.93
35. Reid Pletcher (USA) 78.94
36. Devon Kershaw (Can) 79.01
37. Damien Ambrosetti (Fra) 86.06
38. Maciej Kreczmer (Pol) 86.43
39. Nikolay Pankratov (Rus) 87.38
40. Dusan Kozisek (Cze) 87.75
41. Roddy Darragon (Fra) 89.59
42. Martin Stockinger (Aut) 90.03
43. Cristian Zorzi (Ita) 91.05
44. Anti Saarepuu (Est) 91.2
45. Drew Goldsack (Can) 91.93
46. Colin Rodgers (USA) 93.11
47. Graham Nishikawa (Can) 100.89
48. Christopher Werrell (Can) 102.36
49. Ian Murray (Can) 106.4
50. Anders Eirik Haugen (USA) 107.06
51. Paul Murray (Aus) 112.13
52. Brent Mcmurtry (Can) 114.04
53. Lars Flora (USA) 119.1
54. Mike Argue (Can) 119.69
55. Harald Wurm (Aut) 120.57
56. Maxim Vylegzhanin (Rus) 124.02
57. Marshall Greene (USA) 126.96
58. Andreas Waldmeier (Sui) 129.97
59. Skeets Morel (Can) 134.3
60. Brian Gregg (USA) 157.21
61. Jesse Winter (Can) 190.04
62. Pate Neumann (Can) 298.05