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Northug punctuates season with win in 15 km finale 3/21/2010 FALUN, Sweden — Double Olympic champion Petter Northug of Norway ended his impressive season by winning the last cross-country race of the World Cup calendar Sunday.
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Northug punctuates season with win in 15 km finale

March 21, 2010 — The Canadian Press          ►Photo: Petter Northug (Agence Zoom)

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FALUN, Sweden — Double Olympic champion Petter Northug of Norway ended his impressive season by winning the last cross-country race of the World Cup calendar Sunday.

The 23-year old Norwegian won the 15-kilometer handicap race in 44 minutes, 30.8 seconds, entering the ski stadium in Falun with a big enough lead to slow down and wave at the cheering crowd. Northug, who had already secured the overall World Cup title, finished 3.4 seconds ahead of runner-up Maurice Manificat of France.

Sweden's Marcus Hellner finished third, 11 seconds behind, after being overtaken by Manificat just before the final straight.

Ivan Babikov was 17th to lead the Canadians. Alex Harvey started in 18th but struggled early, finishing in 32nd, just behind Devon Kershaw, who was 26th on the day and 31st overall, moving up seven places in the final rankings.

In the women's race, Marit Bjoergen of Norway celebrated her 30th birthday by winning the 10 km handicap race.

The triple Olympic champion had a 40-second head start in the race based on the previous results at the World Cup finals and was never threatened. She finished in 31 minutes, 58 seconds, with overall World Cup champion Justyna Kowalczyk finishing 51.9 seconds back in second.

Sweden's Charlotte Kalla came in third, 1:12.8 back.

Bjoergen secured second place in the overall standings with the win. She overtook Petra Majdic of Slovenia, who has not competed since fracturing her ribs during the Vancouver Olympics.

Canada’s Daria Gaiazova had the 38th-best time on the day, finishing the series that included the top 50 skiers in the world with an overall 41st place finish.  SRC

Falun men’s World Cup 15 km results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Time FIS Points
 1    3420239 NORTHUG Petter jr.  1986  NOR   1:55:27.4  0.00
 2    3190111 MANIFICAT Maurice  1986  FRA   1:55:30.8  0.39
 3    3500139 HELLNER Marcus  1985  SWE   1:55:38.4  1.27
 4    3480013 VYLEGZHANIN Maxim  1982  RUS   1:56:13.2  5.29
 5    1100077 VITTOZ Vincent  1975  FRA   1:56:15.0  5.50
 6    1248293 SOEDERGREN Anders  1977  SWE   1:56:26.8  6.86
 7    1178162 ANGERER Tobias  1977  GER   1:56:53.5  9.94
 8    3510023 COLOGNA Dario  1986  SUI   1:56:58.9  10.57
 9    1217350 BAUER Lukas  1977  CZE   1:57:05.3  11.31
 10    1067291 DI CENTA Giorgio  1972  ITA   1:57:11.5  12.02
 11    1139459 PILLER COTTRER Pietro  1974  ITA   1:57:19.8  12.98
 12    1362947 PERL Curdin  1984  SUI   1:57:50.4  16.51
 13    3420036 ROENNING Eldar  1982  NOR   1:58:17.5  19.64
 14    3180054 NOUSIAINEN Ville  1983  FIN   1:58:30.9  21.19
 15    3480563 ZHMURKO Artem  1985  RUS   1:58:34.9  21.65
 16    3290016 CLARA Roland  1982  ITA   1:58:39.7  22.21
 17    3100190 BABIKOV Ivan  1980  CAN   1:58:40.7  22.32
 18    3420089 PETTERSEN Oeystein  1983  NOR   1:58:41.3  22.39
 19    1319200 LARSSON Mats  1980  SWE   1:58:44.3  22.74
 20    3480314 CHERNOUSOV Ilia  1986  RUS   1:58:49.4  23.33
 21    3420822 BACH Ole-marius  1988  NOR   1:58:53.9  23.85
 22    3420317 RENNEMO Kristian Tettli  1984  NOR   1:58:55.7  24.06
 23    3480007 PANKRATOV Nikolay  1982  RUS   1:59:01.2  24.69
 24    3180053 HEIKKINEN Matti  1983  FIN   1:59:20.2  26.88
 25    3300021 NARUSE Nobu  1984  JPN   1:59:26.6  27.62
 26    3200015 REICHELT Tom  1982  GER   1:59:30.9  28.12
 27    3500015 RICKARDSSON Daniel  1982  SWE   1:59:32.6  28.32
 28    3420376 GLOEERSEN Anders  1986  NOR   1:59:50.2  30.35
 29    3480081 SHIRIAEV Sergey  1983  RUS   1:59:56.7  31.10
 30    3500259 JOENSSON Emil  1985  SWE   2:00:10.5  32.69
 31    3100006 KERSHAW Devon  1982  CAN   2:00:14.9  33.20
 32    3100110 HARVEY Alex  1988  CAN   2:00:55.5  37.89
 33    3500529 ERIKSSON Jens  1987  SWE   2:01:44.2  43.51
 34    3420365 BRANDSDAL Eirik  1986  NOR   2:02:12.8  46.82
 35    1322498 NOVIKOV Sergey  1980  RUS   2:02:59.1  52.16
 36    3480280 MORILOV Nikolay  1986  RUS   2:03:10.3  53.46
 37    3500143 SVANEBO Anders  1984  SWE   2:03:10.5  53.48
 38    3500138 SOEDERHIELM Tiio  1984  SWE   2:03:14.3  53.92
 39    1101047 SOMMERFELDT Rene  1974  GER   2:03:28.3  55.54
 40    3530005 NEWELL Andrew  1983  USA   2:05:10.7  67.36
 41    3530177 GREGG Brian  1984  USA   2:05:22.9  68.77
 42    3500407 MODIN Jesper  1988  SWE   2:06:02.4  73.33
 43    3500330 PETERSON Teodor  1988  SWE   2:10:08.8  101.79

