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Cross-country skiing at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007

October 20, 2023

Cross-country skiing was one of the three disciplines of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007, held between February 22 and March 4, 2007 in Sapporo, Japan. The sprint events were held at the Sapporo Dome and the distance races were held at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium.

The distances and skiing styles were unchanged from Oberstdorf, and as in 2005, nine different nations won medals. However, France and Canada were without medals this time around, replaced by Belarus, who won their first medal ever through 19-year-old Leanid Karneyenka, and Slovenia, for whom Petra Majdič won silver on the very first day of the Championships.

Norway took the most medals: twelve medals of a possible 36, with five of twelve golds, despite falling in the men's team sprint where the Norwegians were defending champions. However, compared to 2005 Norway had one less gold medal and two fewer medals, largely due to the less than stellar performance of Marit Bjørgen, who won five medals in Oberstdorf, but earned her best individual finish of ninth in the 30 km event in Sapporo. However, Norwegian skiers won both the sprint and 15 km for men, events they had not taken in 2005, as well as dominating the 50 km with gold and silver.

Finland took three golds and a bronze, all by Virpi Kuitunen, who won the most medals at the games, while Germany won six medals but only one gold with Tobias Angerer in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit where German skiers finished first, second and fourth. Russia won four medals, earned by the men's team (sprint and relay: both silvers) and Olga Zavyalova, but also had to suffer with a doping controversy with newcomer Sergey Shiryayev being disqualified for EPO doping and serving a two-year ban as a result.

The Czech Republic won three medals, with Kateřina Neumannová winning a gold and a silver medal at her final World Championships to retire with five medals, as did Italy, where 35-year-old Cristian Zorzi won his first gold medal at the World Championships with a team sprint win along with Renato Pasini. Finally, Sweden won two medals, with substitute Mats Larsson winning silver in the individual sprint, and the relay team winning bronze.

Men's events Edit

Individual sprint classical Edit

February 22, 2007 at the Sapporo Dome. The defending champion was Vasily Rochev of Russia. Svartedal's third international win of the season was the most important one, improving significantly from his previous career-best 11th place. Rochev was eliminated in the semi-finals after losing contact with Swedes Björn Lind and Emil Jönsson over the final climb; Lind, the Olympic sprint champion, reached the final but lost the sprint for bronze to Rønning. Larsson, who was a reserve for former the world champion Thobias Fredriksson, was the best Swede to finish after passing Rønning at the final curve.[1][2]

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Jens Arne Svartedal (NOR) 3:03.8
Silver   Mats Larsson (SWE) 3:04.0
Bronze   Eldar Rønning (NOR) 3:04.6
4   Björn Lind (SWE)
5   Andrew Newell (USA)
6   Emil Jönsson (SWE)
B final
7   Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR)
8   Vasily Rochev (RUS)
9   Mattias Strandvall (FIN)
10   Janusz Krężelok (POL)

Team sprint freestyle Edit

February 23, 2007 at the Sapporo Dome. The defending winners were Norway's Tore Ruud Hofstad and Tor Arne Hetland. Zorzi edged Rochev at the line to earn the gold. The Czech Republic team of Šperl and Kožíšek earned the bronze after the favored Norwegian team fell at the end of the third leg, causing the team to finish seventh in the final.[3][4]

15 km freestyle interval start Edit

February 28, 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium. Pietro Piller Cottrer of Italy was the defending champion. Biathlete Lars Berger, with three World Championship medals in men's biathlon (including a silver medal at the most recent championships in the 4 x 7.5 km relay at Rasen-Antholz), started early and went through half the race before snow started to fill the tracks. This would prove advantegous when the third of the 121 starters, Leanid Karneyenka, with no World Cup starts and a previous best of 16th from the World Junior Championships, won silver, Belarus' first medal at the World Championships. Angerer, the World Cup leader, earned his second medal at the championships with a bronze. Berger is the first person to win medals in both the biathlon and nordic skiing world championships in the same year.[5][6] Austria's Johannes Eder originally finished fourth in this event, but was disqualified on November 22, 2007 after the FIS issued a two-year doping suspension in the wake of Eder's action during the Winter Olympics in Turin the previous year. Eder had appealed the initial ban in 2006 only to have the FIS reinstate the ban the following year.[7]

The results below are correct as of November 29, 2007.

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Lars Berger (NOR) 35:50.0
Silver   Leanid Karneyenka (BLR) 36:25.8
Bronze   Tobias Angerer (GER) 36:42.4
4   Axel Teichmann (GER) 37:04.6
5   Alexander Legkov (RUS) 37:06.4
6   Franz Göring (GER) 37:07.9
7   Johan Olsson (SWE) 37:09.3
8   Marcus Hellner (SWE) 37:13.0
9   Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) 37:14.3
10   Anders Södergren (SWE) 37:19.0

