The Russian woman, who started fourth, with a lag of 25.7 seconds, covered the distance in 29 minutes 24.7 seconds, ahead of the second Swede Ebbu Andersson by 0.7 seconds.

American Jessica Diggisn closed the top three.

Tatyana Sorina finished sixth, Alisa Zhambalova - seventh, Natalya Nepryaeva - tenth, Yana Kirpichenko - 11th, Khristina Matsokina - 24th, Anna Nechaevskaya - 28th, and Anastasia Faleeva - 45th.

Earlier, Markus Kramer said when Sergei Ustyugov will be able to compete at the World Cup in cross-country skiing.