Northug claims 50k in final race of World Championships
Russian Maxim Vylegzhanin just had no answer and Petter Northug pulled away entering Holmenkollen stadium enroute to the 50k mass start gold medal at Oslo Sunday (March 6). It was the third gold medal of the championships for Northug and he was joined on the podium by fellow Norwegian Tord Asle Gjerdalen as he took bronze.
It was the ideal wind-up for a World Championships that saw 35,000 people camping in the woods along race trails, 650,000 at nightly awards ceremonies and 270,000 tickets sold. Norway loves it’s nordic sports.
Northug put the frosting on the cake with his charge to the finish that the Russian couldn’t match.
Said FIS President Gian Franco Kasper, “The atmosphere at the new Holmenkollen National Arena was simply unforgettable. Besides the success of the host nation Norway that led the medals table, from an international perspective it is important to have a broad distribution of medals. With 12 nations winning a medal at Oslo 2011, FIS can be pleased about the development of our Nordic disciplines and especially with the progress of ladies’ Ski Jumping.”
The 50k was highly strategic with a relatively slow pace early. The first significant attack didn’t come until the 35k mark. In the final lap Finland’s Juha Lalluka launched an attack but was quickly reeled in by a group of five skiers, the medal winners, Sergei Dolidovich and Petter Eliassen.
Vylegzhanin led entering the stadium on the final leg, but on that final uphill, as he had in the relay, Northug attacked and the Russian could not meet the charge.
“This 50k race has been in my mind every hour of the last year,” said Northug. “Winning this race feels like a heavy burden has been lifted off my back. During the race, everything was just right and the audience lifted my spirit.”
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Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Time | FIS Points |
1 | 4 | 3420239 | NORTHUG Petter jr. | 1986 | NOR | 2:08:09.0 | 0.00 |
2 | 6 | 3480013 | VYLEGZHANIN Maxim | 1982 | RUS | 2:08:10.7 | 0.31 |
3 | 15 | 3420023 | GJERDALEN Tord Asle | 1983 | NOR | 2:08:15.3 | 1.15 |
4 | 34 | 3420605 | ROETHE Sjur | 1988 | NOR | 2:08:17.0 | 1.46 |
5 | 14 | 3100110 | HARVEY Alex | 1988 | CAN | 2:08:17.2 | 1.49 |
6 | 19 | 1178162 | ANGERER Tobias | 1977 | GER | 2:08:17.2 | 1.49 |
7 | 2 | 3500015 | RICKARDSSON Daniel | 1982 | SWE | 2:08:17.5 | 1.55 |
8 | 38 | 1292234 | LALLUKKA Juha | 1979 | FIN | 2:08:19.4 | 1.89 |
9 | 11 | 1067291 | DI CENTA Giorgio | 1972 | ITA | 2:08:33.9 | 4.53 |
