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Norway sweep up podium places in men's sprint (Roundup)
Nov 29, 2008, 14:35 GMT
Kuusamo, Finland - Norway claimed a clean sweep of the classic sprint final in Nordic skiing's cross-country World Cup in the Finnish venue of Kuusamo on Saturday.
Ola Vigen Hattestad led the way, followed by compatriots Tor Arne Hetland and John Kristian Dahl.
Finland's Kalle Lassila was fourth, followed by Nikolay Morilov of Russia and Emil Joensson of Sweden.
Hattestad shares the overall lead with Marcus Hellner of Sweden, both on 100 points after two off the season's 33 races. Hetland and Pietro Piller Cottrer of Italy are both on 80.
Petra Majdic of Slovenia meanwhile won the women's sprint ahead of Lina Andersson of Sweden and Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland.
Majdic leads overall after two races with 113 points. Aino-Kaisa Saarinen of Finland is on 105, with Charlotte Kalla of Sweden and Marit Bjorgen both on 100.
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