Valerio Checchi of Italy won his first World Cup event, besting Rene Sommerfeldt of Germany by 8.3 seconds. Fellow Italian Pietro Piller Cottrer was third, 13.2 seconds back.

Kris Freeman gained World Cup points with a 29th place finish. Freeman was 14th after 5km and 24th after 10km. He finished 1:28 out of the win.

Canadian George Gray continued a strong week, following his 17th in the pursuit with a 25th today, 20 seconds out of the top 15.

Garrott Kuzzy was the second American, with a strong 34th place, +1:46. Leif Zimmermann was 38th, James Southam 44th, Lars Flora 49th, Zack Simons 51st, Mike Sinnott 55th, and David Chamberlain 57th. Zach Violett did not start.

Canadian Devon Kershaw was 43rd.

 US Skiers David Chamberlain (4) and Mike Sinnott (5)

This entry was posted on Friday, January 25th, 2008 at 4:31 pm and is filed under Freestyle, Race Update. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.