The world championship among juniors and youth under 23 years ended in Switzerland. In Russia the competition successfully performed two representatives of the Volga region Academy of sport. Master student, master of sports of international class Yana Kirpichenko won the 10 km classic style race with the result (27.46.1). The second place among Russians Anna Zherebyatyeva, +13.9 seconds, the third - at Nadine Fendrich (Switzerland) + 29.6. Skiathlon champion of Russian industry has shown the third result, behind only teammates, Russians Anastasia and Natalia Sedov Nepraev.
Second-year student of the Volga region Academy, master of sports of Russia Sergey Ardashev in the Junior relay team was the third in the race 4x5km. The victory was won by the Norwegian team, the second were representatives of the United States. In the individual race for 10 km Ardashev won the silver medal (25:07.8) in the classic style. He ran away from the Norwegian jørgen Lippert (25:26.7), but lost 9 seconds other representative national team of Norway Jon Ralph, Scamo Hop, who became the winner with a score of 24:58.8.