Hakkinen had the second fastest ski time in one of the races, which
was impressive, and his shooting was decent.

Interesting comments from Len Johnson at the Jenex site
http://www.jenex.com/news/index.html

Most interesting parts are comments/comparison to Chinese team and US
Biathlon -- see below:

JT

"The Chinese Program is working, the US 2005 & 2006 Program is not:
The Chinese ski program is relatively new, but the results are coming
at a rapid pace. The new program director was previously in charge of
the Swedish ski team. Since skiing has no real history in China, they
picked athletes based on aerobic and general athletic ability and sent
them to Scandinavia to learn how to ski. In the 10 K race today, one
Chinese finished 18th in a time of 29'34". The best American was
Wagner with a time of 31'41". That's over two minutes faster than the
best American in a 10 K race. Wagner lost over 12 seconds per
kilometer to the Chinese woman and the rest off the US skiers a lot
more."
"The fifth fastest ski time in the 20 K Biathlon was a Chinese. When
we see how fast Jay Hakkinen skis, compared to the men on the US ski
Team, we know something is wrong. Jay, who has been living in Germany,
has his own training program. How can skiers as talented as Kris
Freeman, Andrew Johnson and Carl Swenson be so far back in the two
races they have entered to date this month. Let's hope that in the
race on Friday they break out and show that they can ski. They are
like a totally different team from the results at Val Di Fiemme in
2003."

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