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Golden Northug sweeps past Sweden. Petter Northug won today’s 30 km men’s pursuit race, beating the Russian duo Maxim Vylegzhanin and Ilia Chernousov. The skier, who won four medals at the Olympics from Vancouver, started as a favourite and did not disappoint spectators, finishing the race in 1:14:10.4. Norwegian Northug broke away from his competitors 200 meters before the finish line, avenging Thursday’s silver medal win against Sweden’s Marcus Hellner, who finished only sixth today.

petternorthug, maximvylegzhanin, iliachernousov, midtstubakken, andersjacobsen, andersbardal, bjoerneinarromoeren, tomhilde, oslo2011



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Golden Northug sweeps past Sweden

Published on Sunday, 27th February, 2011 at 22:32 under the sports category, by Alexandra Spinu.

Petter Northug won today’s 30 km men’s pursuit race, beating the Russian duo Maxim Vylegzhanin and Ilia Chernousov.

Petter Northug (centre)
Petter Northug (centre)
Photo: Stian Broch/Oslo 2011


The skier, who won four medals at the Olympics from Vancouver, started as a favourite and did not disappoint spectators, finishing the race in 1:14:10.4.

Norwegian Northug broke away from his competitors 200 meters before the finish line, avenging Thursday’s silver medal win against Sweden’s Marcus Hellner, who finished only sixth today.

In the day’s other competition, Norway’s ski jumping team finished second at Midtstubakken, represented by Anders Jacobsen (103.5m, 102.5m), Anders Bardal (105m, 101m), Bjørn Einar Romøren (101.5m, 100.5m) and Tom Hilde (102.5m in both rounds).

Gold went to Austria, winning with a total of 1025.5 points, 25.5 ahead of Norway.


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Published on Sunday, 27th February, 2011 at 22:32 under the sports category, by Alexandra Spinu.

This post has the following tags: petternorthug, maximvylegzhanin, iliachernousov, midtstubakken, andersjacobsen, andersbardal, bjoerneinarromoeren, tomhilde, oslo2011.

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