Falun women’s World Cup 10 km results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Time FIS Points
 1    1303777 BJOERGEN Marit  1980  NOR   1:13:17.9  0.00
 2    3435001 KOWALCZYK Justyna  1983  POL   1:14:09.8  9.44
 3    3505217 KALLA Charlotte  1987  SWE   1:14:30.7  13.24
 4    3425003 STEIRA Kristin Stoermer  1981  NOR   1:14:34.6  13.95
 5    1255374 ROPONEN Riitta-Liisa  1978  FIN   1:15:56.1  28.78
 6    1094063 SMIGUN-VAEHI Kristina  1977  EST   1:15:58.1  29.14
 7    3425301 JOHAUG Therese  1988  NOR   1:16:06.9  30.74
 8    1237817 OLSSON Anna  1976  SWE   1:16:11.1  31.51
 9    1255665 SAARINEN Aino- Kaisa  1979  FIN   1:16:19.8  33.09
 10    1099204 LAURENT PHILIPPOT Karine  1974  FRA   1:16:21.1  33.32
 11    1088922 SAVIALOVA Olga  1972  RUS   1:16:23.3  33.73
 12    1138877 FOLLIS Arianna  1977  ITA   1:16:26.2  34.25
 13    1256732 SACHENBACHER -STEHLE Evi  1980  GER   1:16:52.7  39.07
 14    3485013 NOVIKOVA Valentina  1984  RUS   1:17:13.0  42.77
 15    3505183 HAAG Anna  1986  SWE   1:17:15.2  43.17
 16    1222200 LONGA Marianna  1979  ITA   1:17:20.4  44.11
 17    1365857 RANDALL Kikkan  1982  USA   1:17:21.7  44.35
 18    1142563 SHEVCHENKO Valentina  1975  UKR   1:17:33.1  46.42
 19    3485032 KOROSTELEVA Natalia  1981  RUS   1:17:35.0  46.77
 20    3505090 INGEMARSDOTTER Ida  1985  SWE   1:17:38.0  47.31
 21    1247226 ZELLER Katrin  1979  GER   1:17:44.2  48.44
 22    3425349 KRISTOFFERSEN Marthe  1989  NOR   1:18:07.2  52.63
 23    3425275 BRUN-LIE Celine  1988  NOR   1:18:12.7  53.63
 24    3485193 KHAZOVA Irina  1984  RUS   1:18:14.4  53.93
 25    1005017 VALBUSA Sabina  1972  ITA   1:18:17.7  54.54
 26    3195040 FAIVRE PICON Anouk  1986  FRA   1:18:20.1  54.97
 27    1305426 SKOFTERUD Vibeke W  1980  NOR   1:18:21.9  55.30
 28    1166037 KUITUNEN Virpi  1976  FIN   1:18:45.2  59.54
 29    3425410 OESTBERG Ingvild Flugstad  1990  NOR   1:18:52.2  60.81
 30    1322110 ROTCHEVA Olga  1978  RUS   1:18:52.4  60.85
 31    3505481 BRODIN Hanna  1990  SWE   1:19:05.6  63.25
 32    1283116 ANDERSSON Lina  1981  SWE   1:19:49.1  71.16
 33    3055066 SMUTNA Katerina  1983  AUT   1:20:17.3  76.29
 34    3505434 WIKEN Emma  1989  SWE   1:20:26.1  77.89
 35    3505260 PAJALA Magdalena  1988  SWE   1:20:28.0  78.24
 36    3505013 JOHANSSON NORGREN Britta  1983  SWE   1:21:33.4  90.13
 37    3565002 FABJAN Vesna  1985  SLO   1:21:41.8  91.66
 38    3505225 SVENSSON Eva  1987  SWE   1:21:53.1  93.72
 39    3505497 LARSEN Lisa  1990  SWE   1:23:05.5  106.89
 40    3505405 FALK Hanna  1989  SWE   1:24:00.9  116.96
 41    3105040 GAIAZOVA Daria  1983  CAN   1:24:08.9  118.42
 42    3565005 VISNAR Katja  1984  SLO   1:24:33.8  122.95



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