Cross-country skiing-Relentless Niskanen takes gold for Finland in men's 15km classic

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ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Iivo Niskanen put on a brilliant display of skiing to win gold for Finland in the men's 15km classic race at the Beijing Games on Friday, adding the title to the 50km Olympic classic gold he won at Pyeongchang in 2018. Skiathlon champion Alexander Bolshunov, representing the Russian

ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Iivo Niskanen put on a brilliant display of skiing to win gold for Finland in the men's 15km classic race at the Beijing Games on Friday, adding the title to the 50km Olympic classic gold he won at Pyeongchang in 2018.

Early bright sunshine gave way to overcast skies as the crowd waved flags and wore outsized plastic glasses with Olympic motifs as American Ben Ogden got the race underway, with the rest of the 97 athletes following him at 30-second intervals. Niskanen displayed the same kind of metronomic skiing that had him neck-and-neck with Bolshunov until the switch to freestyle in Sunday's skiathlon, this time building up a lead of 11.4 seconds over the Russian at the halfway point.

 

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