Stina Nilsson from Sweden and Russian's Sergey Ustiugov stormed under sunny weather and - 12°C to the Junior World Champion title 2012 in sprint free technique. Just 18-year-old Nilsson claimed victory in Erzurum (TUR) on the challenging 1,3 km course ahead of her team mate Evelina Settlin and Christa Jäger from Switzerland, who was the fastest in the prologue.
In the men's race, title defender from Otepää, Sergey Ustiugov dominated the race clearly and took the gold medal on the 1,6 km course, which is situated in an high altitude close to 1800m, ahead of Sindre Bjoernestad Skar and Sondre Turvoll Fossli (both NOR). All of them are well-know in the ski circus and definitivly great talents for the future. Fossli was already second last year in the classical sprint in Otepää and Sindre Bjoernestad Skar was Junior World Champion 2011 in the 10 km free technique competition.
Results are available here
