March 06, 2010 (Lahti, Finland) – Maurice Manificat (FRA) scored the win in the men’s 30km pursuit on Saturday in Lahti, Finland with Czech strong man, Lukas Bauer, unable to catch him claiming second at just over 3s behind, followed by Ilia Chernousov (RUS) in third. The USA’s James Southam finished in 36th while team mate Andy Newell placed 46th – no Canadians competed.

Full results here.

Results (brief)

1. Maurice Manificat (FRA) 1:11:44.2
2. Lukas Bauer (CZE) 1:11:47.8
3. Ilia Chernousov (RUS) 1:12:30.4

36. James Southam (USA) 1:15:51.0
46. Andrew Newell (USA) 1:18:28.6