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15/03/2006 - Bjoergen and Fredriksson win in Changchun
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| CHANGCHUN, China (March 15) - Olympian Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) finished third - the first U.S. cross country World Cup podium since 1983 when two other Vermonters were top-3 in a cross country race - as the World Cup made its debut Wednesday night in a 1K freestyle sprint in this Manchurian city of nearly seven million northeast of Beijing. |
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11/03/2006 - Holmenkollen: Soedergren won the men's 50km
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| Anders Soedergren of Sweden won the men's 50km free race in Holmenkollen Norway ahead of Giorgio Di Centa and Tom Reichelt. Soedergren crossed the line in a time of two hours and 10 minutes and 42.5 seconds, 23.1 seconds faster than second placed Di Centa. |
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11/03/2006 - Morgenstern wins in Lillehammer
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| Thomas Morgenstern produced a stunning first-round leap of 138 metres to set up his second-ever World Cup win in Lillehammer on Friday. The Olympic Large Hill champion finished on 289 points, 6.7 ahead of Norway's Bjoern Einar Romoeren, with compatriot Andreas Kofler in third. |
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09/03/2006 - Majdic claims maiden win
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| Slovenian Petra Majdic won the women's sprint in Drammen, Norway beating World No. 2 Beckie Scott to claim her first World Cup victory. Olympic bronze medallist in the 10km Hilde Pedersen (Norway) finished third in the Norwegian resort.
On the men's side Jens Arne Svartedal led a Norwegian 1-2-3-4 in frontt of Borre Naess, Eldar Ronning, and Odd-Bjorn Hjelmeset.
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08/03/2006 - Follis stuns Bjoergen
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| Italy's Arianna Follis earned her first ever World Cup win, edging out favourite Marit Bjoergen in the sprint final in Borlange on Tuesday. In the men's race, Sweden's Thobias Fredriksson ended a two-year spell without a win taking the men's sprint ahead of compatriot Peter Larsson. |
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05/03/2006 - Results of the jump event in Lahti
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| Janne Happonen won his first World Cup event in Lahti, Finland on Sunday. The Finn beat out World Cup overall leader Jakub Janda, who picked up points on the number two World Cup jumper, Janne Ahonen.
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05/03/2006 - Cristina Paluselli wins the Vasaloppet
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| Daniel Tynell of Sweden skied to a home-snow victory in the colossal 90km Vasaloppet race in Mora on Sunday. Tynell powered to the line first after a final sprint against compatriot Jerry Ahrlin to claim his second Vasaloppet title after first winning in it 2002. |
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05/03/2006 - Cristina Paluselli wins the Vasaloppet
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| Daniel Tynell of Sweden skied to a home-snow victory in the colossal 90km Vasaloppet race in Mora on Sunday. Tynell powered to the line first after a final sprint against compatriot Jerry Ahrlin to claim his second Vasaloppet title after first winning in it 2002. |
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04/03/2006 - Austrians still flying
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| Austria beat out Norway to claim the first World Cup event after the Olympics. Thomas Morgenstern and Andreas Kofler led the way as the defending gold medallists continued their dominance. Norway were the closest competitors but the Austrians never looked bothered as they coasted to the victory. |
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04/03/2006 - Bjoergen's back
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| Marit Bjoergen of Norway destroyed the field to win the women's Vasaloppet 45km marathon race in Mora, Sweden on Saturday. After an initial break 5km into the race with compatriot Hilde G Pedersen, Bjoergen turned on the power in the last 10 km to claim the longest race in the women's calendar.
