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Petter Northug used a furious final leg to secure silver for Norway, beating Jonnier and Koukal in a sprint to finish 15.9 seconds behind Hellner.
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Teichmann stormed to the lead, but Northug raced past him to win by just 0.3 seconds in a time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 35.5 seconds.
Northug adds to medal bounty with gold in cross-country 50k 2010
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Northug set a blistering pace from the start to pull within eyesight of the leading trio after two laps, but never came any closer to Hellner.
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The Swede, who won the 30K pursuit, had saved enough energy to increase his pace as he entered the final lap, quickly pulling away from his French and Czech rivals and preventing Northug to ever get in position to use his sprinting ability at the end.
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Northug didn't compete, but holds an unassailable 383-point lead over Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic ahead of next week's finals in Sweden.
Bjoergen edges USA's Randall as Norwegians sweep sprints 2010
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Norway's Petter Northug edged Newell to take second, 1.9 seconds behind Jonsson.
Jonsson wins cross-country sprint; American Newell third 2010
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Northug blew past Germany's Axel Teichmann seemingly without effort shortly before the finish, parading down the final straight for his first Olympic gold medal.
Norway comes through in men's cross-country team sprint 2010
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Northug partnered with Oeystein Pettersen to finish in 19 minutes, 1 second.
Norway comes through in men's cross-country team sprint 2010
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WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) Petter Northug finally got to show off his closing ability, and it was enough to give Norway the gold in the men's cross-country team sprint at the Vancouver Olympics.
Norway comes through in men's cross-country team sprint 2010
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OSLO (AP) Anders Gloersen of Norway has won a men's 1. 5-kilometer cross-country sprint, while countryman Petter Northug secured the overall World Cup victory.
Bjoergen edges USA's Randall as Norwegians sweep sprints 2010
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