Cross-country World Cup success for Norway as Simen Hegstad Krueger and Therese Johaug dominate
BySportsbeat
Published 12/12/2021 at 16:40 GMT
On a great day for Norway, with five of the top six in Switzerland, Simen Hegstad Krueger got the better of overall leader Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo by 22.9 seconds to take the win. That followed his success in the 15km freestyle in Lillehammer last week with Krueger leading the way in the distance standings after five events.
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway and Simen Hegstad Krueger of Norway
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Simen Hegstad Krueger continued his dominance of the distance events in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup with victory in the 15km freestyle in Davos.
Sergey Ustiugov of Russia denied Norway a podium clean sweep as he came home in third, a further 4.3 seconds behind Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, who went from fifth to second on the final two kilometres of the race as he backed up yesterday's success in the sprint event.
The women's 10km freestyle in the afternoon in Davos was similarly one-sided as Therese Johaug claimed her second World Cup win of the season to close the gap in the overall standings to Frida Karlsson.
The three-time overall champion led from start to finish and came home 14.5 seconds clear of USA's Jessie Diggins, last year's crystal globe winner.
The success puts Johaug first in the distance standings but Karlsson, who came third, remains first overall on 400 points, with an advantage of 25 points over Johaug.
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