15 km + 15 km double pursuit Edit

February 24, 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium. France's Vincent Vittoz was the defending champion, but the Frenchman lost contact at the end of the classical section, never recovered, and finished tenth. The top three positions at the end of the classical part were Germany's Jens Filbrich (who finished fourth), Sweden's Mathias Fredriksson (who finished 14th), and Angerer. A peloton of 15–20 skiers entered the last lap in the lead, but Angerer blew the field apart in the final climb, reducing the field to six in the last 500 metres. Norway's Petter Northug, at his first individual World Championship appearance, advanced through the six-man group in the final 500 m stretch, but stuck a pole between his skis and took a tumble with approximately 300 metres to the finish, eventually finishing fifth. Teichmann beat Angerer in a dash to the finish, while Piller Cottrer settled for bronze. Teichmann and Angerer are the first Germans to win gold and silver at the same distance in the cross-country portion of the World Championships.[8][9]

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Axel Teichmann (GER) 1:11:35.8
Silver   Tobias Angerer (GER) 1:11:36.3
Bronze   Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) 1:11:36.7
4   Jens Filbrich (GER) 1:11:39.0
5   Petter Northug (NOR) 1:11:44.0
6   Alexander Legkov (RUS) 1:11:45.3
7   Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 1:11:51.3
8   Anders Södergren (SWE) 1:11:51.6
9   Toni Livers (SUI) 1:11:51.7
10   Vincent Vittoz (FRA) 1:11:52.4

50 km classical mass start Edit

March 4, 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium. Frode Estil of Norway was the defending champion and lost it in the final meters of the event to fellow Norwegian Hjelmeset in a race where the lead changed hands continuously, as more and more people fell off the leading group. At 5 km, the top three were Eldar Rønning (Norway), Jean Marc Gaillard (France), and Dan Roycroft (Canada), in a peloton still consisting of nearly 60 skiers. Rønning and Roycroft would fall off within 25 km, while Gaillard stayed with the peloton for nearly 40 km. By the 20 km mark, the leaders were Sweden's Anders Södergren (who would finish 14th), Hjelmeset, and Estil, with a field of 20 remaining within ten seconds of the leader. At the 35 km mark, a group of nine had taken the lead, with Estil, Lukáš Bauer of the Czech Republic (who would finish fifth after leading for most of the second of half of the race), and Gaillard in the top three positions. Midway through the race, Hjelmeset suffered a broken binding and had to have one of his skis replaced.[10] Four skiers fell off before the last 3.75 km loop, leaving two Norwegians, two Germans (Jens Filbrich and Tobias Angerer), and Bauer to fight for the medals. The two Norwegians attacked at the 48 km mark, and then held on for first and second. It was Hjelmeset's third championships gold medal, the first in an individual event. Germany's Filbrich would earn the bronze, his first individual medal in his championship history.[11][12][13]

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR) 2:20:12.6
Silver   Frode Estil (NOR) 2:20:13.0
Bronze   Jens Filbrich (GER) 2:20:17.1
4   Tobias Angerer (GER) 2:20:23.1
5   Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 2:20:25.7
6   Martin Bajčičák (SVK) 2:20:53.6
7   Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA) 2:21:36.6
8   Jaak Mae (EST) 2:21:46.2
9   Nikolay Pankratov (RUS) 2:21:50.6
10   Ville Nousiainen (FIN) 2:22:27.5

4 × 10 km relay Edit

March 2, 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium. The defending champions of this event were the Norwegian foursome of Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Frode Estil, Lars Berger, and Tore Ruud Hofstad which they successfully defended following a race in which the lead changed hands at the line on all four legs of the event. The top three after the first leg were Finland (who finished sixth), France (who finished fifth), and Norway with Finland's Ville Nousiainen having the fastest leg of 25:39.4. Leaders after the second leg were a tie for first with Norway and Sweden, followed by Russia with Sweden's Mathias Fredriksson having the fastest time of 24:45.5 (also the fastest time in the classical legs of the event). Russia, Norway, Sweden were the top three leaders after the third leg with Russian Alexander Legkov having the fastest time of 20:03.0 (also the fastest time in the freestyle legs of the event). Petter Northug of Norway had the fastest time in the anchor leg (20:15.1) to propel the Norwegians to the gold ahead of Russia and Sweden while Dementyev edged Södergren by 0.3 seconds to help Russia earn the silver over the Swedes.[14][15]

Women's event Edit

Individual sprint classical Edit

February 22, 2007 at the Sapporo Dome. Emelie Öhrstig of Sweden was the defending champion. Majdič led for almost the entire race, with 20-year-old Jacobsen in second ahead of the season's dominant skier Kuitunen. In the final dash, Jacobsen came from behind to nip Majdič at the line. Majdič won Slovenia's first ever medal in cross-country skiing at the World Championships.[16][17]

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Astrid Jacobsen (NOR) 2:50.9
Silver   Petra Majdič (SLO) 2:51.1
Bronze   Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 2:51.2
4   Anna Dahlberg (SWE)
5   Madoka Natsumi (JPN)
6   Lina Andersson (SWE)
B Final
7   Pirjo Manninen (FIN)
8   Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE)
9   Manuela Henkel (GER)
10   Marit Bjørgen (NOR)

Team sprint freestyle Edit

February 23, 2007 at the Sapporo Dome. The defending champions in the event were the Norwegian duo of Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen and Marit Bjørgen. Kuitunen and Jacobsen earned their second medals of the championships.[18][19]

