Kikkan finished 25th and Newell finished 28th.

Kikkan got a little bit boxed in out of the starting lanes but came back on the first uphill and was looking solid. Newell killed it from the gun, except he didn't look like he was skiing at a super high effort-- just really fast. And had a bit of a gap on the rest of his quarterfinal for most of the course. I think both Kikkan & Newell chose the left side of the finishing lanes while the rest of their heats took the right (there were several large puddles to be avoided in the middle) and there was enough of a difference in snow speed that they lost a lot of time in the last 100m.

It was a pretty miserable day weather-wise so I was glad to come back inside after the racing was over in time to watch Tim Burke take 10th in the pursuit at the Biathlon World Champs on etv.