Again we had a lot of surprises in the mens class – the ski brand Rossignol taking all the podium with skiers who where all not really expected to be up there. The three top skiers Peterson, Kriukov and Pettersen where tipped as number 25, 10 and 28 respectively!

Petter Northug, Ola Vigen Hattestad and Dario Cologna all disappointed a lot. The only one performing up towards expectations of the top tipped skiers was Jesper Modin who finished 7th.

In the womens class, it went more as expected. Bjørgen took the victory as most out there thought. However, Kowalczyk was a big disappointment whereas Skofterud was the big positive surprise; continuing where she started last weekend.

At the bottom of this article you find sprint heat times breakdown.

Top 10 results – Kuusamo sprint predictions

On top after another though day we have Gustaf with 557 points ahead of Erik Carleton with 488 points and Jan with 475 points (Jan is not me, but a Skidpepp predicter).

• Results Kuusamo sprint predictions
• Set up your predictions for the 5 km / 10 km free in Kuusamo
• Set up your predictions for the chasing start Sunday in Kuusamo (individual times)
• Overall results WhoWins XC-Predictions 2012
• Overall Results Skidpepp predictions

Heat time breakdown – mens sprint Kuusamo

Teodor PETERSON.	SWE		02:50	02:41	02:44	02:49	(11:06)
Nikita KRIUKOV.	RUS		02:51	03:04	02:45	02:44	(11:26)
Oystein PETTERSEN.	NOR		02:51	02:43	02:41	02:47	(11:04)
Eirik BRANDSDAL.	NOR		02:52	02:50	02:42	02:44	(11:10)
Len VALJAS.	CAN		02:53	02:42	02:44	02:44	(11:05)
Anssi PENTSINEN.	FIN		02:53	02:54	02:42	02:40	(11:11)
Jesper MODIN.	SWE			02:43	02:44	02:44	(08:13)
Alexey PETUKHOV.	RUS			02:44	02:43	02:44	(08:13)
Ilia CHERNOUSOV.	RUS			02:45	02:45	02:46	(08:18)
Timo SIMONLATSER.	EST			02:45	02:45	02:48	(08:19)
Dario COLOGNA.	SUI			02:46	02:44	02:46	(08:18)
Nikolay CHEBOTKO.	KAZ			02:54	02:43	02:46	(08:26)
Anton GAFAROV.	RUS				02:44	02:48	(05:34)
Andrew NEWELL.	USA				02:44	02:48	(05:33)
Peeter KUMMEL.	EST				02:45	02:45	(05:30)
Alex HARVEY.	CAN				02:45	02:49	(05:35)
Alexander LEGKOV.	RUS				02:45	02:46	(05:32)
Evgeniy BELOV.	RUS				02:45	02:49	(05:35)
Kein EINASTE.	EST				02:45	02:46	(05:32)
Petter jr. NORTHUG.	NOR				02:45	02:49	(05:35)
Eldar ROENNING.	NOR				02:46	02:46	(05:33)
Axel TEICHMANN.	GER				02:46	02:49	(05:36)
Lasse PAAKKONEN.	FIN				02:48	02:46	(05:35)
Matias STRANDVALL.	FIN				02:49	02:48	(05:38)
Sami JAUHOJAERVI.	FIN				02:51	02:48	(05:39)
Cyril MIRANDA.	FRA				02:56	02:49	(05:46)
Ola Vigen HATTESTAD.	NOR				02:57	02:48	(05:46)
Yuichi ONDA.	JPN					02:46	(02:47)
Renato PASINI.	ITA					02:49	(02:49)
Franz GOERING.	GER					02:49	(02:50)
Jean Marc GAILLARD.	FRA					02:49	(02:50)
Karel TAMMJARV.	EST					02:49	(02:50)
Ville NOUSIAINEN.	FIN					02:50	(02:50)
Calle HALFVARSSON.	SWE					02:50	(02:50)
Daniel RICKARDSSON.	SWE					02:50	(02:50)
Martti JYLHAE.	FIN					02:50	(02:50)
Raido RANKEL.	EST					02:50	(02:50)
Johan OLSSON.	SWE					02:50	(02:50)
Algo KARP.	EST					02:50	(02:51)
Lari LEHTONEN.	FIN					02:50	(02:51)
Martin JAKS.	CZE					02:51	(02:51)
Alexander BESSMERTNYKH.	RUS					02:51	(02:51)
Peter MLYNAR.	SVK					02:51	(02:51)