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24/02/2006 - Neumannova conquer the gold medal
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| Resistance, opportunism and power are the qualities which allowed Czech Katerina Neumannova to conquer the gold medal in the free technique, classic rendezvous in the Olympic cross-country skiing programme. |
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22/02/2006 - Crawford and Lind win the Sprint event
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| Bjoern Lind of Sweden won gold on Wednesday after timing his attack to perfection in the men's cross-country 1.4km sprint, while Canadian 22-year old Chandra Crawford largely held off a last-minute charge by Germany's Claudia Kuenzel to claim gold in the women's 1.2km sprint competition. |
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21/02/2006 - Nordic Combined: Gottwald win the sprint event
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| Felix Gottwald of Austria concluded the Olympic Nordic Combined competition with an impressive victory in the large hill 7.5km sprint. Gottwald crossed the line in a time of 18 minutes and 29 seconds, 5 seconds ahead of Norwegian Magnus-H Moan. Georg Hettich claimed bronze 9.6 seconds off the pace.
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19/02/2006 - Italy: Olimpic Champions
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| Italy won their first cross-country skiing gold medal of the Turin Winter Olympics on Sunday when their men triumphed in the 4x10km relay. Pietro Piller Cottrer powered round the third leg to hand Cristian Zorzi a 13-second lead for the last lap. He cruised over the line ahead of Germany and Sweden.
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18/02/2006 - Ski jumping: Austria takes gold and silver
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| Thomas Morgenstern produced a spectacular second-round jump of 140 metres to lead an Austrian one-two on the large hill on Friday. Andreas Kofler - leader at the halfway stage - finished just a tenth of a point behind his compatriot to grab silver, while small hill champion Lars Bystoel took bronze.
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18/02/2006 - Russian relay made of gold
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| Russian Evgenia Medvedeva sprinted to the finish line to claim the women's 4x5km cross-country relay gold on Saturday. Medvedeva crossed the line crossed the line ten seconds ahead of second-placed Claudia Kuenzel for the German team and 11 seconds faster than an impressive Sabina Valbusa of Italy. |
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14/02/2006 - Sweden's cross-country camp enjoyed two gold medals
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| Sweden's cross-country camp enjoyed two gold medals on Tuesday as both the men's and women's team slid to victory in Pragelato. Lina Andersson powered home to give team-mate Anna Dahlberg a well dersevered medal while Lind Bjoern wrapped things up for the men in the last 100 metres. |
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13/02/2006 - Bystoel takes Norway's first gold
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| Lars Bystoel produced a second-round jump of 103.5 metres on the normal hill in Pragelato on Sunday to earn Norway's first gold in Turin. Bystoel - sixth after the first round - finished a point ahead of Finland's Matti Hautamaeki on 266.5 points, while compatriot Roar Ljoekelsoey took bronze. |
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12/02/2006 - Dementiev and Smigun Olimpic Champions
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| Eugeni Dementiev of Russia superbly timed his sprint in the final 100 metres to take Olympic gold in the men's 30km double pursuit on Sunday. Norway's Frode Estil crossed the line for silver despite falling during the mass start and Italian Pietro Piller Cottrer bagged bronze. |
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11/02/2006 - Nordic combined: Hettich "Ueber alles"
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| Georg Hettich held off a late burst from Austria's Felix Gottwald to take gold in the Nordic Combined individual Gundersen on Saturday. The German - who led after the ski jumping section - paced the race perfectly to finish 9.8 seconds ahead of Gottwald, with Magnus Moan of Norway in third. |
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10/02/2006 - Axel Teichmann will miss the Olympic
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| Defending World Cup champion Axel Teichmann will miss the Olympic Games in Turin after undergoing an operation on his thigh due to a leg infection late on Thursday. "Unless a miracle happens, Axel will miss the Games," confirmed the German's national coach Jochen Behle in Pragelato on Friday. |
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10/02/2006 - Tallus produced the best jump in Olympics
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| Finland's Jaakko Tallus produced the best jump in Olympics Nordic combined training on Friday. The Finn soared 106.5 metres on the second of his three leaps during the ski jumping part of the combined 15 km individual Gundersen. |
