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May 26, 2012
Sweden's Jönsson wins cross-country World Cup
Published: 5 Dec 10 09:39 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/30618/20101205/
Sweden's Emil Jönsson won his sixth title on the World Cup circuit on Saturday when he crossed the line first in the cross-country freestyle sprint final in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Favourite Alexei Petukhov of Russia, who won a bronze medal at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games for the team sprint, came fourth. Norway's Ole Vigen Hattestad, who won the overall World Cup titles in 2008 and 2009, was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
The results of the World Cup event here will have no impact on the overall standings as none of the top three - Russia's Alexander Legkov, Switzerland's Dario Cologna and Sweden's Marcus Hellner - raced in Düsseldorf.
The trio will all race next weekend in Davos, Switzerland, where they will be joined by world number one Petter Nothurg of Norway.
The double Olympic cross-country champion, 24, blamed fatigue when he pulled out of the first two events of the season in Gällivare in northern Sweden and Kuusamo, Finland. Northug is also the reigning World Cup champion.
Sweden's male cross-country skiers won two golds and two bronzes of the country's 11-medal haul at the Vancouver Olympics.
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