10 | 37 | 1125588 | DOLIDOVICH Sergei | 1973 | BLR | 2:08:35.9 | 4.90 |
11 | 33 | 3420280 | ELIASSEN Petter | 1985 | NOR | 2:08:36.9 | 5.08 |
12 | 8 | 3480314 | CHERNOUSOV Ilia | 1986 | RUS | 2:08:40.5 | 5.74 |
13 | 3 | 1217350 | BAUER Lukas | 1977 | CZE | 2:08:41.1 | 5.84 |
14 | 16 | 1248293 | SOEDERGREN Anders | 1977 | SWE | 2:08:41.5 | 5.92 |
15 | 5 | 3500139 | HELLNER Marcus | 1985 | SWE | 2:08:47.4 | 6.99 |
16 | 20 | 1283892 | OLSSON Johan | 1980 | SWE | 2:08:47.4 | 6.99 |
17 | 22 | 3100190 | BABIKOV Ivan | 1980 | CAN | 2:08:59.2 | 9.14 |
18 | 17 | 3200015 | REICHELT Tom | 1982 | GER | 2:09:31.2 | 14.97 |
19 | 21 | 1139459 | PILLER COTTRER Pietro | 1974 | ITA | 2:09:31.5 | 15.02 |
20 | 1 | 3510023 | COLOGNA Dario | 1986 | SUI | 2:09:58.7 | 19.97 |
21 | 31 | 1297957 | MORIGGL Thomas | 1981 | ITA | 2:10:18.6 | 23.60 |
22 | 18 | 1100077 | VITTOZ Vincent | 1975 | FRA | 2:10:40.9 | 27.66 |
23 | 36 | 1175058 | KOUKAL Martin | 1978 | CZE | 2:10:45.7 | 28.53 |
24 | 12 | 3420228 | JOHNSRUD SUNDBY Martin | 1984 | NOR | 2:11:12.0 | 33.32 |
25 | 28 | 1106867 | BAJCICAK Martin | 1976 | SVK | 2:11:25.1 | 35.71 |
26 | 25 | 3180054 | NOUSIAINEN Ville | 1983 | FIN | 2:11:31.3 | 36.83 |
27 | 35 | 3200001 | GOERING Franz | 1984 | GER | 2:11:49.4 | 40.13 |
28 | 10 | 3290016 | CLARA Roland | 1982 | ITA | 2:12:00.8 | 42.21 |
29 | 23 | 3480440 | GLAVATSKIKH Konstantin | 1985 | RUS | 2:12:46.0 | 50.44 |
30 | 43 | 3530489 | HOFFMAN Noah | 1989 | USA | 2:12:47.7 | 50.75 |
31 | 45 | 1292331 | SIMILAE Tero | 1980 | FIN | 2:13:28.3 | 58.14 |
32 | 46 | 1323468 | REHEMAA Aivar | 1982 | EST | 2:13:28.4 | 58.16 |
33 | 29 | 3190029 | DUVILLARD Robin | 1983 | FRA | 2:13:29.9 | 58.43 |
34 | 27 | 3200229 | TSCHARNKE Tim | 1989 | GER | 2:14:07.3 | 65.24 |
35 | 48 | 1218902 | KATTILAKOSKI Teemu | 1977 | FIN | 2:14:56.6 | 74.22 |
36 | 26 | 3300190 | YOSHIDA Keishin | 1987 | JPN | 2:15:27.3 | 79.80 |
37 | 30 | 1363141 | FISCHER Remo | 1981 | SUI | 2:15:29.3 | 80.17 |
38 | 50 | 3670006 | CHEREPANOV Sergey | 1986 | KAZ | 2:15:42.0 | 82.48 |
39 | 39 | 1196883 | FLORA Lars | 1978 | USA | 2:15:42.4 | 82.55 |
40 | 44 | 3530492 | ELLIOTT Tad | 1988 | USA | 2:15:45.8 | 83.17 |
41 | 24 | 3480081 | SHIRIAEV Sergey | 1983 | RUS | 2:15:55.6 | 84.96 |
42 | 62 | 3390074 | VAHTRA Eeri | 1988 | EST | 2:16:11.4 | 87.83 |
43 | 41 | 1175155 | MAGAL Jiri | 1977 | CZE | 2:17:08.9 | 98.30 |
44 | 9 | 1362947 | PERL Curdin | 1984 | SUI | 2:17:27.0 | 101.60 |
45 | 13 | 3190111 | MANIFICAT Maurice | 1986 | FRA | 2:17:36.6 | 103.35 |
