Canadian Alex Harvey crosses the finish line at third place followed by Maxim Vylegzjanin of Russia who finished 4th in the men's 50 km Mass Start race at the FIS Cross Country World Cup in Trondheim March 14, 2009. Norway's Petter Northug seized first place in the overall rankings.Photograph by: Ned Alley, AFP/Getty ImagesROGLA, Slovenia - Saturday was a golden day for Norwegian cross-country skiers.
Petter Northug won the men's sprint event, while Marit Bjoergen topped the women's field at the fifth stop of the World Cup circuit.
Northug, who leads the World Cup standings with 340 points, finished the 1.1-kilometre race in a time of four minutes 9.9 seconds. Tobias Angerer of Germany was second, 1.2 seconds behind Northug. Jesper Modin of Sweden was third, 1.8 seconds off Northug's pace.
Alex Harvey of Saint-Ferreol-Les-Neiges, Que., the only Canadian in the men's field, finished 35th, missing the qualification line by 1.5 seconds.
Devin Kershaw of Sudbury, Ont., did not compete due to a cold.
In the women's event, Bjoergen, the overall World Cup leader with 362 points, finished the 1.4-kilometres race in 4:28.8 for her 32nd victory on the World Cup circuit.
Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland was second, just four 10ths of a second behind Bjoergen. Petra Majdic of Slovenia finished third.
Sara Renner of Canmore, Alta., finished 37th overall after failing to make it out of the qualification heats. Chandra Crawford, another Canmore skier, finished 55th.
Source:calgaryherald.com/
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Golden day for Norway at cross-country World Cup
Canadian Alex Harvey crosses the finish line at third place followed by Maxim Vylegzjanin of Russia who finished 4th in the men's 50 km Mass Start race at the FIS Cross Country World Cup in Trondheim March 14, 2009. Norway's Petter Northug seized first place in the overall rankings.Photograph by: Ned Alley, AFP/Getty ImagesROGLA, Slovenia - Saturday was a golden day for Norwegian cross-country skiers.
Petter Northug won the men's sprint event, while Marit Bjoergen topped the women's field at the fifth stop of the World Cup circuit.
Northug, who leads the World Cup standings with 340 points, finished the 1.1-kilometre race in a time of four minutes 9.9 seconds. Tobias Angerer of Germany was second, 1.2 seconds behind Northug. Jesper Modin of Sweden was third, 1.8 seconds off Northug's pace.
Alex Harvey of Saint-Ferreol-Les-Neiges, Que., the only Canadian in the men's field, finished 35th, missing the qualification line by 1.5 seconds.
Devin Kershaw of Sudbury, Ont., did not compete due to a cold.
In the women's event, Bjoergen, the overall World Cup leader with 362 points, finished the 1.4-kilometres race in 4:28.8 for her 32nd victory on the World Cup circuit.
Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland was second, just four 10ths of a second behind Bjoergen. Petra Majdic of Slovenia finished third.
Sara Renner of Canmore, Alta., finished 37th overall after failing to make it out of the qualification heats. Chandra Crawford, another Canmore skier, finished 55th.
Source:calgaryherald.com/
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