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Updated at 3:25 a.m., Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Skiing: Hattestad wins men's sprint at Nordic worlds

Associated Press

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Norway's gold medal winner Ola Vigen Hattestad skis on the home straight ahead of the pack during the Men's Sprint Free race at the Cross Country competitions of the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic.

MATTHIAS SCHRADER | Associated Press

LIBEREC, Czech Republic — Ola Vigen Hattestad won the men's cross-country sprint Tuesday at the Nordic skiing world championships.

Hattestad led for much of the race and held off Norwegian teammate Johan Kjoelstad in the sprint to the finish. Hattestad won in 3 minutes, 0.8 seconds to beat Kjoelstad by 0.4 seconds. Nikolay Morilov of Russia took bronze.

Hattestad has dominated the World Cup sprint events this season and was heavily favored to take the gold. It was his first world title.

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