Winter Olympics 2022 - Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo defends Olympic sprint title with Federico Pellegrino second again
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Updated 08/02/2022 at 14:20 GMT
Norway are now top of the Winter Olympic cross-country table after Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo brilliantly defended his sprint title. In a repeat of the Pyeongchang final, Italian Federico Pellegrino took silver with Russian Olympic Committee's Alexander Terentev grabbing bronze. Team GB´s Andrew Young and James Clugnet were knocked out in the qualifying round.
'A beautiful, beautiful run' - Klaebo storms to sprint gold to defend Olympic title
Norwegian cross-country skiing star Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has defended his men's sprint title for his fourth Olympic gold.
In a repeat of the 2018 final, Italian Pellegrino once again took silver finishing just under three tenths of a second behind the Norwegian. The two rivals entered the final straight with Klaebo narrowly ahead, and while the Norwegian nearly lost his balance as he made his last push, he was able to recover and hold off the Italian.
And Russian Olympic Committee's Alexander Terentev took bronze almost 1.5 seconds behind the leader.
Klaebo's win sends Norway top of the cross-country table, moments after rivals Sweden won gold and silver in the women's free sprint.
Team GB's Andrew Young and James Clugnet were knocked out in the qualifying round.
Chinese hopeful Qiang Wang was disqualified from the quarter-finals after having finished second in his heat.
Klaebo will now focus on defending his 4x10km relay and team sprint golds.
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