WC 1, 29 Nov–3 Dec: Östersund, Sweden

Date Event Podium Top 10
29 Dec W 15 km IN 1.  Irina Malgina (RUS), 50:41.2 (2) 4. Andrea Henkel, GER; 5. Ekaterina Iourieva, RUS; =6. Tora Berger, NOR; =6. Sabrina Buchholz, GER; 8. Yingchao Kong, CHN; 9. Anna Boulygina, RUS; 10. Xianying Liu, CHN
2.  Liv Kjersti Eikeland (NOR), +3.6 (1)
3.  Zina Kocher (CAN), +23.3 (1)
First time on the WC podium for surprise winner Malgina and runners-up Eikeland and Kocher. Malgina's best Individual result before today's victory was a 14th place in Antholz in the 2001-02 season.
30 Dec M 20 km IN 1.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 51:38.6 (2) 4. Michal Slesingr, CZE; 5. Halvard Hanevold, NOR; 6. Ivan Tcherezov, RUS; 7. Raphaël Poirée, FRA; 8. Björn Ferry, SWE; 9. Michael Rösch, GER; 10. Friedrich Pinter, AUT
2.  Andreas Birnbacher (GER), +14.3 (0)
3.  Michael Greis (GER), +32.7 (1)
Bjørndalen follows up his Cross-country skiing World Cup victory at Gällivare last week with the fastest course time on each of today's five laps. Birnbacher scores his best result to date.
Date Event 1.  Winner (), Time (Penalties) 4. Fourth, NAT; 5. Fifth, NAT; 6. Sixth, NAT; 7. Seventh, NAT; 8. Eight, NAT; 9. Ninth, NAT; 10. Tenth, NAT
2.  Second (), Time (Penalties)
3.  Third (), Time (Penalties)
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