SYKTYVKAR, Mar 26 Skier Natalya Nepryaeva won the women's sprint freestyle race style at the Russian Championship in Syktyvkar. The Olympic champion defended her national champion title with a score of 2 minutes and 57.78 seconds. The second was Anastasia Faleeva (1.05 seconds back). Anna Grukhvina (+1.87) took third place. Natalia Matveeva (+2.47), Natalia Mekryukova (+3.32) and Ekaterina Meged (+4.61) also participated in the final race.
