The 24-year-old Swiss skier finished the distance at the Whistler Olympic Park in 33 minutes 33.6 seconds.

01:16 16/02/2010

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Swiss Dario Cologna won gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games in 15 km free style Cross Country, finishing almost half a minute ahead of his closest contender.

The 24-year-old Swiss skier finished the distance at the Whistler Olympic Park in 33 minutes 33.6 seconds, which is 24.6 seconds ahead of the silver medalist, Pietro Piller Cottrer from Italy.

The bronze went to Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic with the result of 34 minutes 12 seconds.

This is the second gold for Switzerland in one day, as earlier Didier Defago won the Men's Downhill Alpine Skiing.

MOSCOW, February 16 (RIA Novosti)

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