Joensson and Randall win sprints in Drammen

Feb 20, 2011, 17:17 GMT

Drammen, Norway - There were victories for Sweden's Emil Joensson and Kikkan Randall from the US in Sunday's cross-country skiing sprint World Cup events.

Joensson clocked 3:04.8 minutes in the final, beating Canadian Alex Harvey and Petter Northug into second and third place respectively.

Northug had already finished third in Saturday's 15 kilometre race.

Dario Cologna continues to lead the World Cup standing 1,247 points, while Northug is second in the standings far off the pace on 894 points. Saturday's winner Daniel Rickardsson is third on 781.

In the women's race Randall was too strong for the rest of the field, winning in 2:17.2 minutes. Norway's Maiken Caspersen Falla was 0.3 seconds behind, with Sweden's Charlotte Kalla a further 0.3 seconds behind.

Justyna Kowalczyk, who won the 10 kilometre race on Saturday, keeps her lead in the World Cup standings with 1,659 points from Bjoergen, who has 1,067. Italy's Arianna Follis is third on 1,025.

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