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06/02/2006 - Finland better than the rest
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| Finland has stormed past the competition in the second day of jumping in Willingen, Germany. Austria took second just in front of Norway. The Finns confirmed their status as favourites in Turin hardly looking troubled as they cruised to a 20 point win |
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06/02/2006 - Kuitunen and Sartedal win in Davos
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| Virpi Kuitunen took first place in Davos, the last World Cup event before the Olympics begin. Canadian, Sara Renner, surprised all by placing second just in front of Slovenian Petra Majdic. Norway's Jens Arne Svartedal beat out Martin Tauber of Austria in the men's 15 km classic |
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17/12/2005 - Angerer and Scott confirm leadership
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| Tobias Angerer won the men's 30km classic mass start race on Saturday as Gemany placed three skiers in the top five places with Jens Filbrich finishing third and a fifth place for Rene Sommerfeldt. Norwegian Frode Estil finished a close second after leading in the last kilometres of the race. |
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11/12/2005 - Germany won the five top spots
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| Germany won the five top spots in the men's 2 x 15km pursuit, with Tobias Angerer winning in 1:17:19, followed by Axel Teichmann, Andreas Schluetter, Jens Filbrich, and Rene Sommerfeldt. Russia's Serguei Novikov was sixth, 5.3 seconds behind, while for Norway, Frode Estil finished seventh.
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11/12/2005 - Kuettel took his second career World Cup win
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| Andreas Kuettel took his second career World Cup win just a week after his first, winning in Harrachov thanks to a phenomenal second jump to put him ahead of Michael Uhrmann and Janne Ahonen. Kuettel went 143.5 metres on his second try, two metres shy of Ahonen's hill record of last year. |
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03/12/2005 - Manninen wins second event of the season
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| Hannu Manninen of Finland cruised to his second World Cup Nordic combined victory of the season on Saturday. Manninen beat runnerup Felix Gottwald of Austria by 1 minute, 18.1 seconds for his 33rd career World Cup win |
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03/12/2005 - Record-breaking Kuettel claims maiden win
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| Andreas Kuettel set a new hill record of 139 metres to win his first World Cup event in Lillehammer, Norway on Saturday. The Swiss finished on 296.2 points - just one tenth of a point - ahead of Czech Jakub Janda, with Norway's Lars Bystoel ending in third after leading at the halfway stage. |
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27/08/2005 - Australians win 2005 Kangaroo Hoppet
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The fifteenth Kangaroo Hoppet, Australia's international ski marathon, was
held today in Falls Creek in north-east Victoria. Australia's Ben Sim
became the first ever junior skier to win the 42km Freestyle event, ahead
of Raul Olle from Estonia and Francois Soulie from France. Clare-Louise
Brumley made it an Australian double, claiming back to back wins in the
women's 42km race. |
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15/08/2005 - Top 2014 Olympics Bids: Austria, Korea
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| Bids from PyeongChang, South Korea, and Salzburg, Austria, hold big leads over five other rivals in the race for the 2014 Olympics, according to the Around the Rings Olympics Bid Power Index. The rating is the first of the campaign by ATR. |
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20/03/2005 - Romoeren broke the Ski Jumping world record
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| Norwegian Bjoern Einar Romoeren broke the Ski Jumping world record on two occasions on Sunday to seal Flying Hill victory over compatriot Roar Ljoekelsoey in the final World Cup event in Planica on Sunday. The 23-year-old from Oslo jumped 234.5 metres in training and 239 metres in the second round |
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20/03/2005 - Norway and Finland win the last 2005 World Cup Relay
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| The Norway I team(Jens Arne Svartedal, Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset, Kristen Skjedal, Tore-Ruud Hofstad) won the 4x10km relay M in Falun on Sunday in 1h35m12s. They beat the Italian team composed of Roland Clara, Valerio Checchi, Pietro Piller Cottrer and Giorgio Di Centa for just 0.4second. |
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19/03/2005 - Hautamaeki won the HS 125 Ski Jumping in Planica