Tord Asle GJERDALEN.	NOR					02:51	(02:51)
Alexey POLTORANIN.	KAZ					02:51	(02:51)
Finn Haagen KROGH.	NOR					02:51	(02:51)
Aliaksandr VORANAU.	BLR					02:51	(02:51)
John Kristian DAHL.	NOR					02:51	(02:52)
Ondrej HORYNA.	CZE					02:51	(02:52)
Andy KUEHNE.	GER					02:51	(02:52)
Curdin PERL.	SUI					02:51	(02:52)
Ari LUUSUA.	FIN					02:52	(02:52)
Marcus HELLNER.	SWE					02:52	(02:52)
Giorgio DI CENTA.	ITA					02:52	(02:52)
Sergey CHEREPANOV.	KAZ					02:52	(02:53)
Devon KERSHAW.	CAN					02:52	(02:53)
Ivan BILOSYUK.	UKR					02:52	(02:53)
Maurice MANIFICAT.	FRA					02:52	(02:53)
Lukas BAUER.	CZE					02:53	(02:53)
Hiroyuki MIYAZAWA.	JPN					02:53	(02:53)
Tobias ANGERER.	GER					02:53	(02:53)
Petr SEDOV.	RUS					02:53	(02:53)
Mikko KOUTANIEMI.	FIN					02:53	(02:53)
Dietmar NOECKLER.	ITA					02:53	(02:53)
Fulvio SCOLA.	ITA					02:53	(02:54)
Pierre GUEDON.	FRA					02:53	(02:54)
Denis VOLOTKA.	KAZ					02:53	(02:54)
Maciej STAREGA.	POL					02:54	(02:54)
Maxim VYLEGZHANIN.	RUS					02:54	(02:54)
Jens FILBRICH.	GER					02:54	(02:54)
Maciej KRECZMER.	POL					02:54	(02:54)
Alexander LASUTKIN.	BLR					02:54	(02:54)
Fredrik JONSSON.	SWE					02:54	(02:55)
Christoph EIGENMANN.	SUI					02:54	(02:55)
Yevgeniy VELICHKO.	KAZ					02:54	(02:55)
Jussi SIMULA.	FIN					02:54	(02:55)
Lars NELSON.	SWE					02:54	(02:55)
Aivar REHEMAA.	EST					02:55	(02:55)
Michail SEMENOV.	BLR					02:55	(02:55)
Bastien POIRRIER.	FRA					02:55	(02:56)
David HOFER.	ITA					02:55	(02:56)
Kris FREEMAN.	USA					02:55	(02:56)
Juha-Matti MIKKOLAINEN.	FIN					02:55	(02:56)
Ruslan PEREKHODA.	UKR					02:56	(02:56)
Sjur ROETHE.	NOR					02:56	(02:56)
Tero SIMILAE.	FIN					02:56	(02:56)
Drew GOLDSACK.	CAN					02:56	(02:57)
Chris Andre JESPERSEN.	NOR					02:56	(02:57)
Mariusz MICHALEK.	POL					02:56	(02:57)
Christophe PERRILLAT.	FRA					02:56	(02:57)
Graham NISHIKAWA.	CAN					02:57	(02:57)
Keishin YOSHIDA.	JPN					02:57	(02:57)
Teemu HARKONEN.	FIN					02:57	(02:58)
Akira LENTING.	JPN					02:57	(02:58)
Andreas KATZ.	GER					02:58	(02:58)
Anders SOEDERGREN.	SWE					02:58	(02:58)
Roland CLARA.	ITA					02:58	(02:59)
Nobu NARUSE.	JPN					02:59	(02:59)
Tom REICHELT.	GER					02:59	(02:59)
Ivan BABIKOV.	CAN					02:59	(02:59)
Veselin TSINZOV.	BUL					02:59	(02:59)
Lars FLORA.	USA					02:59	(02:59)
Myroslav BILOSYUK.	UKR					02:59	(03:00)
Oleksiy SHVIDKIY.	UKR					02:59	(03:00)
Pietro PILLER COTTRER.	ITA					03:00	(03:01)
Philipp MARSCHALL.	GER					03:00	(03:01)
Robin DUVILLARD.	FRA					03:01	(03:01)
Jiri MAGAL.	CZE					03:01	(03:01)
Remo FISCHER.	SUI					03:01	(03:02)
Arvis LIEPINS.	LAT					03:01	(03:02)
Kevin SANDAU.	CAN					03:02	(03:02)
Martin BAJCICAK.	SVK					03:02	(03:02)
Sergey MIKAYELYAN.	ARM					03:02	(03:02)
Sergei DOLIDOVICH.	BLR					03:02	(03:03)
Toni LIVERS.	SUI					03:02	(03:03)
Valerio CHECCHI.	ITA					03:03	(03:04)
Dominik LANDERTINGER.	AUT					03:04	(03:04)
Vytautas STROLIA.	LTU					03:06	(03:06)
Ivan BURGOV.	BUL					03:06	(03:07)
Noah HOFFMAN.	USA					03:06	(03:07)
Nikolay MORILOV.	RUS					03:10	(03:10)
Tad ELLIOTT.	USA					03:11	(03:11)
Paul Constantin PEPENE.	ROU					03:14	(03:15)
Petrica HOGIU.	ROU					03:20	(03:20)

