December 16, 2007 (Rybinsk, Russia) – Kikkan Randall from Anchorage, AK, who posted the first U.S. women’s World Cup cross country podium last January, produced the first U.S. women’s victory Sunday, winning a World Cup sprint in Rybinsk. She defeated world champion Astrid Jacobsen of Norway in the final meters of a 1.2km course for the first American win since Bill Koch in 1983.

Results (brief)

1. Kikkan Randall (USA)
2. Astrid Jacobsen (Nor)
3. Natalia Korosteleva (Rus)
4. Magda Genuin (Ita)
5. Vesna Fabjan (Slo)
6. Anna Dahlberg (Swe)
7. Evi Sachenbacher Stehle (Ger)
8. Natalia Matveeva (Rus)
9. Virpi Kuitunen (Fin)
10. Celine Brun-Lie (Nor)

16. Chandra Crawford (Can)

Full results here.