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By then World Cup leader Natalya Nepryaeva representing the Russian Olympic Committee had long since departed gliding off the course and giving up. Norways Therese Johaug celebrates after winning the Cross-Country Skiing Womens 75km 75km Skiathlon at the National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou North Chinas Hebei province.
Rosie Brennan Krista Parmakoski and Niskanen were about seven seconds behind but the gap grew.
. Russian athlete Natalia Nepryaeva the current overall World Cup leader pulled away from the group on the last climb to take the silver. Norways Therese Johaug won the first gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Saturday storming ahead of the competition in the womens 75km-plus-75km skiathlon cross-country skiing. Therese Johaugs stunning gold medal performances in the skiathlon and 10 km classic races have prompted Norway to consider bringing her into their sprint team to bolster their chances of winning.
ZHANGJIAKOU China Norways Therese Johaug powered to victory in the final race of her Olympic career winning the womens 30km freestyle mass start in. ZHANGJIAKOU China AP Therese Johaug of Norway wins 1st gold medal of Beijing Olympics in womens cross-country skiathlon. Johaug missed the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang due to a doping suspension and Sunday represents the last chance to add to her collection of Olympic medals which also includes a silver and a bronze.
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Teresa Stadlober of Austria followed just behind for the bronze medal. At the first check point at 29 kilometers Johaug Diggins Ebba Andersson of Sweden and Delphine Claudel of France created a gap. Johaugs lead over Diggins was soon up to 27 seconds and she pressed on relentlessly occasionally looking behind her but only seeing the snow being whipped across the course by the brisk freezing wind.
Johaug the clear favourite ahead of the event finished the course in 44min 137sec to take what is expected to be the first of many cross-country. Norways Therese Johaug won her second gold medal of the Beijing Games taking the 10-kilometer cross-country race in 28 minutes 63 seconds on Thursday. Jessie Diggins record-breaking Olympics continued in the womens 30km mass start race on Saturday night where she captured silver second to only Therese Johaug of Norway.
Johaug fought wind and frigid temperatures to win by skiing away from a chase group of four. Johaug pushed the pace on the first lap creating a long string of single skiers snaking around the corners and downhills. The drama ensued after.
The skiathlon was a mass-start race that began with 75.
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