Northug claims 50k in final race of World Championships

By Published On: March 6th, 2011Comments Off on 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.”

Place   Oslo (NOR)   Discipline   50 km F Mst
Date   06.03.2011   Category   World Ski Championships
Race codex   2127   Gender   M
Valid for FIS Points   NO – Waiting reports   TD Name   Pekk Tiit (EST)
       
  

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     

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About the Author: Hank McKee

In memoriam: The veteran of the staff, McKee started with Ski Racing in 1980. Over the seasons, he covered virtually every aspect of the sport, from the pro tours to junior racing, freestyle and World Cup alpine competition. He wrote the first national stories for many U.S. team stars, and was still around to report on their retirements. “Longevity has its rewards,” he said, “but it’s a slow process.”