The winner of the men's Sprint race of the World Cup Final became Ivan Tcherezov (Russia). The second place took Christian de Lorenzi (Italy), who had lost Cherezov 13,8 seconds. The third - Andriy Derizemlya (Ukraine), the gap with the winner was 16.7 seconds.

     Cold weather and changing wind seriously complicated the task for all the participants of the race. Nevertheless most of the leaders were able to cope with the nerves and finally their results were very tight - in the range of one minute were 21 members. In this situation even one penalty loop could appear an unaffordable luxury, which had been proved by Tcherezov and de Lorenzi whose clear shot helped them to take two first places. And the participants of the first start group Derizemlya and Christoph Zumann missed once while shooting prone, what did not allow them to interfere to the struggle for leadership. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen showed us clean shooting, but this time the great Norwegian athlete was not too fast, losing Cherezov more than 20 seconds in running.

     In the struggle for the Small Crystal Globe in this discipline won Emil Hegle Svendsen (Norway), even the 8th place was enough to solve this problem. Tcherezov lost Svendsen in overall Sprint World Cup 10 points.

     Ivan TCHEREZOV (Russia)

     - Of course, the track is difficult - a long distance with the high rises at finish. However the hardest thing was to cope with cold weather. We used to run at above-zero temperatures. I am very sensitive to cold. Hands are freezing, that's why I always put on the second pair of gloves. I have decided that better to lose a few seconds putting them on after the shooting than not to finish the race due to frozen hands. Such incidents have already happened.

     Christian DE LORENZI (Italy)

     - Most of all I was worried not with the race but with the cold. At finish I realized that the result was not so bad. I did my best.

     Andriy DERYZEMLYA (Ukraine)

     -If you are in a good shape the race is easy for you. We try to make every race effective. We know that today’s start is a good training before the fight which tomorrow can be for the prize stages.

     TCHEREZOV Ivan (Russia): - Of course, the main start of the season was the Olympics. But there are after it three stages of World Cup, where a lot of fans supporting us/ So I wanted to pleased them what fortunately I did.

     SIMOCKA Dusan (Slovakia):: - It has been a good race, but today is really cool. The real Siberian winter started in the evening!

     FERRY Bjorn (Sweden): - I really liked the race and the skis were running well. However, I missed too many times to be eligible for the prize ...

     Novikov Sergey (Belarus):: - I really liked the track, in spite of the hardness. Generally in my opinion everything has gone well for me today!

     TCHOUDOV Maxim (Russia): - Bad, very bad... Even concerning that I ran fast, shooting has been bad today. I do not know why, has not worked out. That's it.

     SOUKUP Jaroslav (Czech Republic):- Today is very cold, too cold! My fingers were frozen and shooting was very hard. The track I really liked. The snow was very good, skis ran great!

     ANEV Krasimir (Bulgaria):- I feel very good and generally I like Khanty-Mansiysk. The stadium is great, so many fans, the viewers! I think that I ran well but everything was spoiled by the miss during the second shooting.

     LANDERTINGER Dominik (Austria):- The race was great! So many fans and viewers! Running was fine, but I missed two times - it was a fatal mistake ...

     VASILYEV Victor (Russia):- Today was really frosty. I am pleased with my results, in any case it is better than at the two previous stages! If we talk about my shape, then it is 90 from 100 percent.

     CHERVYHKOV Alexandr (Kazakhstan): - Affects the fact that the whole season is behind, and at the final stage almost no strength is left. People say that it is cold today, but I think that it is not so. I'm used to this winter, in Kazakhstan there is the same climate!

     PEIFFER Arnd (Germany):- A wonderful trail and the weather is great! The atmosphere at the stadium is super! So many viewers! I really liked to run this race in Khanty-Mansiysk!

     FREI Thomas (Switzerland):- Everuthing went well. I ran very good, but only that the shooting was not as prominent ...

     BURKE Tim (USA):- Skiing did not disappoint me, but I made two misses. I like the track, and I hope that today’s defeat will not prevent me from the better result tomorrow.

     HOFER Lukas (Italy):- At the beginning of the race everything went fine, but then I missed twice - it's too much. My hands cold a little and therefore they did not obey when shooting ... I hope to show a good result tomorrow!

     OS Alexander (Norway):- Everything was good, but I allowed one mistake standing. I feel myself neither good nor bad. As for results, I can evaluate it only after all finish.

     BAUER Klemen (Slovenia):- After prone everything was ok, but I made two mistakes on the second stage standing. My result could have been better.

     EDER Simon (Austria): - I had one mistake – it’s a lot. After the race I feel good, but I failed in shooting today.)

     BERGMAN Carl Johan (Sweden):- This is a good race, but I made many mistakes - two misses.

     MARIC Janez (Slovenia):- I am upset - I have missed three times. and I froze on the track.

     JAY Vincent (France):- I feel good. In my opinion, I ran fast, but allowed one mistake. And my hands froze.

     FOURCADE Simon (France):- It was really hard. Shooting was not very good, but running, in my opinion, was excellent. The track today was very difficult and the weather was cold. Now I am ok, but still feel a little bit tired. It ‘s the end of the season.

     SHEMPP Simon (Germany):- I am very happy. Today my shooting was without mistakes. A little tired, because it got cold and such a weather requires more energy. But here is a great support of the spectators.

     VIKS Priit (Estonia):- For me it is a great race and a good result. I have been good at skiing, shooting, and I liked the track that is why everything has been good.

     SAVITSKIY Yan (Kazakhstan):- The track and shooting on the second stage were good. In comparison with the prone the standing was great.

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