Norway's Martin Johnsrud Sundby had to settle for 2nd place in the men's the cross country 50km freestyle mass start at Holmenkollen in Oslo on Saturday. The race was won by Russia's Alexander Legkov. Team mate Ilja Tsjernousov placed third.
Norway's Petter Eliassen captured fourth place, his besst placing of the season.
Tour de Ski vinner Legkov also took over the overall lead in the World Cup overall, 12 points ahead of Petter Northhug, who finished 6th in Saturday's event.
World Cup leader prior to the 50km, Dario Cologna, trailed home over three minutes behind Legkov, and is now third in the overall WC ranking.
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Norwegian motorbiker Pål Anders Ullevålseter broke a thigh bone and a thumb when he crashed out of the World Cup Sealine Cross Country Rally in Qatar on Thursday.
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Norway's Petter Northug won the 15km cross country pursuit on the last day of the World Cup Final mini-tour in Falun, Sweden on Sunday, and also securing the overall World Cup victory and the Crystal Globe.
Norway completed a one-two-three in Sunday's race, as Finn Haagen Krogh and Martin Johnsrud Sundby came in second and third.
Russia's Alexander Legkov finishes second in the World Cup overall, 180 points back, just 17 points clear of Italy's Dario Cologna in third.
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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...
Norway's Marit Bjørgen won the second stage of the women's cross country Word Cup final mini tour in Falun on Friday. Compatriot Petter Northug won the men's 3.3km prologue.
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Norway's Petter Northug took an easy victory in the World Cup classic sprint at the season finale in Stockholm on Wednesday, ahead of compatriot Eirik Brandsdal. Russia's Nikita Kruikov came third...
Therese Johaug led from start to finish to take victory on home snow in the cross-country skiing World Cup 30km freestyle mass start at Holmenkollen in Oslo on Sunday, in front of a crowd of 34,000.
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Norway's famous 54km classic ski-touring race, Birkebeinerrennet, is arranged today, Saturday, for the 71st time, with around 17,000 participants. The race starts in Rena and finishes in Lillehammer.
Birkebeinerrennet has been organized since 1932. Until 1991 start and finish was every second year in Lillehammer and Rena. The last years the start has been permanently in Rena and the Finish line in Birkebeineren Skistadion at Li..
Petter Northug won the men's World Cup classic cross country sprint on home turf at Drammen, Norway on Wednesday, ahead of Aleksej Poltoranin of Kazakhstan. Russia's Nikita Kruikov came third.
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Norway's double Olympic champion Petter Northug outpaced all competitors to win the men's 15km classic World Cup race at Lahti, Finland on Sunday, ahead of Kazakhstan's Alexey Poltoranin.
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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 cross country queen, Marit Bjørgen captured her fourth gold medal of the Nordic Ski Wolrd Championship, when she won the women's 30km on Saturday, ahead of Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk.
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Norway captured gold in the women's cross country relay event at the Nordic Ski World Championships at Val di Fiemme on Thursday, ahead of Sweden, with Russia third.
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