Ustiugov claims record-breaking Tour de Ski title
BySportsbeat
Updated 08/01/2017 at 19:41 GMT
Sergey Ustiugov won the Tour de Ski in record-breaking fashion – winning five of the seven events en route to finishing top of the pile.
Winner Russia's Sergey Ustiugov celebrates on the podium after winning the Men's 9 km pursuit free competition of the "Tour de Ski" Cross Country World Cup on January 8, 2017
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The Russian had led from the very first event and went into the final 9km pursuit in Val di Fiemme looking to become the first man to win having been in front from the very start.
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Highlights: Ustiugov wins five of seven for Tour de Ski glory
And as it was Ustiugov took the crown in style, his time of 3:24:47.9 hours more than a minute ahead of his nearest challenger Martin Johnsrud Sundby of Norway.
In the end Sundby could only gain nine seconds on Ustiugov as the Russian added to his Junior and Under-23 World Championship titles.
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Russia's Sergey Ustiugov crosses the finish line of the men's 15 kilometers pursuit free style competition of the "Tour de Ski" Cross Country World Cup on January 4, 2017 in Oberstdorf, southern Germany
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Dario Cologna of Switzerland began the day in third place, about 30 seconds ahead of Finland's Matti Heikkinen and Maurice Manificat.
And despite Manificat and Heikkinen recording the first and second fastest times of the day, Cologna held on for third place in the Tour overall finishing 1:19.1 behind Ustiugov and 7.8 seconds ahead of Manificat. Heikkinen crossed the finish line another 4.4 seconds later for fifth place.
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