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| Matti Hautamaeki won the HS 125 Ski Jumping World Cup event in Planica on Saturday. Andreas Widhoelzl finished second only 0.1 pt behind. Lying in second place after the first round, the Finn clinched came back from a three point deficit to clinch victory. Bjoern Romoeren finished third. |
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19/03/2005 - Teichmann struggled to finish 7th of a thrilling last race
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| Germany's Axel Teichmann struggled to finish 7th of a thrilling last race of the season to grab the World Cup title ahead of France's Vittoz. The race was outstanding and ended in a massive sprint won by Russia's Yevgeny Dementiev ahead of Tobias Angerer of Germany and Martin Bajcicak of Slovakia! |
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16/03/2005 - Bjoergen and Iverson sealed a Norwegian double victory
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| Marit Bjoergen and Trond Iverson sealed a Norwegian double in the World Cup 1.1km cross-country sprints in Göteborg on Wednesday. Bjoergen coasted to victory over Aino Kaisa Saarinen of Finland, finishing in a time of two minutes 4.3 seconds, while Iverson won the men's race ahead of Keijo Kurttila. |
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13/03/2005 - Hautamaeki's spectacular close-season
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| Matti Hautamaeki's spectacular close-season run continued as the indefatigable Finn made it five consecutive wins at ambient Holmenkollen on Sunday. "High-and-Mighty" showed remarkable consistency as he jumped 127.5m and 128m to see off the challenge from Bjoern Einar Romoeren and Michael Uhrmann. |
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12/03/2005 - Veerpalu and Bjoergen in Holmenkollen
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| For the second time in three years, Estonia's Andrus Veerpalu wins the men's 50km in Holmenkollen. Under the eyes of a huge crowd and the Norwegian royal family, recent world champion Frode Estil could fare no better than seventh in the marathon event of the World Cup circuit. |
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11/03/2005 - Matti Hautamaeki won his fourth event in succession
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| An oustanding Matti Hautamaeki won his fourth event in succession at Lillehammer on Friday, while Finnish compatriot Janne Ahonen retained his overall title after breaking the hill record, but finishing fourth. Hautamaeki topped Norway's Sigurd Pettersen and Lars Bystoel on the podium. |
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09/03/2005 - Hautamaeki made it three world cup victories
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| Matti Hautamaeki made it three world cup victories in a row with an authoritative win in his home-town of Kuopio on Wednesday. The Finn recorded the best jumps in both rounds to beat Norway's Roar Ljoekelsoey and Czech Jakub Janda atop the podium. Compatriot Janne Ahonen disappointed in 12th. |
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09/03/2005 - Hetland and Kuitunen win Dramen sprint
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| Norway's Tor Arne Hetland won the men's sprint classic at home in Drammen, coming from behind to snatch a photo-finish victory at the expense of compatriot Eldar Roenning. Meanwhile, in the women's competition, Finland's Virpi Kuitunen triumphed in an all Finnish-Swedish final. |
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06/03/2005 - Hautamaeki took the individual event in Lahti
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| The Finns came in their hoards to see Lahti's favourite son Janne Ahonen do the business on Sunday but it was compatriot Matti Hautamaeki who delivered the goods. With lofty jumps of 127.5m and 124.5m Hautamaeki took the individual event just one point ahead of Roar Ljoekelsoey of Norway.
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05/03/2005 - Norway supreme in Lahti
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| With all eight jumps over 120-metres, a Roar Ljoekelsoey-inspired Norway led from start to finish to take the team event at the 80th annual Lahti Games on Saturday. The rusurgent Norwegians won with 1013.7 points, with Finland coming second on 968.7 and Austria finishing third on 965.8. |
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27/02/2005 - Ackermann grabed second individual gold medal
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| Germany's Ronny Ackermann grabed second individual gold medal in Oberstdorf winning the 7.5km sprint race in a time of 20'15"06. Ackermann lied second going into the cross-country leg and beat Norway's duo Magnus Moan who came in second followed by Kristian Hammer. |
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26/02/2005 - Austria dominates Team jumping competition
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| Martin Hoellwarth's Austria made it a world championship team event clean-sweep on Sunday by taking the High Hill competition ahead of resurgent Finland and Norway. After a hesitant start, the Austrian's took the competition by the scruff of its neck, leading after each of the four 2nd round legs.
