Nordic skiing: Johaug, Bolshunov claim skiathlon golds

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Therese Johaug bounced back from an early fall to crush the field and claim gold in the women's 15km skiathlon for Norway, while Russia's Alexander Bolshunov blazed to victory in the men's 30km event at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships.

Nordic Skiing - FIS Nordic World Ski Championships - Oberstdorf, Germany - February 27, 2021 Norway's Therese Johaug celebrates winning the women's skiathlon 7.5km classic and 7.5km free REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Swedes Frida Karlsson and Ebba Andersson took silver and bronze in the women’s race, while Norway’s Simen Hegstad Krueger and Hans Christer Holund came second and third in the men’s competition. However, Johaug reeled her in with a powerful performance on the uphill parts of the course and came out of the switch from classic to freestyle skis at the halfway point with a lead of 4.3 seconds over Andersson.

An hour later the men were out on the course in Oberstdorf in southern Germany, and after a tight 15km in the classic style, the switch to freestyle saw world number one Bolshunov lead a six-man breakaway group of himself and five Norwegians into the final lap.

 

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