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altNorway'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.

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altTherese 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 Emil Hegle Svendsen placed third in the men's Biathlon World Cup  15km mass start in Russia on Sunday. Martin Fourcade of France won, ahead of Austria's Dominic Landertinger.


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altNorway's Tora Berger finished third in the women's final biathlon World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia on Saturday. Gabriela Soukalova, Czech Republic, picked up her second straight victory, ahead of Russia's own Olga Vilukhina. 


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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.


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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 Lillehammer.


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altPetter 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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altNorway'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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Sport - Athletics & Winter

Norway's team placed third in the women's biathlon 4x6km relay event at Sochi on Sunday, behind winners Germany and with Ukraine in second.


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Norway's Anders Bardal and Anders Jacobsen placed 2nd and 3rd respectively in the men's individual World Cup ski jumping event at Lahti on Sunday. Germany's Richard Freitag won.


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