Olympics-Cross-country skiing-Wind no problem as Johaug breezes to third Beijing gold
By Philip O'Connor
Therese Johaug Sport News
Johaug, del infierno al cielo
Los 30 kilómetros libres en salida masiva son una de las pruebas más duras de los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno. Muestra de ello es la estadounidense Jessie Diggins, medalla de plata. Nada más cruzar la meta, cuerpo al suelo, sucumbiendo a la emoción del momento, pero también al esfuerzo. Aún más, con la meteorología actual, que ha estado cerca de cancelar la primera prueba olímpica, el paralelo por equipos mixtos, desde 1928. Pekín, que arrancó con un clima más o menos amable para los atletas, ha visto como, con el avance de las competición, sus condiciones se complicaban de forma drástica. Casi -15º, no excesivos para lo visto, pero endurecidos por las fuertes rachas de viento. En el podio, sin ir más lejos, las atletas recibían sus premios con la cara visiblemente helada, añadiendo épica a una de las carreras reinas del olimpismo invernal.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Therese Johaug overcomes wild weather to emerge with gold in brutal women's 30km mass start
Norway’s Therese Johaug won gold in the 30 kilometre mass start to secure a hat-trick of titles at Beijing 2022 and close her Olympic career with victory. Johaug had won the 10km classical and 15km skiathlon events earlier in the Games, and survived a ferocious wind to prevail after nearly an hour and a half of tough racing.
Beijing 2022 cross-country skiing wrap-up – top stories, moments and records
Cross-country skiing remains the main driving force behind Norway's success at the Olympic Winter Games. Their standards are so high in the sport, that their eight medals at Beijing 2022 might look like an underwhelming result compared to the 14 of PyeongChang 2018.
Olympics Live: Norway's Johaug wins 30K cross-country race
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
Cross-country skiing-Johaug dominates women's 30km to win Norway's 16th gold
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Norway's Therese Johaug powered to victory in the final race of her Olympic career, winning the women's 30km freestyle mass start in a display of enormous strength and discipline and netting her third individual gold of the Beijing Games.
Medals update: Therese Johaug wins third Beijing 2022 gold in cross-country skiing women's 30km mass start free
Norway's Therese Johaug skied to a dominant victory in the cross-country skiing women's 30km mass start free, the final cross-country event of these Olympic Winter Games.
Winter Olympics - Germans deny 'outrageous' ski claims as cross-country cheating storm erupts in Beijing
The German cross-country skiing team have angrily denied suggestions that their Olympic athletes have been using a banned form of ski wax in Beijing. Germany surprisingly beat heavily favoured Sweden to win gold in the women's team sprint and finished second in the women's 4x5km relay.