Marit Bjørgen raced to victory in the women's 10km cross country classic mass start in the World Cup Final mini tour on Saturday to complete a Norwegian one-two-three in Falun with Therese Johaug second and Heidi Weng third.
The trio finished ahead of Poland's of Justyna Kowalczyk.
This means that Bjørgen moved one step closer to overall victory of the mini tour. Bjoergen leads Kowalczyk by 45.5 seconds heading into the season-closing final 10km freestyle mini tour stage in Falun with Johaug 1:19.7 minutes behind in total in third place.
Norway's Eldar Rønning won the men's 15km classic mass start at Falun, ahead of Russia's Maxim Vylegzhanin, and with Norwegian team mate Martin Johnsrud Sundby in third.
Compatriot Petter Northug had to settle for fourth place, but this was still good enough for Northug to extend his lead in both the mini tour and the overall World Cup standings ahead of the season-closing 15km freestyle on Sunday.
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Norway's Marit Bjørgen was second in a last leg photo-finish of the classic sprint with USA's Kikkan Randall at Lahti, Finland on Saturday. Slovakia's Alena Protsjazkova came third.
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Norway's team won gold in the men's cross country 4x10km relay event at the Nordic Ski World Championship in Val di Fiemme on Friday, ahead of Sweden, with Russia in third place.
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Norway's Marit Bjørgen won the women's opening sprint events of the World Cup season in Kuusamo on Friday.
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