Heat time breakdown – womens sprint Kuusamo

Marit BJOERGEN.	NOR		02:50	02:48	02:48	02:51	(11:18)
Charlotte KALLA.	SWE		02:52	02:49	02:47	02:55	(11:24)
Vibeke W SKOFTERUD.	NOR		02:54	02:50	02:48	02:47	(11:20)
Kikkan RANDALL.	USA		02:54	02:44	02:50	02:54	(11:24)
Anne KYLLOENEN.	FIN		02:55	02:48	02:48	02:53	(11:26)
Natalia MATVEEVA.	RUS		03:04	02:43	02:48	02:49	(11:26)
Katja VISNAR.	SLO			02:43	02:44	02:48	(08:17)
Katerina SMUTNA.	AUT			02:50	02:48	02:56	(08:36)
Hanna BRODIN.	SWE			02:51	02:48	02:54	(08:35)
Nicole FESSEL.	GER			02:51	02:48	02:55	(08:35)
Therese JOHAUG.	NOR			02:54	02:45	02:57	(08:37)
Maiken Caspersen FALLA.	NOR			03:11	02:47	02:54	(08:54)
Daria GAIAZOVA.	CAN				02:44	02:54	(05:39)
Krista LAHTEENMAKI.	FIN				02:44	02:55	(05:40)
Katrin ZELLER.	GER				02:44	02:55	(05:40)
Polina MEDVEDEVA.	RUS				02:45	02:53	(05:39)
Chandra CRAWFORD.	CAN				02:48	02:53	(05:42)
Alena PROCHAZKOVA.	SVK				02:48	02:54	(05:44)
Celine BRUN-LIE.	NOR				02:49	02:56	(05:46)
Julia IVANOVA.	RUS				02:49	02:55	(05:45)
Justyna KOWALCZYK.	POL				02:50	02:52	(05:42)
Ida INGEMARSDOTTER.	SWE				02:50	02:54	(05:45)
Anastasia DOTSENKO.	RUS				02:51	02:49	(05:41)
Mona-Lisa MALVALEHTO.	FIN				02:53	02:52	(05:46)
Aino- Kaisa SAARINEN.	FIN				02:53	02:54	(05:48)
Natalia KOROSTELEVA.	RUS				02:53	02:53	(05:47)
Denise HERRMANN.	GER				02:53	02:56	(05:50)
Vesna FABJAN.	SLO				02:54	02:56	(05:51)
Triin OJASTE.	EST				02:55	02:57	(05:53)
Kerttu NISKANEN.	FIN				02:56	02:56	(05:53)
Stefanie BOEHLER.	GER					02:57	(02:57)
Piret PORMEISTER.	EST					02:57	(02:58)
Anna HAAG.	SWE					02:57	(02:58)
Elisa BROCARD.	ITA					02:58	(02:58)
Svetlana NIKOLAEVA.	RUS					02:58	(02:59)
Ingvild Flugstad OESTBERG.	NOR					02:58	(02:59)
Doris TRACHSEL.	SUI					02:59	(02:59)
Maria GRUNDVALL.	FIN					02:59	(02:59)
Barbara JEZERSEK.	SLO					02:59	(02:59)
Valentina NOVIKOVA.	RUS					02:59	(03:00)
Ann-Mary AEHTAEVAE.	FIN					02:59	(03:00)
Aurore JEAN.	FRA					02:59	(03:00)
Ida SARGENT.	USA					03:00	(03:01)
Perianne JONES.	CAN					03:00	(03:01)
Alevtina TANYGINA.	RUS					03:00	(03:01)
Marthe KRISTOFFERSEN.	NOR					03:01	(03:01)
Sadie BJORNSEN.	USA					03:01	(03:01)
Sara LINDBORG.	SWE					03:01	(03:01)
Riikka SARASOJA-LILJA.	FIN					03:01	(03:02)
Alysson MARSHALL.	CAN					03:01	(03:02)
Laura ROHTLA.	EST					03:01	(03:02)
Lina KORSGREN.	SWE					03:02	(03:02)
Laura AHERVO.	FIN					03:02	(03:03)
