Hattestad secures another gold at Nordic Worlds

Posted: Wednesday 25th February 2009 | 15:48

OLA Vigen Hattestad claimed his second gold in 24 hours as he lead Norway's men to the team sprint title at the Nordic World Championships.

Along with team-mate Johan Kjoelstad, Hattestad - who claimed yesterday's sprint title - edged out the challenge of Germany and Finland to take gold.

Just half a second separated the top three, with Germany's Alex Teichmann and Tobias Angerer claiming silver, despite being awarded the same time as Finland's Sami Jauhojaervi, and Ville Nousiainen.

However, Finland did take gold in the women's team sprint with Aino Kaisa Saarinen and Virpi Kuitunen securing a convincing 20-second victory that was widely expected.

Lina Andersson pulled away from Italy's Arianna Follis to secure the silver for Sweden. Andersson teamed up with Anna Olsson, while Follis shared the bronze with Marianna Longa.

Great Britain's Fiona Hughes and Sarah Young were 15th in the women's race while promising youngster Andrew Musgrave and Simon Platt were 17th from 23 in the men's race.