Kazakhstani skier Alexey Poltoranin comes 2nd in World Cup classical-style sprint

ASTANA. December 22. KAZINFORM The 4th stage of World Cup 2013 Asiago is now on in Italy.

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According to Sports.kz web portal, Russia's Olympic champion Nikita Kriukov won men's World Cup sprint event Saturday by defeating Alexey Poltoranin of Kazakhstan in a classical-style sprint.

The Russian athlete beat Poltoranin only by 0.14 seconds. Gianluca Cologna from Switzerland was 4.11 seconds behind and was the third.