September 05, 2018 (Cardrona, New Zealand) – The USA’s Sophie Caldwell took the win in the 1.1km Freestyle Sprint round two of the Winter Games NZ at the Snow Farm in New Zealand with Ida Sargent in second and Kelsey Phinney in third. American Kevin Bolger topped the men’s field with teammate Benjamin Saxton in second followed by Tomoki Sato from Japan in third. Jessie Diggins did not compete telling Trax, “I’m still in the middle of a huge training camp and with the 42km race three days before the 5km race, I didn’t want to do all three NZ Winter Games races,” said Diggins.

Results

Women
1. Sophie Caldwell (USA)
2. Ida Sargent (USA)
3. Kelsey Phinney (USA)

Full results here.

Men
1. Kevin Bolger (USA)
2. Benjamin Saxton (USA)
3. Tomoki Sato (Jpn)

Full results here.