10 km freestyle interval start Edit

February 27, 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium. The Czech Republic's Kateřina Neumannová was the defending champion, and avenged her defeat to Zavyalova in the pursuit race by leading the entire race to win by 26.5 seconds. Neumannová led the entire race while Savialova and Norway's Kristin Størmer Steira were second and third at all three checkpoints. In the final kilometres, Arianna Follis rallied by gaining 11 seconds in the final 1.7 km to beat Steira by four seconds. Zavyalova managed to hold on by finishing 3.7 seconds faster than Follis, but a couple of minutes later Neumannová finished in first place to defend her title.[20][21]

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Kateřina Neumannová (CZE) 23:58.4
Silver   Olga Zavyalova (RUS) 24:24.9
Bronze   Arianna Follis (ITA) 24:28.6
4   Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) 24:33.9
5   Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 24:41.9
6   Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (GER) 24:44.4
7   Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN) 24:48.4
8   Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR) 24:51.7
9   Kristina Šmigun (EST) 24:56.3
10   Natalya Korostelyova (RUS) 24:57.2

7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit Edit

February 25, 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium. Russia's Julija Tchepalova had been the defending champion, but was not defending her title due to being on maternity leave. The top three skiers leading at the end of the classical portion were Charlotte Kalla of Sweden (she finished seventh), Kristin Størmer Steira of Norway, and Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland (she finished ninth). Størmer Steira led the field through the first lap of the free style leg of the pursuit, with the lead group down to four in the last lap, including Steira, Olga Zavyalova, Kateřina Neumannová and Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle. Zavyalova led for the entire final lap, and held on in the dash for the finish, while Sachenbacher-Stehle could not keep up with the group and finished fourth. World Cup leader Virpi Kuitunen lost contact with the leading group at the end of the classical leg and did not finish the race.[22][23]

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Olga Zavyalova (RUS) 41:27.5
Silver   Kateřina Neumannová (CZE) 41:28.0
Bronze   Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) 41:29.6
4   Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (GER) 41:32.1
5   Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN) 41:51.5
6   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 41:52.4
7   Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 41:53.6
8   Marianna Longa (ITA) 41:53.2
9   Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 41:59.5
10   Kristina Šmigun (EST) 42:07.0

30 km classical mass start Edit

March 3, 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium. Marit Bjørgen of Norway was the defending champion and would finish ninth. Defending Olympic champion Kateřina Neumannová of the Czech Republic did not start. Kuitunen came in as the heavy favorite for the event given her performance in previous classical skiing events during the 2006–7 World Cup season. Johaug, Steira, and Kuitunen broke away around the 13 km mark,[24] and Johaug remained within the leading group until 19 km, when Steira and Kuitunen pulled away. Kuitunen would beat Steira to win her third gold of the championships, first individual gold, and fourth total medal. The 18-year-old Johaug, who only had two World Cup races in her career prior to this event, would take bronze.[25][26]

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 1:29:47.1
Silver   Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) 1:29:54.0
Bronze   Therese Johaug (NOR) 1:31:09.9
4   Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 1:31:30.1
5   Petra Majdič (SLO) 1:32:04.5
6   Kristina Šmigun (EST) 1:32:19.4
7   Lada Nesterenko (UKR) 1:32:37.9
8   Olga Zavyalova (RUS) 1:32:54.1
9   Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 1:33:15.0
10   Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (GER) 1:33:31.5

4 × 5 km relay Edit

March 1, 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium. Norway's relay team of Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira, and Marit Bjørgen were the defending champions. Finland lead from start to finish in the event with both Kuitunen and Saarinen earning the fastest times in the classical legs of the competition (13:53.0). Roponen had the fourth fastest time in the third leg (first in freestyle) while Manninen had the tenth fastest time in the anchor leg, but the Finns had too big of a lead and were able to hold off the anchor leg of Germany's Sachenbacher-Stehle. The top three positions after the first leg were Finland, Norway, and Switzerland while the leaders after the second leg were Finland, Norway, and Germany. Sweden's Charlotte Kalla had the fastest time in the third leg (12:32.3), moving the Swedes from sixth to third after the third leg behind Finland and Norway (Sweden would finish fourth in the race) while the Czech Republic's Kateřina Neumannová had the fastest time both in the freestyle and the anchor legs (12:27.8) to move the Czechs from seventh to fifth. Sachenbacher-Stehle passed Norway's Jacobsen with 500 meters left in the race to earn Germany the silver medal by 3.8 seconds over the Norwegians.[27][28] Pirjo Manninen joined her older brother Hannu in becoming the first brother and sister to win gold medals at the same championships. Hannu had won the Nordic combined sprint and team events earlier in these championships.

