February 03, 2014 (Val di Fiemme, Italy) – Canada’s Dahria Beatty finished a strong 15th on Sunday in the women’s 5km CL individual start race as Russia’s Natalia Nepryaeva took the gold over Sweden’s Henriksson in second with Anastasia Sedova (RUS) in third. Leading the US charge was Nichole Bathe in 26th with Marion Woods in 34th.

Following Woods was Canada’s Katherine Stewart-Jones in 36th with Anne-Marie Comeau just behind in 38th and the USA’s Sloan Storey in 43rd. Canadian Frédérique Vézina was 51st as American Maggie Williams did not start. Beatty’s 15th was the 4th all time result for a Canadian female in a distance race at the World Juniors as Marie-Josée Pépin won silver in 1989, Amanda Ammar was 6th in 2006 and Amanda Fortier placed 8th in 1996.

In the Junior Men’s 10km classic Canada’s Ricardo Izquierdo-Bernier was the top North American finishing a solid 14th behind winner Roman Kaygorodov from Russia who had “…the race of his life”, followed by Sweden’s Jens Burman in second with Petter Reistag (NOR) taking the bronze.

The top US skier was Adam Martin in 26th followed by Patrick Caldwell in 29th. Canada’s Scott Hill finished 45th with Alexis Dumas in 46th and American Lars Hannah in 57th. Rounding out the field was Ben Wilkinson-Zan (CAN) in 66th with the USA’s Cole Morgan in 68th.

Women’s results here.
Men’s results here.