Norway grabs Olympic gold in men's 50 km cross country skiing

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.

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.

Northug finished with a time of 2 hours 5 minutes 35.5 seconds.

Germany's Axel Teichmann took the silver with 2:05:35.8. Bronze will go home with Sweden's Johan Olsson, who finished with 2:05:36.5.

Russia's Maxim Vylegzhanin and Alexander Legkov came eighth and 14th with 2:05:46.4 and 2:05:53.3 respectively.

Russia's Olympic medal haul includes three golds, five silvers and seven bronze medals, 15 in total.

MOSCOW, February 28 (RIA Novosti)