Doping controversy Edit

On February 21, 2007, Sergey Shiryayev of Russia was involved in pre-competition testing for doping with a blood and urine sample. The blood sample in the "A-test" turned out high in hemoglobin, so the "B-test" was evaluated and confirmed to contain EPO. Shiryayev, who had his best finish of 11th in the 15 km event at the championships, was subsequently disqualified on March 4, 2007. FIS President Gian Franco Kasper expressed both disappointment in Shiriaev's doping actions and happiness in the efficiency of FIS's doping controls.[29] Shiryayev's case was heard in Portnoz, Slovenia at the FIS Council Meeting in May 2007.[30] The result of the hearing was Shiryayev receiving a two-year suspension from the FIS with two coaches receiving sanctions from the Russian ski federation because of this.[31]

References Edit

  1. ^ Men's individual sprint final results February 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine – Retrieved February 22, 2007.
  2. ^ Eurosport.com victories for Svartedal and Jacobsen – Retrieved February 22, 2007.
  3. ^ Eurosport.com report on Italy's victory – Retrieved February 23, 2007.
  4. ^ Official results in men's team sprint February 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine – Accessed February 23, 2007.
  5. ^ Berger wins 15-km title, Eurosport.com. Retrieved February 28, 2007
  6. ^ Official results in 15 km freestyle men March 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 28, 2007
  7. ^ FIS announced doping suspensions of Austrian cross-country skiers following doping failures at 2006 Winter Olympics. April 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine – Retrieved November 29, 2007.
  8. ^ Eurosport.com results on Techmann's victory – Retrieved February 24, 2007
  9. ^ Official results of men's 15 km + 15 km double pursuit. February 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine – Retrieved February 24, 2007.
  10. ^ FIS Newsflash Edition 117. March 7, 2007.
  11. ^ Eurosport.com news on the men's cross country 50 km event. – Accessed March 4, 2007.
  12. ^ Official results on the men's cross country 50 km event. – Accessed March 4, 2007.
  13. ^ Norwegian wins cross country race, Associated Press. Retrieved March 4, 2007
  14. ^ Eurosport.com report on the men's 4 x 10 km. – Accessed March 2, 2007.
  15. ^ Official results on men's 4 x 10 km. February 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine – Accessed March 2, 2007.
  16. ^ Eurosport.com report on Svartedal and Jacobsen's victories – Retrieved February 22, 2007.
  17. ^ Women's individual sprint final results February 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine – Retrieved February 22, 2007.
  18. ^ Eurosport.com news on Finland's win – Retrieved February 23, 2007.
  19. ^ Official results on women's team sprint. February 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine – Retrieved February 23, 2007
  20. ^ Neumannova romps to gold, from Eurosport. Retrieved February 27, 2007
  21. ^ Women's 10 km official results February 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine – Retrieved February 27, 2007.
  22. ^ Savialova's sweet return - Sapporo 2006-2007 - Cross-Country Skiing - Eurosport, March 4, 2007 – Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  23. ^ Official results on 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit. February 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine – Retrieved February 25, 2007.
  24. ^ Kuitunen, Ackermann, Malysz get fourth world titles September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, monstersandcritics.com
  25. ^ Eurosport.com result on Kuitunen's victory – Accessed March 3, 2007.
  26. ^ FIS official results on women's 30 km event. February 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine – Accessed March 3, 2007.
  27. ^ Eurosport.com news on Finland's victory in the women's 4 x 5 km. – Accessed March 1, 2007.
  28. ^ Official results in the 4 x 5 km relay March 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – Accessed March 1, 2007.
  29. ^ Shiryayev tests positive for doping at the championships Archived September 30, 2007, at archive.today (in German) – Accessed March 4, 2007.
  30. ^ FIS Newsflash Edition 117. March 7, 2007.
  31. ^ . Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2007.

