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Jarl Magnus Riiber reckons he's finally laid his Olympic demons to rest after scoring Nordic combined World Cup gold in Lahti, Finland. The Norwegian star hit social media headlines after skiing the wrong way in the cross-country leg in Beijing to throw away a gold medal after finishing first in the ski jumping event.
Finland's Iivo Niskanen claimed a brilliant home win in the 15km men's race in Lahti at the latest stop in the Cross-Country World Cup.The three-time Olympic champion claimed top spot with a time of 33:6.05, as he managed to hold off a comeback from Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, who crossed the line 17.6sec later.William Poromaa became the first man from Sweden to get on a cross-country World Cup podium this season by finishing third, narrowly missing out on silver as he clocked in 0.4 seconds behind Klaebo.But it was Niskanen who claimed glory in his home race, and moved up to third in the overall standings.«To be racing among such a packed stadium and crowds out in the woods was an incredible feeling,» he said after the win.Meanwhile, in the women's 10km race Norwegian Therese Johaug took top spot on the podium.Fresh from picking up a trio of gold medals in Beijing 2022, Johaug edged out Russia's Natalia Nepryaeva to the finish line by 1.2 seconds, setting the fastest time in all three sectors of the race.The home crowd were still given cause to celebrate in the women's race as Krista Pärmäkoski claimed the bronze medal.Despite having to settle for silver the result means Nepryaeva still extends her lead atop the overall standings, now on 973 points, 278 clear of her nearest challenger the American Jessie Diggins.Sportsbeat 2022 Ad/> Beijing 2022Lindholm reveals 'unbearable pain' from frozen penis21/02/2022 AT 16:51 /> Beijing 2022Diggins claims ‘glorious’ silver, immediately collapses in dramatic finish20/02/2022 AT 09:02 Beijing 2022Johaug overcomes wild weather to emerge with third gold of Beijing 2022 in brutal 30km mass start20/02/2022 AT 05:23
Norway I's team of Luraas Oftebro and Joergen Graabak won the team sprint event in the Nordic Combined World Cup in Lahti, Finland, coming back from 43 seconds behind Norway II. The Norwegian pair are fresh from winning Olympic gold, but it was their Beijing teammates in Norway II, Espen Bjoernstad and Espen Andersen who led after the ski jumping, with an incredible 283.5 points.
Russian skiers are not welcome to compete in Norway because of "violations of international law and attacks on the Ukrainian people," the Nordic country's ski federation said Saturday.
U.S. Paralympians departed for the Winter Games on a Delta charter from Los Angeles on Friday, one week before the Opening Ceremony.
Jessie Diggins left everything on the course in the last race of the Olympics. She returns to competition less than a week after that as the cross-country skiing World Cup resumes in Lahti, Finland, live on Peacock this weekend.
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In the last three weeks the Sudbury Sprinters speed skating club has seen its biggest surge of interest in the sport in at least the past three years, said the club's president.