Norway dominates pursuit races in Finland

Europe December 02, 2012

Norway dominates pursuit races in Finland

Photo: AP Norway's Marit Bjorgen celebrates winning the ladies 10km cross country pursuit classic style skiing competition of the FIS World Cup Ruka Nordic Opening 2012 in Kuusamo, Finland, Saturday Dec. 2, 2012.

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KUUSAMO, Finland (AP) — Norway's Marit Bjorgen continued her domination of women's cross-country skiing, easily winning the 10-kilometer pursuit on Sunday.

Bjorgen finished in 31 minutes, 19.4 seconds — a convincing 1:21.4 faster than Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland. Heidi Weng of Norway was third, 1:23.9 behind Bjorgen. Bjorgen won the 5-kilometer freestyle race on Saturday.

Also Sunday, Petter Northug of Norway won the men's 15-kilometer pursuit by a tight margin of 1.4 seconds after a challenge from Maxim Vylegzhanin of Russia. Alexey Poltoranin of Kazakhstan came third, crossing the line just 3.4 seconds behind Northug.

Subjects
- Sports,
- Nordic skiing,
- Skiing,
- Men's skiing
People
- Petter Northug
Locations
- Finland,
- Norway,
- Western Europe,
- Europe

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