Posted on 17 March 2011
Tags: Alex Harvey, Andy Newell, competition, cross-country skiing, Dario Cologna, Devon Kershaw, Eirik Brandsdal, Emil Joensson, Evgeniy Belov, FIS World Cup, Giorgio di Centa, Jens Eriksson, Kris Freeman, Marit Bjoergen, Ola Vigen Hattestad, Petter Northug, Racing, Stockholm, Sweden, XC skiing
March 17, 2011 (Stockholm, Sweden) – Here are some great photos from yesterday’s Royal Palace Sprint in Stockholm won by Petra Majdic (SLO) and Emil Joensson (NOR). With their victories, Joensson and Majdic sewed up the respective men’s and women’s 2011 World Cup Sprint titles, as the series now heads into the final weekend in Falun, Sweden. The USA’s Kikkan Randall claimed third overall in the women’s Sprint Series – read more here on the women’s race and here for the men’s race.
- Kikkan Randall – 3rd overall. © Nordic Focus
- Emil Joensson (SWE) wins. © Nordic Focus
- Alex Harvey (CAN) © Nordic Focus
- Petra Majdic (SLO) wins. © Nordic Focus
- Andrew Newell (USA) © Nordic Focus
- Petter Northug (NOR) © Nordic Focus
- Perianne Jones (CAN) © Nordic Focus
- (l-r) Randall, Brun-Lie and Kylloenen (FIN) © Nordic Focus
- (l-r): Majdic (SLO) leads Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR). © Nordic Focus
- Marit Bjoergen (NOR) © Nordic Focus
- (l-r): Belov, di Centa, Northug, Newell. © Nordic Focus
- Petra Majdic (SLO) © Nordic Focus
- (l-r): di Centa, Northug, Newell, Brandsdal. © Nordic Focus
- Devon Kershaw (CAN) © Nordic Focus
- (l-r): Cologna, Harvey, Kershaw, Eriksson © Nordic Focus
- Kris Freeman (USA) © Nordic Focus
- (l-r): Northug 2nd, Joensson 1st, Hattestad 3rd. © Nordic Focus
- Petra Majdic (SLO) © Nordic Focus
- Emil Joensson (SWE) © Nordic Focus