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Cross country skiing was one of the three disciplines of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 held between February 22 and March 4 2007 in Sapporo Japan The sprint events were held at the Sapporo Dome and the distance races were held at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium The distances and skiing styles were unchanged from Oberstdorf and as in 2005 nine different nations won medals However France and Canada were without medals this time around replaced by Belarus who won their first medal ever through 19 year old Leanid Karneyenka and Slovenia for whom Petra Majdic won silver on the very first day of the Championships Norway took the most medals twelve medals of a possible 36 with five of twelve golds despite falling in the men s team sprint where the Norwegians were defending champions However compared to 2005 Norway had one less gold medal and two fewer medals largely due to the less than stellar performance of Marit Bjorgen who won five medals in Oberstdorf but earned her best individual finish of ninth in the 30 km event in Sapporo However Norwegian skiers won both the sprint and 15 km for men events they had not taken in 2005 as well as dominating the 50 km with gold and silver Finland took three golds and a bronze all by Virpi Kuitunen who won the most medals at the games while Germany won six medals but only one gold with Tobias Angerer in the 15 km 15 km double pursuit where German skiers finished first second and fourth Russia won four medals earned by the men s team sprint and relay both silvers and Olga Zavyalova but also had to suffer with a doping controversy with newcomer Sergey Shiryayev being disqualified for EPO doping and serving a two year ban as a result The Czech Republic won three medals with Katerina Neumannova winning a gold and a silver medal at her final World Championships to retire with five medals as did Italy where 35 year old Cristian Zorzi won his first gold medal at the World Championships with a team sprint win along with Renato Pasini Finally Sweden won two medals with substitute Mats Larsson winning silver in the individual sprint and the relay team winning bronze Contents 1 Men s events 1 1 Individual sprint classical 1 2 Team sprint freestyle 1 3 15 km freestyle interval start 1 4 15 km 15 km double pursuit 1 5 50 km classical mass start 1 6 4 10 km relay 2 Women s event 2 1 Individual sprint classical 2 2 Team sprint freestyle 2 3 10 km freestyle interval start 2 4 7 5 km 7 5 km double pursuit 2 5 30 km classical mass start 2 6 4 5 km relay 3 Doping controversy 4 References 5 External linksMen s events EditIndividual sprint classical Edit February 22 2007 at the Sapporo Dome The defending champion was Vasily Rochev of Russia Svartedal s third international win of the season was the most important one improving significantly from his previous career best 11th place Rochev was eliminated in the semi finals after losing contact with Swedes Bjorn Lind and Emil Jonsson over the final climb Lind the Olympic sprint champion reached the final but lost the sprint for bronze to Ronning Larsson who was a reserve for former the world champion Thobias Fredriksson was the best Swede to finish after passing Ronning at the final curve 1 2 Medal Athlete TimeGold nbsp Jens Arne Svartedal NOR 3 03 8Silver nbsp Mats Larsson SWE 3 04 0Bronze nbsp Eldar Ronning NOR 3 04 64 nbsp Bjorn Lind SWE 5 nbsp Andrew Newell USA 6 nbsp Emil Jonsson SWE B final7 nbsp Odd Bjorn Hjelmeset NOR 8 nbsp Vasily Rochev RUS 9 nbsp Mattias Strandvall FIN 10 nbsp Janusz Krezelok POL Team sprint freestyle Edit February 23 2007 at the Sapporo Dome The defending winners were Norway s Tore Ruud Hofstad and Tor Arne Hetland Zorzi edged Rochev at the line to earn the gold The Czech Republic team of Sperl and Kozisek earned the bronze after the favored Norwegian team fell at the end of the third leg causing the team to finish seventh in the final 3 4 Medal Team Athletes TimeGold nbsp Italy Renato Pasini 17 50 6Cristian ZorziSilver nbsp Russia Nikolay Morilov 17 50 6Vasily RochevBronze nbsp Czech Republic Milan Sperl 17 51 3Dusan Kozisek4 nbsp Germany Tobias Angerer 17 51 4Axel Teichmann5 nbsp Poland Maciej Kreczmer 17 51 4Janusz Krezelok6 nbsp Canada Devon Kershaw 17 54 9Drew Goldsack15 km freestyle interval start Edit February 28 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium Pietro Piller Cottrer of Italy was the defending champion Biathlete Lars Berger with three World Championship medals in men s biathlon including a silver medal at the most recent championships in the 4 x 7 5 km relay at Rasen Antholz started early and went through half the race before snow started to fill the tracks This would prove advantegous when the third of the 121 starters Leanid Karneyenka with no World Cup starts and a previous best of 16th from the World Junior Championships won silver Belarus first medal at the World Championships Angerer the World Cup leader earned his second medal at the championships with a bronze Berger is the first person to win medals in both the biathlon and nordic skiing world championships in the same year 5 6 Austria s Johannes Eder originally finished fourth in this event but was disqualified on November 22 2007 after the FIS issued a two year doping suspension in the wake of Eder s action during the Winter Olympics in Turin the previous year Eder had appealed the initial ban in 2006 only to have the FIS reinstate the ban the following year 7 The results below are correct as of November 29 