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March 26, 2012 (Falun, Sweden) – Following her historic crystal globe presentation in Falun, Sweden, Peter Graves caught up with the USA’s biggest XC ski sensation of the last three decades, FIS World Cup Sprint series winner Kikkan Randall. Randall reflects on her incredibly successful World Cup season in which she placed fifth overall in addition to her Sprint Cup title victory. She was finally awarded the crystal globe on Sunday, March 18, and was awed by the trophy’s sheer weight.
Randall is the first American women to win a World Cup overall title ending a 30-year drought as the last time the US won a World Cup title was when the legendary Bill Koch captured the men’s overall in 1982. But her season is not quite over yet. The shining star stayed in Scandinavia a little longer to compete in some invitational sprints such as the Red Bull Nordix and returned home this past weekend to race in the USSA SuperTour Finals and 30/50km National Championships on from March 24-31 in Craftsbury, VT…
Kikkan Randall
![Petet Graves [P] MSA](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/GravesDSC02081.3-22.jpg)
- Petet Graves © MSA
![Kikkan Randall (USA) celebrates bronze in Davos. [P] Nordic Focus](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Randall-Davos-12112011cm253.2.jpg)
- Kikkan Randall (USA) celebrates bronze in Davos. © Nordic Focus
![Men’s sprint championion Teodor Peterson (SWE) with Women’s champion Kikkan Randall (USA) [P] Nordic Focus](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Randall-Peterson150312ah071.2.jpg)
- Men's sprint championion Teodor Peterson (SWE) with Women's champion Kikkan Randall (USA) © Nordic Focus
![Kikkan Randall with Sadie Bjornsen (USA) finished second in the team sprint in Duesseldorf [P] Nordic Focus](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Randall-Bjornsen-041211ah205.2.jpg)
- Kikkan Randall with Sadie Bjornsen (USA) finished second in the team sprint in Duesseldorf © Nordic Focus
![Kikkan Randall and friends… [P]](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Randall-Group-IMG-20120316-00348.21.jpg)
- Kikkan Randall and friends… ©
![Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall celebrate team sprint silver in Milan. [P] Nordic Focus](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Diggins-Randall-Milan-150112ah008.jpg)
- Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall celebrate team sprint silver in Milan. © Nordic Focus
![Kikkan Randall (USA) during the Tour de Ski individual sprint in Oberstdorf. [P] Nordic Focus](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Randall-TdS-311211ah005.2.jpg)
- Kikkan Randall (USA) during the Tour de Ski individual sprint in Oberstdorf. © Nordic Focus
![Kikkan Randall finished third in the individual sprint in Davos. [P] Nordic Focus](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Randall12112011cm257.2.jpg)
- Kikkan Randall finished third in the individual sprint in Davos. © Nordic Focus
![Kikkan Randall (USA) and Chandra Crawford (CAN) embrace after the FIS World Cup Sprint in Rogla. [P] Nordic Focus](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Randall-Crawford-181211ah024.2.jpg)
- Kikkan Randall (USA) and Chandra Crawford (CAN) embrace after the FIS World Cup Sprint in Rogla. © Nordic Focus
![USST in Nove Mesto [P] courtesy of Kikkan Randall](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Team-Pic-Milan.jpg)
- USST in Nove Mesto © courtesy of Kikkan Randall
![Kikkan Randall shows off her FIS Sprint World Cup crystal globe. [P] Nordic Focus](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Randall150312ah032.2.jpg)
- Kikkan Randall shows off her FIS Sprint World Cup crystal globe. © Nordic Focus
![Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall in Milan [P] Matt Whitcomb](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Diggins-Randall-Milan-20120115-00170-2.2.jpg)
- Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall in Milan © Matt Whitcomb
![Kikkan Randall (USA) celebrates in Dusseldorf. [P]](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Randall-Dusseldorf.jpg)
- Kikkan Randall (USA) celebrates in Dusseldorf. ©
![Kikkan Randall and her USST friends chillin’ in Moscow. [P] courtesy of Sadie Bjornsen](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Moscow-cold.jpg)
- Kikkan Randall and her USST friends chillin' in Moscow. © courtesy of Sadie Bjornsen
![Kikkan Randall (USA) with her FIS World Cup Sprint crystal globe. [P] Nordic Focus](https://skitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Randall150312ah019.21.jpg)
- Kikkan Randall (USA) with her FIS World Cup Sprint crystal globe. © Nordic Focus