| 2008-07-13 10:45:29: | Best time so far 11.03. |
| 2008-07-13 10:45:16: | Evhen Kandybey UKR new best time in heat C. |
| 2008-07-13 10:44:52: | Times are going to be very very close here. Not technical, a lot of running. |
| 2008-07-13 10:44:29: | Jan Mrazek home runner on way in to good applause, 9 secs down on lead time 11.12 |
| 2008-07-13 10:43:48: | Simon Uppill AUS good time just behind Novikov. |
| 2008-07-13 10:43:16: | Marius Bjugan NOR JWOC champion in 2001 finishes in 11.03. |
| 2008-07-13 10:42:37: | Runners can be seen in the distance. The first finisher will be Alessio Tenani ITA in heat C. Valentin Novikov RUS finishes now in just over 11 minutes. |
| 2008-07-13 10:41:16: | Andrey Khramov RUS is one of the two last starters at 11.06. The other is Iztok Rojc from Slovenia. |
| 2008-07-13 10:40:10: | We're in the lull before the storm... The horns are silent for a few moments more... |
| 2008-07-13 10:39:07: | Mats haldin FIN starts at 10.39. Good to have the start lists printed in WOC News available for all spectators at cost 1 Euro as they enter the arena. |
| 2008-07-13 10:38:10: | Now 8 minutes into the men's race, so should have the first finishers in about 3 minutes. |
| 2008-07-13 10:37:14: | The women's results are now official and there is a deadline for any complaints of 10.55. |
| 2008-07-13 10:36:40: | This is the 7th time sprint has been in WOC and the first that 2 different venues have been used when the qual and finals have been on the same day. |
| 2008-07-13 10:35:35: | The sun is coming out and it's getting quite warm. Definitely shorts weather right now. |
| 2008-07-13 10:34:38: | All 3 of last year's medallists are in the field today. |
| 2008-07-13 10:34:20: | Favourite amongst the pundits for the sprint is again "sprint king" Emil Wingstedt SWE. He starts at 10.54. |
| 2008-07-13 10:33:02: | Valentin Novikov RUS is surprisingly one of the first starters. Matthias Merz and Thierry Gueorgiou also start early. |
| 2008-07-13 10:31:58: | First runners have started. Race time is 10.32 now |
| 2008-07-13 10:31:31: | Spectators being told that the second last control used by the women is not being used by the men. "The men will not appear by this tree" says Jorn Sundby. |
| 2008-07-13 10:30:36: | 20 nations with runners in the women's final. Shall we get as many in the men's. |