2007 Medal Athlete TimeGold nbsp Lars Berger NOR 35 50 0Silver nbsp Leanid Karneyenka BLR 36 25 8Bronze nbsp Tobias Angerer GER 36 42 44 nbsp Axel Teichmann GER 37 04 65 nbsp Alexander Legkov RUS 37 06 46 nbsp Franz Goring GER 37 07 97 nbsp Johan Olsson SWE 37 09 38 nbsp Marcus Hellner SWE 37 13 09 nbsp Pietro Piller Cottrer ITA 37 14 310 nbsp Anders Sodergren SWE 37 19 015 km 15 km double pursuit Edit February 24 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium France s Vincent Vittoz was the defending champion but the Frenchman lost contact at the end of the classical section never recovered and finished tenth The top three positions at the end of the classical part were Germany s Jens Filbrich who finished fourth Sweden s Mathias Fredriksson who finished 14th and Angerer A peloton of 15 20 skiers entered the last lap in the lead but Angerer blew the field apart in the final climb reducing the field to six in the last 500 metres Norway s Petter Northug at his first individual World Championship appearance advanced through the six man group in the final 500 m stretch but stuck a pole between his skis and took a tumble with approximately 300 metres to the finish eventually finishing fifth Teichmann beat Angerer in a dash to the finish while Piller Cottrer settled for bronze Teichmann and Angerer are the first Germans to win gold and silver at the same distance in the cross country portion of the World Championships 8 9 Medal Athlete TimeGold nbsp Axel Teichmann GER 1 11 35 8Silver nbsp Tobias Angerer GER 1 11 36 3Bronze nbsp Pietro Piller Cottrer ITA 1 11 36 74 nbsp Jens Filbrich GER 1 11 39 05 nbsp Petter Northug NOR 1 11 44 06 nbsp Alexander Legkov RUS 1 11 45 37 nbsp Lukas Bauer CZE 1 11 51 38 nbsp Anders Sodergren SWE 1 11 51 69 nbsp Toni Livers SUI 1 11 51 710 nbsp Vincent Vittoz FRA 1 11 52 450 km classical mass start Edit March 4 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium Frode Estil of Norway was the defending champion and lost it in the final meters of the event to fellow Norwegian Hjelmeset in a race where the lead changed hands continuously as more and more people fell off the leading group At 5 km the top three were Eldar Ronning Norway Jean Marc Gaillard France and Dan Roycroft Canada in a peloton still consisting of nearly 60 skiers Ronning and Roycroft would fall off within 25 km while Gaillard stayed with the peloton for nearly 40 km By the 20 km mark the leaders were Sweden s Anders Sodergren who would finish 14th Hjelmeset and Estil with a field of 20 remaining within ten seconds of the leader At the 35 km mark a group of nine had taken the lead with Estil Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic who would finish fifth after leading for most of the second of half of the race and Gaillard in the top three positions Midway through the race Hjelmeset suffered a broken binding and had to have one of his skis replaced 10 Four skiers fell off before the last 3 75 km loop leaving two Norwegians two Germans Jens Filbrich and Tobias Angerer and Bauer to fight for the medals The two Norwegians attacked at the 48 km mark and then held on for first and second It was Hjelmeset s third championships gold medal the first in an individual event Germany s Filbrich would earn the bronze his first individual medal in his championship history 11 12 13 Medal Athlete TimeGold nbsp Odd Bjorn Hjelmeset NOR 2 20 12 6Silver nbsp Frode Estil NOR 2 20 13 0Bronze nbsp Jens Filbrich GER 2 20 17 14 nbsp Tobias Angerer GER 2 20 23 15 nbsp Lukas Bauer CZE 2 20 25 76 nbsp Martin Bajcicak SVK 2 20 53 67 nbsp Jean Marc Gaillard FRA 2 21 36 68 nbsp Jaak Mae EST 2 21 46 29 nbsp Nikolay Pankratov RUS 2 21 50 610 nbsp Ville Nousiainen FIN 2 22 27 54 10 km relay Edit March 2 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium The defending champions of this event were the Norwegian foursome of Odd Bjorn Hjelmeset Frode Estil Lars Berger and Tore Ruud Hofstad which they successfully defended following a race in which the lead changed hands at the line on all four legs of the event The top three after the first leg were Finland who finished sixth France who finished fifth and Norway with Finland s Ville Nousiainen having the fastest leg of 25 39 4 Leaders after the second leg were a tie for first with Norway and Sweden followed by Russia with Sweden s Mathias Fredriksson having the fastest time of 24 45 5 also the fastest time in the classical legs of the event Russia Norway Sweden were the top three leaders after the third leg with Russian Alexander Legkov having the fastest time of 20 03 0 also the fastest time in the freestyle legs of the event Petter Northug of Norway had the fastest time in the anchor leg 20 15 1 to propel the Norwegians to the gold ahead of Russia and Sweden while Dementyev edged Sodergren by 0 3 seconds to help Russia earn the silver over the Swedes 14 15 Medal Team Athletes TimeGold nbsp Norway Eldar Ronning 1 30 49 2Odd Bjorn HjelmesetLars BergerPetter NorthugSilver nbsp Russia Nikolay Pankratov 1 30 52 4Vasily RochevAlexander LegkovYevgeny DementyevBronze nbsp Sweden Martin Larsson 1 30 52 7Mathias FredrikssonMarcus HellnerAnders Sodergren4 nbsp Germany Jens Filbrich 1 31 39 7Franz GoringTobias AngererAxel Teichmann5 nbsp France Jean Marc Gaillard 1 32 15 0Vincent VittozEmmanuel JonnierAlexandre Rousselet6 nbsp Finland Ville Nousiainen 1 32 55 5Sami JauhojarviJuha LallukkaTeemu KattilakoskiWomen s event EditIndividual sprint classical Edit February 22 2007 at the Sapporo Dome Emelie Ohrstig of Sweden was the defending champion Majdic led for