Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Cross-Country - Ladies' Sprint Free - 2014 Winter Olympics

 Maiken Caspersen Falla
Gold Medal
Norway
Maiken Caspersen Falla (born 13 August 1990) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 2007. She finished 20th in the individual sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Falla's finished 39th in the individual sprint event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec.
She has two individual World Cup victories, taken in skate sprints in Rogla in 2011 and Canmore in 2012. She also has two first places from team sprint events in Liberec and Düsseldorf in 2011.
At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Falla was selected for the Team Sprint with her teammate Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen. The pair took Bronze behind the Swedish and Finnish teams.

Sophie Caldwell
6th Place
U.S.A
Sophie Caldwell (born March 22, 1990 Bennington County, Vermont) is an American cross-country skier.
Caldwell made her debut in FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Quebec's sprints in December 2012 with 14th place in the individual competition. It's also her best result in the World Cup at the moment. At the 2013 World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme Caldwell finished 20th in traditional style sprint. At the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, she finished 6th in the free style sprint.

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