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Long qualification
Today was the long distance qualification near the Liepene camping, aproximately 20km from Ventspils. It was 10,9km race for men and 6,5km long course for women classes. The best 17 for every heat qualified for the tomorrow's race in Irbene.
Winners in the men's heats were Pasi Ikonen (FIN), Erik Ohlund (SWE) and Matthias Merz (SUI). Once agin there were some surprises like after yesterday's sprint qualification. Scott Fraser who was the 4th in the sprint finished in the 19th position. The Swiss runner Matthias Muller was 18th in the same heat, and also Yuri Omeltchenko, who has won several medals in previous European championships wil not run compete for the medals in the tomorrow's final. Valentin Novikov who was the 4th two years ago in Estonia and missed the final yesterday was not even on today's start list.
| Men - Heat 1 | |||
| 1 | Matthias Merz | SUI | 55:17 |
| 2 | Baptiste Rollier | SUI | 55:26 |
| 3 | Audun Hultgreen Weltzien | NOR | 55:43 |
| Men - Heat 2 | |||
| 1 | Erik Ohlund | SWE | 55:22 |
| 2 | Anders Nordberg | NOR | 56:26 |
| 3 | Mats Troeng | SWE | 56:28 |
| Men - Heat 3 | |||
| 1 | Pasi Ikonen | FIN | 54:51 |
| 2 | Daniel Hubmann | SUI | 55:48 |
| 3 | Mertin Per Johansson | SWE | 55:58 |
In the women's race Minna Kauppi (FIN) was missing, who took the 4th place yesterday. Although she was in the start list, she did not start. The yesterday's winner Anne Margarethe Hausken (NOR) proved that she is not only good in sprint, she won also women's A heat. The winners in the other heats were Emma Engstrand (SWE) and Signe Soes (DEN).
| Women - Heat 1 | |||
| 1 | Anne Margarethe Hausken | NOR | 42:24 |
| 2 | Lina Persson | SWE | 42:51 |
| 3 | Dana Brozkova | CZE | 43:55 |
| Women - Heat 2 | |||
| 1 | Emma Engstrand | SWE | 41:05 |
| 2 | Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien | NOR | 42:35 |
| 3 | Natalia Korzhova | RUS | 44:17 |
| Women - Heat 3 | |||
| 1 | Signe Soes | DEN | 40:16 |
| 2 | Tatiana Ryabkina | RUS | 40:23 |
| 3 | Sofie Johansson | SWE | 40:58 |
- Official results - Long qualification
Tomorrow the long final will start at 15:00. The start lists for the tomorrow's race will be published in the Start list section as soon as available.
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