Anastasia KAZAKUL.	RUS					03:02	(03:03)
Anastasia SLONOVA.	KAZ					03:03	(03:03)
Riitta-Liisa ROPONEN.	FIN					03:03	(03:03)
Seraina BONER.	SUI					03:03	(03:03)
Virginia DE MARTIN TOPRANIN.	ITA					03:03	(03:04)
Laure BARTHELEMY.	FRA					03:03	(03:04)
Heidi WENG.	NOR					03:03	(03:04)
Oxana YATSKAYA.	KAZ					03:03	(03:04)
Yelena KOLOMINA.	KAZ					03:03	(03:04)
Maria RYDQVIST.	SWE					03:04	(03:04)
Irina KHAZOVA.	RUS					03:04	(03:04)
Kristin Stoermer STEIRA.	NOR					03:04	(03:05)
Anouk FAIVRE PICON.	FRA					03:05	(03:05)
Jennie OEBERG.	SWE					03:05	(03:06)
Coraline HUGUE.	FRA					03:05	(03:06)
Maija HAKALA.	FIN					03:06	(03:06)
Holly BROOKS.	USA					03:06	(03:07)
Ewelina MARCISZ.	POL					03:06	(03:07)
Masako ISHIDA.	JPN					03:06	(03:07)
Valentina SHEVCHENKO.	UKR					03:07	(03:07)
Astrid Uhrenholdt JACOBSEN.	NOR					03:07	(03:08)
Tanja KAUPPINEN.	FIN					03:07	(03:08)
Melissa GORRA.	ITA					03:08	(03:08)
Lisa LARSEN.	SWE					03:08	(03:09)
Monika GYORGY.	ROU					03:10	(03:10)
Monique SIEGEL.	GER					03:11	(03:11)
Sylwia JASKOWIEC.	POL					03:11	(03:11)
Marina MATROSSOVA.	KAZ					03:11	(03:11)
Maryna ANTSYBOR.	UKR					03:13	(03:13)
Silvia RUPIL.	ITA					03:13	(03:13)
Paulina MACIUSZEK.	POL					03:13	(03:14)
Elizabeth STEPHEN.	USA					03:14	(03:14)
Marjaana PITKAENEN.	FIN					03:14	(03:14)
Debora AGREITER.	ITA					03:15	(03:15)
Ingrida ARDISAUSKAITE.	LTU					03:15	(03:15)
Marina PILLER.	ITA					03:15	(03:16)
Antoniya GRIGOROVA-BURGOVA.	BUL					03:29	(03:29)

This was the day of the big surprises in the mens class: Of 234 predictions in the WhoWins XC-predictions for this season opener the winner Johan Olsson was tipped inside the Top 5 by only 38 people. The women’s class was less of a surprise – Marit Bjørgen winning as expected.

With many surprises, today’s predictions were really tricky. On top after a though day we have Terje K with 637 points ahead of Alexander with 621 points and Sanna with 614 points according to the unofficial results.

Top 10 results – Sjusjøen Predictions

For this round of predictions we also welcome Skidpepp’s readers who as a test this weekend had a separate league with a different point system within the WorldofXC Predictions. You can see the results of the “Skidpepptipset” here. All the top 3 predicters in the WorldofXC Predictions are also part of the Skidpepp league – obviously they know their way when it comes to Cross Country Skiing.