46 | 56 | 1311925 | VILARRUBLA Vicenc | 1981 | SPA | 2:18:11.2 | 109.65 |
47 | 40 | 1282728 | PINTER Juergen | 1979 | AUT | 2:18:19.8 | 111.21 |
48 | 65 | 3050159 | TRITSCHER Bernhard | 1988 | AUT | 2:19:00.7 | 118.66 |
49 | 47 | 3390103 | TAMMJARV Karel | 1989 | EST | 2:20:01.1 | 129.66 |
50 | 51 | 3660065 | SEMENOV Michail | 1986 | BLR | 2:20:01.4 | 129.71 |
51 | 84 | 3530190 | DEMONG Billy | 1980 | USA | 2:20:06.9 | 130.71 |
52 | 60 | 3670017 | MATVIYENKO Gennadiy | 1988 | KAZ | 2:20:12.6 | 131.75 |
53 | 71 | 3670032 | AKHMADIYEV Yerdos | 1985 | KAZ | 2:20:13.0 | 131.82 |
54 | 58 | 1233452 | RUIZ Diego | 1977 | SPA | 2:21:00.1 | 140.40 |
55 | 32 | 1362656 | LIVERS Toni | 1983 | SUI | 2:21:12.2 | 142.60 |
56 | 42 | 3300021 | NARUSE Nobu | 1984 | JPN | 2:22:16.6 | 154.33 |
57 | 66 | 3490032 | ROJO Ioseba | 1988 | SPA | 2:23:00.1 | 162.25 |
58 | 53 | 3490026 | GUTIERREZ Javier | 1985 | SPA | 2:23:07.4 | 163.58 |
59 | 49 | 3220002 | MUSGRAVE Andrew | 1990 | GBR | 2:23:54.5 | 172.16 |
60 | 63 | 3050172 | GRADER Thomas | 1989 | AUT | 2:24:18.2 | 176.47 |
61 | 67 | 3690023 | SHVIDKIY Oleksiy | 1986 | UKR | 2:25:04.7 | 184.94 |
62 | 76 | 3410002 | KOONS Benjamin | 1986 | NZE | 2:26:54.2 | 204.87 |
63 | 55 | 3040011 | SIM Ben | 1985 | AUS | 2:28:16.2 | 219.80 |
64 | 54 | 3050098 | DUERR Johannes | 1987 | AUT | 2:30:05.1 | 239.63 |
65 | 64 | 3690014 | BILOSYUK Ivan | 1984 | UKR | 2:30:10.5 | 240.62 |
66 | 68 | 3040080 | WATSON Callum | 1989 | AUS | 2:30:43.9 | 246.70 |
67 | 78 | 3550001 | ZIMELIS Raivis | 1976 | LAT | 2:31:05.8 | 250.69 |
68 | 69 | 3020000 | SOULIE Francois | 1978 | AND | 2:32:33.7 | 266.69 |
69 | 72 | 1291070 | THOR OLSEN Jonas | 1978 | DAN | 2:36:06.1 | 305.36 |
Lapped | |||||||
70 | 73 | 3170013 | MOELGAARD Asger Fischer | 1983 | DAN | ||
71 | 70 | 3550066 | LIEPINS Arvis | 1990 | LAT | ||
72 | 75 | 3040037 | WATSON Ewan | 1987 | AUS | ||
73 | 74 | 3040001 | DARLINGTON Chris | 1982 | AUS | ||
74 | 79 | 3550098 | RIBAKOVS Pavels | 1989 | LAT | ||
75 | 77 | 3170012 | HULGAARD Jens | 1989 | DAN | ||
76 | 80 | 3220013 | PLATT Simon James | 1989 | GBR | ||
77 | 81 | 3550061 | TETERIS Janis | 1975 | LAT | ||
78 | 82 | 3080013 | LUTZ Leandro | 1982 | BRA | ||
79 | 83 | 3920002 | BAENA Cesar | 1986 | VEN | ||
Did not start | |||||||
85 | 3920005 | BAENA Bernardo | 1990 | VEN | |||
59 | 3660013 | LASUTKIN Alexander | 1983 | BLR | |||
52 | 3150000 | NOVAK Petr | 1982 | CZE | |||
Did not finish | |||||||
61 | 3670049 | VOLOTKA Denis | 1985 | KAZ | |||
57 | 3300209 | KIMURA Masaya | 1986 | JPN | |||
7 | 1345875 | GAILLARD Jean Marc | 1980 | FRA |