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26/02/2005 - Bjoergen won her fifth medal
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| Norway's Marit Bjoergen won her fifth medal of the World Championships on Saturday skiing imperiously to take gold in the 30km mass start. The 24-year old finished ahead of Virpi Kuitunen of Finland and 10.3 over Russia's Natalia Baranova.
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24/02/2005 - Norway takes gold at the Oberstdorf Relay
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| Norway glided to gold at the Oberstdorf cross-country skiing World Championships Thursday. Tore Ruud Hofstad anchored the team's winning 4 x 10km relay effort, as World Cup leader Axel Teichmann put in a torrid finish-line sprint to steal silver for Germany. Russia brought in the bronze.
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23/02/2005 - Norway glided to the Nordic Combined team title
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| Norway glided to the Nordic Combined team title at the Oberstdorf World Championships Wednesday, leaping to the lead after the morning's ski jumping sequence before holding off a rabid charge by Team Germany in the decisive cross-country leg. |
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22/02/2005 - FIS ponders
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| Organisers at the world ski federation are discussing the launch of a "Tour de Ski" in 2007 that would visit Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. "We're looking for the Lance Armstrong of cross-country skiing," FIS Race Director Jörg Capol told the German news agency SID.
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20/02/2005 - Vittoz recorded the most sweet victory of his career
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| France's Vincent Vittoz recorded the most sweet victory of his career as he soared to take the cross-country double pursuit gold at the Nordic skiing world championships at Oberstdorf. The Frenchman's victory comes less than two weeks after being cleared in an unfortunate doping case. |
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18/02/2005 - Ackermann wins the first German gold medal in Oberstdorf
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| Germany's Nordic Combined competitors have finally given their home fans something to cheer about after Ronny Ackermann stormed to victory in the men's HS100 and 15km event on Friday. Ackermann won gold ahead of compatritot Bjoern Kircheisen with Felix Gottwald of Austria taking bronze. |
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12/02/2005 - Austria won the team event at wind-swept Pragelato
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| Austria won the team event at wind-swept Pragelato after adverse weather conditions brought an early wrap before the second round. Slovenia came second while Germany took third, but the main concern will be the state of the Olympic venue, 363 days before the Winter Games. |
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06/02/2005 - Norwegian Roar Ljoekelsoey won the HS134
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| With jumps of 137.5 metres and 137 metres, Norwegian Roar Ljoekelsoey won the HS134 large hill competition in Sapporo on Sunday to lie 448 points behind World Cup leader Janne Ahonen of Finland, who was absent from the weekend's competition. |
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05/02/2005 - Funaki wins in Sapporo
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| Kazuyoshi Funaki first jump of 82 metres in Sapporo would have placed him 38th out of 41 competitors on Saturday. However, adverse weather condition forced race officials to allow the Japanese and two other jumpers to re-take their first round attempt in the HS134 World Cup discipline. |
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04/02/2005 - Ski Jumping: from Poland to Japan
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| From Poland to Japan: the World Cup ski jumping circuit flies over to Asia for this weekend's meeting at Sapporo! The big names might have opted out, but the competition still looks hot, with pint-sized home hero Daiki Ito set to fight it out with Jussilainen and Ljoekelsoey for the spoils. |
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22/01/2005 - Back to business for Ahonen
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| It was business as usual for Janne Ahonen with the Finn returning from illness to win at Titisee-Neustadt ahead of Jakub Janda and Thomas Morgenstern. The World Cup standings leader cleared up with jumps of 142m and 138m, finishing with 283.5 points, two points clear of his Czech rival. |
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