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Sprint qualification
At 9:00 it was the first start of the women class of the sprint qualification race. Women class was dominated by the Scandinavian runners - there were four Swedish runners, three Finnish runners and one from Denmark and Norway in the TOP 3 in all qualification runs.
Current World ranking 2.place holders Minna Kauppi (FIN) and Heli Jukkola (FIN) won their heats by good margin.
The third heat was won by the 5th ranked runner Helena Jansson (SWE).
| Women - Heat 1 | |||
| 1 | Minna Kauppi | FIN | 11:19 |
| 2 | Sofia Johansson | SWE | 11:30 |
| 3 | Anna Margarethe Hausken | NOR | 11:39 |
| Women - Heat 2 | |||
| 1 | Heli Jukkola | FIN | 10:32 |
| 2 | Emma Engstrand | SWE | 10:56 |
| 3 | Linnea Gustafsson | SWE | 10:58 |
| Women - Heat 3 | |||
| 1 | Helena Jansson | SWE | 10:50 |
| 2 | Signe Soes | DEN | 10:59 |
| 3 | Merja Rantanen | FIN | 11:05 |
After the women start it was men's race. The gold and silver medallists from the EOC 2006 - Emil Wingstedt (SWE) and Jamie Stevenson (GBR) were best on their heats. The third heat was won by Michal Smola (CZE).
Some surprises from World top runners Jarkko Houvila (FIN) and Valentin Novikov (RUS) as wellas young Norwegian runner Olav Lundanes who missed the final, so they can keep theri medal hopes for other distances.
| Men - Heat 1 | |||
| 1 | Michal Smola | CZE | 12:08 |
| 2 | Erik Ohlund | SWE | 12:19 |
| 3 | Martin Per Johansson | SWE | 12:22 |
| Men - Heat 2 | |||
| 1 | Emil Wingstedt | SWE | 12:03 |
| 2 | Tero Fohr | FIN | 12:08 |
| 3 | Tuomas Tervo | FIN | 12:23 |
| Men - Heat 3 | |||
| 1 | Jamie Stevenson | GBR | 12:34 |
| 2 | Mats Haldin | FIN | 12:37 |
| 3 | Daniel Hubmann | SUI | 12:41 |
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