MOSCOW, February 24 Olympic champion of the Pekeni Games, Russian skier Veronika Stepanova took third place in the 10 km classic race at the World Youth Championships (under 23 years old), which takes place in Lugn, Norway. The first place was taken by the Swiss Anja Weber, who covered the distance in 29 minutes 59.8 seconds. The second was the Latvian skier Patricia Eiduka (+ 1.3 seconds). Stepanova was 13.1 seconds behind. Russian Anastasia Valeeva became sixth (+28.1), Elizaveta Shalaboda — tenth (+1.16.0), Alena Baranova — 22nd (+2.04.2). juniors and youth takes place from 22 to 27 February.
