Norway's Northug wins men's 50 km cross country skiing in Vancouver

23:16 28/02/2010

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Norway's Petter Northug grabbed the gold medal in the men's 50 km mass start cross country skiing race at the Olympic Games in Vancouver.

Germany's Axel Teichmann took the silver. Bronze will go home with Sweden's Johan Olsson.

Russia's Maxim Vylegzhanin and Alexander Legkov came eighth and 14th respectively.

MOSCOW, February 28 (RIA Novosti)

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