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Olympians Hyncicova, Kaleta Compete in Cross Country Sprint Free Competition

ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA – Former Colorado Buffalo Petra Hyncicova was joined by current Buff Weronika Kaleta, who was making her Olympic debut, in the Cross Country Sprint Free competition here Tuesday at the XIV Winter Olympic Games.

Petra Hyncicova finished 33rd and missed out on qualifying for the quarterfinals by just 0.38 seconds. With bib 21, she was in 12nd place after she timed out at 3:24.51. After all results were compiled, she made up six spots from 39th at the 0.6 k mark.

Weronika Kaleta, competing for Poland, finished 50th. Wearing bib 3, she got an early start in the competition, but ended up 8.