Roland Clara: Massive surprise

If Olsson’s victory was a surprise, Roland Clara finishing second was a massive surprise. Clara was only tipped inside the Top 5 by three of 234 people. Calle Halfvarsson in 4th spot was another big surprise – only on three Top 5 lists and so was Alex Harvey in 5th although he was on 18 Top 5 lists. Remo Fischer in 6th wasn’t on a single Top 5 list!

With many surprises, there were also many disappointments today; the biggest being Marice Manificat who was the hightlight of last weekend but who finished only 17th today. Also the Russians (Legkov and Vylegzhanin), Rickardsson, Cologna and Hellner disappointed.

Skofterud in early shape

Among the women Vibeke Skofterud’s third spot is the big surprise of the day with her 3rd spot – only predicted as number 14. And of course Biathlon athlete Tora Berger who skied her first Cross Country World Cup race ever today – finishing 4th and only being tipped in Top 5 by two people. Other positive surprises are Marthe Kristoffersen and Kikkan Randall.

On the other end of the scale, Justyna Kowalczyk was the big disappointment with her 10th spot. However, she has never been good in the season opener – finishing only 7th last year. Other disappointments were Therese Johaug finishing 7th, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen finishing 27th and Anna Haag finishing 15th.

• Results XC-Predictions

Johan Olsson skied a fantastic last part of the race – taking the second World Cup victory in his career. 31 seconds is a huge winning margin in international cross country skiing. Above you see the race development in a SplitsBrowser.

The SplitsBrowser (see above) compares the race development of different skiers in a graphical way. A flat curve means that a skier is fastest on a split – when a curve goes down on a split, the skier looses time. Split number 3 is at the end of the first loop of 4, split number 6 at the end of the second loop and split number 9 at the end of the third loop.

Just like Bjørndalen

- I tried to do the same thing as Ole Einar Bjørnalen did here a few years ago. Open slowly, and then speed up in the last part of the race, a very happy Olsson said after his victory after admitting that Bjørndalen is his big role medal regarding skiing technique.

As you can see from the SplitsBrowser screenshot above or the interactive SplitsBrowser here, Dario Cologna was the fastest starter, seemingly on the way to victory. However, Cologna used too much energy in the first loop, loosing a lot of time in the second part of the course.

Fast second loop by Clara

Roland Clara skied a very fast second loop, but this seemed to cost a lot of energy. In the end it cost him the second spot to Petter Northug.

In the two last loops, there was nothing to do with Olsson. Alexey POLTORANIN was closest in the finish – but POLTORANIN lost too much time in the start of the race to fight for a place on the podium.

Northug in second

Petter Northug was the big Norwegian favourite ahead of the race.

- 30 seconds is a lot, but I am still satisfied, Petter Northug said after the race.
Northug had a good last part of the race – “only” loosing 7 seconds to Olsson on the last 3.75 km loop.

- Johan Olsson got to relax at the back of a big group of skiers for a while, which helped him gain some energy. That helped him a bit.

First loop time (main part of loop)

1.	05:23		Dario COLOGNA	SUI
2.	05:27	+00:04	Calle HALFVARSSON	SWE
3.	05:27	+00:04	Roland CLARA	ITA
4.	05:27	+00:04	Sergey TURYCHEV	RUS
5.	05:27	+00:04	Sjur ROETHE	NOR
6.	05:29	+00:06	Petter NORTHUG	NOR
7.	05:30	+00:07	Johan OLSSON	SWE
8.	05:30	+00:07	Remo FISCHER	SUI
9.	05:31	+00:08	Maurice MANIFICAT	FRA
10.	05:31	+00:08	Alexander LEGKOV	RUS
11.	05:31	+00:08	Finn Haagen KROGH	NOR
35.	05:38	+00:15	Alex HARVEY	CAN

Second loop times (main part of loop)

1.	05:34		Roland CLARA	ITA
2.	05:37	+00:03	Johan OLSSON	SWE
3.	05:38	+00:04	Alex HARVEY	CAN
4.	05:39	+00:05	Remo FISCHER	SUI
5.	05:40	+00:06	David HOFER	ITA
6.	05:40	+00:06	Calle HALFVARSSON	SWE
7.	05:40	+00:06	Dario COLOGNA	SUI
8.	05:41	+00:06	Nikolay CHEBOTKO	KAZ
9.	05:41	+00:07	Petter NORTHUG	NOR
10.	05:42	+00:08	Alexander LEGKOV	RUS
11.	05:42	+00:08	Martin JOHNSRUD SUNDBY	NOR

