Johaug

Johaug had just one Olympic gold medal won as part of the Norwegian relay team at the 2010 Vancouver Games and 14 world championship wins but the last piece of the puzzle did not fall into. Johaug led the 65-skier pack through most of the race crossing the finish line a full 30 seconds after both Nepryaeva and Stadlober who finished within a second of each other.

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Jessie Diggins entered the womens 10km individual competition after her historic bronze medal win.

. Russian athlete Natalia Nepryaeva the current overall World Cup leader pulled away from the group on the last climb to take silver 302 seconds behind Johaug. Nepryaeva is competing in her second Olympics. She won bronze in a relay race at the.

Johaug lead through the first skate lap opened a gap on the second lap and crossed the line with a comfortable lead. On Thursday Johaug clocked a time of. Having waited out the ban the skier has returned to win two out of three races in Beijing.

As she watched others come in with slower times realizing the gold was hers she shouted and howled throwing her head back. Johaug explained that the prohibited substance accidentally entered her body after she used a lip cream without reading its ingredients. Johaug missed the 2018 Olympics due to a ban after anabolic steroids were found in a doping probe.

Johaug glided around the cold windy course in 28 minutes 63 seconds. Feb 9 2022 Feb 9 2022 Updated Feb 10 2022. Can Diggins hold off Norways Johaug in the 10km.

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