Kikkan Randall became the first U.S. woman and second American to win a World Cup cross country race when she defeated world sprint champion Astrid Jacobsen of Norway in the final meters of a 1.2-kilometer freestyle in Demino, Russia.
Randall is the first American to win a World Cup cross country race since Bill Koch in 1983.
In the men’s race, Anders Gloersen led a Norwegian 1-5 sweep.
Bjorn Kircheisen won his second World Cup title in two days, leading a German 1-2-3 sweep at a nordic combined sprint in Ramsau, Austria.
Armin Zoeggeler won a World Cup luge race in Igls, Austria, for his second victory of the season.
German speedskater Jenny Wolf broke her own world record in the women’s 100 meters with a time of 10.22 seconds at a World Cup race in Erfurt, Germany.
Alexandr Zubkov of Russia drove his sled to victory in the four-man World Cup bobsled race in Lake Placid, N.Y.