Third loop times (main part of loop)

1.	05:36		Johan OLSSON	SWE
2.	05:43	+00:07	Tarjei BOE	NOR
3.	05:44	+00:08	Alexey POLTORANIN	KAZ
4.	05:45	+00:09	Alex HARVEY	CAN
5.	05:46	+00:10	Martin BAJCICAK	SVK
6.	05:46	+00:10	Pietro PILLER COTTRER	ITA
7.	05:46	+00:10	Anders SOEDERGREN	SWE
8.	05:47	+00:11	Lars BERGER	NOR
9.	05:47	+00:11	Ville NOUSIAINEN	FIN
10.	05:47	+00:11	Jiri MAGAL	CZE
11.	05:47	+00:11	Petter NORTHUG	NOR
14.	05:49	+00:13	Roland CLARA	ITA
20.	05:50	+00:14	Remo FISCHER	SUI
21.	05:51	+00:15	Calle HALFVARSSON	SWE

Last loop times

1.	07:54		Johan OLSSON	SWE
2.	07:56	+00:02	Alexey POLTORANIN	KAZ
3.	08:00	+00:06	Lars BERGER	NOR
4.	08:00	+00:07	Marcus HELLNER	SWE
5.	08:01	+00:07	Petter NORTHUG	NOR
6.	08:02	+00:08	Remo FISCHER	SUI
7.	08:03	+00:09	Aivar REHEMAA	EST
8.	08:03	+00:09	Ville NOUSIAINEN	FIN
9.	08:04	+00:10	Roland CLARA	ITA
10.	08:08	+00:14	Finn Haagen KROGH	NOR

Interactive SplitsBrowser:

• See interactive SplitsBrowser here

The day of the big surprises

Looking at the 234 predictions in the WhoWins XC-predictions for this season opener, you can see that Olsson and Roland Clara are the big surprises. Clara was only tipped inside the Top 5 by three of 234 people – whereas Olsson was tipped by 38 people. Calle Halfvarsson in 4th spot was another big surprise – and so was Alex Harvey in 5th and Remo Fischer in 6th.  With many surprises, there were also many disappointments today; the biggest being Marice Manificat who was the hightlight of last weekend but who finished only 17th today. Also the Russians (Legkov and Vylegzhanin), Rickardsson, Cologna and Hellner disappointed.

• Results XC-Predictions

Marit Bjørgen did it for the third time in a row – winning the World Cup season opening. Above you see the race development in a SplitsBrowser.

The SplitsBrowser (see above) compares the race development of different skiers in a graphical way. A flat curve means that a skier is fastest on a split – when a curve goes down on a split, the skier looses time.

Too fast too early by Skofterud?

Bjørgen was fastest at all splits except for the last part of the second loop where Skofterud was faster. Skofterud seems to have burned a bit too much fuel here – loosing time afterwards. This is probably what cost her the second spot – which Charlotte Kalla took in the end after a tight fight on the last loop.

- I tried to ski technically well, and feel that I managed to do that. This was a course which fit me very well, Marit Bjørgen said after her victory race.

Along with Bjørgen there were 6 other Norwegians among the top 10. A big success for Norway – not that good for international cross country skiing.

- I knew that we had a very good team, and that our team had done a good job together.

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Big surprise of the day: Skofterud

Looking at the whopping 234 predictions in the WhoWins XC-predictions for this season opener, you can see that Vibeke Skofterud’s third spot is the big surprise of the day with her 3rd spot – only predicted as number 14. And of course Biathlon athlete Tora Berger who skied her first Cross Country World Cup race ever today – finishing 4th and only being tipped in Top 5 by two people. Other positive surprises are Marthe Kristoffersen and Kikkan Randall.

On the other end of the scale, Justyna Kowalczyk was the big disappointment with her 10th spot. However, she has never been good in the season opener – finishing only 7th last year. Other disappointments were Therese Johaug finishing 7th, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen finishing 27th and Anna Haag finishing 15th.

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