almost the entire race with 20 year old Jacobsen in second ahead of the season s dominant skier Kuitunen In the final dash Jacobsen came from behind to nip Majdic at the line Majdic won Slovenia s first ever medal in cross country skiing at the World Championships 16 17 Medal Athlete TimeGold nbsp Astrid Jacobsen NOR 2 50 9Silver nbsp Petra Majdic SLO 2 51 1Bronze nbsp Virpi Kuitunen FIN 2 51 24 nbsp Anna Dahlberg SWE 5 nbsp Madoka Natsumi JPN 6 nbsp Lina Andersson SWE B Final7 nbsp Pirjo Manninen FIN 8 nbsp Ida Ingemarsdotter SWE 9 nbsp Manuela Henkel GER 10 nbsp Marit Bjorgen NOR Team sprint freestyle Edit February 23 2007 at the Sapporo Dome The defending champions in the event were the Norwegian duo of Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen and Marit Bjorgen Kuitunen and Jacobsen earned their second medals of the championships 18 19 Medal Team Athletes TimeGold nbsp Finland Riitta Liisa Roponen 16 20 9Virpi KuitunenSilver nbsp Germany Evi Sachenbacher Stehle 16 21 6Claudia Kunzel NystadBronze nbsp Norway Astrid Jacobsen 16 24 0Marit Bjorgen4 nbsp Sweden Britta Norgren 16 40 5Lina Andersson5 nbsp Kazakhstan Oxana Yatskaya 16 42 8Elena Kolomina6 nbsp Belarus Viktoria Lopatina 16 44 0Olga Vasiljonok10 km freestyle interval start Edit February 27 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium The Czech Republic s Katerina Neumannova was the defending champion and avenged her defeat to Zavyalova in the pursuit race by leading the entire race to win by 26 5 seconds Neumannova led the entire race while Savialova and Norway s Kristin Stormer Steira were second and third at all three checkpoints In the final kilometres Arianna Follis rallied by gaining 11 seconds in the final 1 7 km to beat Steira by four seconds Zavyalova managed to hold on by finishing 3 7 seconds faster than Follis but a couple of minutes later Neumannova finished in first place to defend her title 20 21 Medal Athlete TimeGold nbsp Katerina Neumannova CZE 23 58 4Silver nbsp Olga Zavyalova RUS 24 24 9Bronze nbsp Arianna Follis ITA 24 28 64 nbsp Kristin Stormer Steira NOR 24 33 95 nbsp Charlotte Kalla SWE 24 41 96 nbsp Evi Sachenbacher Stehle GER 24 44 47 nbsp Riitta Liisa Roponen FIN 24 48 48 nbsp Valentyna Shevchenko UKR 24 51 79 nbsp Kristina Smigun EST 24 56 310 nbsp Natalya Korostelyova RUS 24 57 27 5 km 7 5 km double pursuit Edit February 25 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium Russia s Julija Tchepalova had been the defending champion but was not defending her title due to being on maternity leave The top three skiers leading at the end of the classical portion were Charlotte Kalla of Sweden she finished seventh Kristin Stormer Steira of Norway and Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland she finished ninth Stormer Steira led the field through the first lap of the free style leg of the pursuit with the lead group down to four in the last lap including Steira Olga Zavyalova Katerina Neumannova and Evi Sachenbacher Stehle Zavyalova led for the entire final lap and held on in the dash for the finish while Sachenbacher Stehle could not keep up with the group and finished fourth World Cup leader Virpi Kuitunen lost contact with the leading group at the end of the classical leg and did not finish the race 22 23 Medal Athlete TimeGold nbsp Olga Zavyalova RUS 41 27 5Silver nbsp Katerina Neumannova CZE 41 28 0Bronze nbsp Kristin Stormer Steira NOR 41 29 64 nbsp Evi Sachenbacher Stehle GER 41 32 15 nbsp Riitta Liisa Roponen FIN 41 51 56 nbsp Aino Kaisa Saarinen FIN 41 52 47 nbsp Charlotte Kalla SWE 41 53 68 nbsp Marianna Longa ITA 41 53 29 nbsp Justyna Kowalczyk POL 41 59 510 nbsp Kristina Smigun EST 42 07 030 km classical mass start Edit March 3 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium Marit Bjorgen of Norway was the defending champion and would finish ninth Defending Olympic champion Katerina Neumannova of the Czech Republic did not start Kuitunen came in as the heavy favorite for the event given her performance in previous classical skiing events during the 2006 7 World Cup season Johaug Steira and Kuitunen broke away around the 13 km mark 24 and Johaug remained within the leading group until 19 km when Steira and Kuitunen pulled away Kuitunen would beat Steira to win her third gold of the championships first individual gold and fourth total medal The 18 year old Johaug who only had two World Cup races in her career prior to this event would take bronze 25 26 Medal Athlete TimeGold nbsp Virpi Kuitunen FIN 1 29 47 1Silver nbsp Kristin Stormer Steira NOR 1 29 54 0Bronze nbsp Therese Johaug NOR 1 31 09 94 nbsp Aino Kaisa Saarinen FIN 1 31 30 15 nbsp Petra Majdic SLO 1 32 04 56 nbsp Kristina Smigun EST 1 32 19 47 nbsp Lada Nesterenko UKR 1 32 37 98 nbsp Olga Zavyalova RUS 1 32 54 19 nbsp Marit Bjorgen NOR 1 33 15 010 nbsp Evi Sachenbacher Stehle GER 1 33 31 54 5 km relay Edit March 1 2007 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium Norway s relay team of Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Stormer Steira and Marit Bjorgen were the defending champions Finland lead from start to finish in the event with both Kuitunen and Saarinen earning the fastest times in the classical legs of the competition 13 53 0 Roponen had the fourth fastest time in the third leg first in freestyle while Manninen had the tenth fastest time in the anchor leg but the Finns had too big of a lead and were able to hold off the anchor leg of Germany s Sachenbacher Stehle The top three positions after the first leg were Finland Norway and Switzerland while