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Murray strikes form in World Cup final

 

Murray strikes form in World Cup final

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Paul Murray had his best World Cup in two years at the final stop of the 2008/09 cross country World Cup season, finishing 42nd in the Classic Sprint around the King's Castle in the centre of Stockholm. Murray was 8.8 seconds behind the fastest qualifier Ola Vigen Hattestad of Norway, and 1.8 seconds outside of qualifying for the finals.

Paul Murray had his best World Cup in two years at the final stop of the 2008/09 cross country World Cup season, finishing 42nd in the Classic Sprint around the King's Castle in the centre of Stockholm.

Murray was 8.8 seconds behind the fastest qualifier Ola Vigen Hattestad of Norway, and 1.8 seconds outside of qualifying for the finals.

The other two Australians, Ben Sim and Esther Bottomley, didn't have great races, finishing 95th /97 and 66th/72 respectively. Sim was scrambling on the first uphill and tripped and fell, ending up 25 seconds off the pace.

Bottomley was 27 seconds behind the fastest female qualifier Pirjo Muranen of Finland, understandable considering she had been sick for a week but not where she was hoping to be.

(Courtesy of The XC Files).

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