the leaders after the second leg were Finland Norway and Germany Sweden s Charlotte Kalla had the fastest time in the third leg 12 32 3 moving the Swedes from sixth to third after the third leg behind Finland and Norway Sweden would finish fourth in the race while the Czech Republic s Katerina Neumannova had the fastest time both in the freestyle and the anchor legs 12 27 8 to move the Czechs from seventh to fifth Sachenbacher Stehle passed Norway s Jacobsen with 500 meters left in the race to earn Germany the silver medal by 3 8 seconds over the Norwegians 27 28 Pirjo Manninen joined her older brother Hannu in becoming the first brother and sister to win gold medals at the same championships Hannu had won the Nordic combined sprint and team events earlier in these championships Medal Team Athletes TimeGold nbsp Finland Virpi Kuitunen 54 18 6Aino Kaisa SaarinenRiitta Liisa RoponenPirjo ManninenSilver nbsp Germany Stefanie Bohler 54 30 5Viola BauerClaudia Kunzel NystadEvi Sachenbacher StehleBronze nbsp Norway Vibeke Skofterud 54 34 3Marit BjorgenKristin Stormer SteiraAstrid Jacobsen4 nbsp Sweden Anna Dahlberg 54 50 3Lina AnderssonCharlotte KallaBritta Norgren5 nbsp Czech Republic Helena Erbenova 55 02 9Kamila RajdlovaIvana JaneckovaKaterina Neumannova6 nbsp Italy Magda Genuin 55 14 7Marianna LongaSabina ValbusaArianna FollisDoping controversy EditOn February 21 2007 Sergey Shiryayev of Russia was involved in pre competition testing for doping with a blood and urine sample The blood sample in the A test turned out high in hemoglobin so the B test was evaluated and confirmed to contain EPO Shiryayev who had his best finish of 11th in the 15 km event at the championships was subsequently disqualified on March 4 2007 FIS President Gian Franco Kasper expressed both disappointment in Shiriaev s doping actions and happiness in the efficiency of FIS s doping controls 29 Shiryayev s case was heard in Portnoz Slovenia at the FIS Council Meeting in May 2007 30 The result of the hearing was Shiryayev receiving a two year suspension from the FIS with two coaches receiving sanctions from the Russian ski federation because of this 31 References Edit Men s individual sprint final results Archived February 24 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 22 2007 Eurosport com victories for Svartedal and Jacobsen Retrieved February 22 2007 Eurosport com report on Italy s victory Retrieved February 23 2007 Official results in men s team sprint Archived February 24 2012 at the Wayback Machine Accessed February 23 2007 Berger wins 15 km title Eurosport com Retrieved February 28 2007 Official results in 15 km freestyle men Archived March 3 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 28 2007 FIS announced doping suspensions of Austrian cross country skiers following doping failures at 2006 Winter Olympics Archived April 9 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 29 2007 Eurosport com results on Techmann s victory Retrieved February 24 2007 Official results of men s 15 km 15 km double pursuit Archived February 24 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 24 2007 FIS Newsflash Edition 117 March 7 2007 Eurosport com news on the men s cross country 50 km event Accessed March 4 2007 Official results on the men s cross country 50 km event Accessed March 4 2007 Norwegian wins cross country race Associated Press Retrieved March 4 2007 Eurosport com report on the men s 4 x 10 km Accessed March 2 2007 Official results on men s 4 x 10 km Archived February 24 2012 at the Wayback Machine Accessed March 2 2007 Eurosport com report on Svartedal and Jacobsen s victories Retrieved February 22 2007 Women s individual sprint final results Archived February 24 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 22 2007 Eurosport com news on Finland s win Retrieved February 23 2007 Official results on women s team sprint Archived February 24 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 23 2007 Neumannova romps to gold from Eurosport Retrieved February 27 2007 Women s 10 km official results Archived February 24 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 27 2007 Savialova s sweet return Sapporo 2006 2007 Cross Country Skiing Eurosport March 4 2007 Retrieved February 4 2018 Official results on 7 5 km 7 5 km double pursuit Archived February 24 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 25 2007 Kuitunen Ackermann Malysz get fourth world titles Archived September 29 2007 at the Wayback Machine monstersandcritics com Eurosport com result on Kuitunen s victory Accessed March 3 2007 FIS official results on women s 30 km event Archived February 24 2012 at the Wayback Machine Accessed March 3 2007 Eurosport com news on Finland s victory in the women s 4 x 5 km Accessed March 1 2007 Official results in the 4 x 5 km relay Archived March 3 2007 at the Wayback Machine Accessed March 1 2007 Shiryayev tests positive for doping at the championships Archived September 30 2007 at archive today in German Accessed March 4 2007 FIS Newsflash Edition 117 March 7 2007 FIS Doping Panel sanctions four athletes Archived from the original on September 30 2007 Retrieved June 6 2007 External links Edit2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships official website in English and Japanese 2007 FIS Cross country results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cross country skiing at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 amp oldid 1145218051, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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