Therese Johaug triumphs in the Finals and won the World Cup!

Therese Johaug not only contains but actually increases the advantage of Marit Bjoergen winning the Finals in Falun and, above all, his first overall World Cup.

Sunday 16 March 2014 5 minutes reading time

Just two of the ten kilometers of the chase today to find out how it would end: Bjoergen recover nothing to Johaug, hammering a furious pace that allows it in the second half of the race even increase the advantage over rival, winning the stage, the final classification of the multistage test that ended the season, and the crystal ball. Deserved result for the twenty-five RÃ¸ros, although it is important to remember as if it had not been sick Bjoergen after three stages of the Tour de Ski, he took home well more than the 47 points that divide these two champions. However, with ifs and buts do not make history and Johaug beat Bjoergen in the field in these finals, thus legitimizing the outcome of the World Cup more exciting and uncertain of the last ten years. The greatest distance runner of all time, while batting, he shows great class even outside the door, going to congratulate you with the first half that prevented him from winning the fourth crystal ball and touch the 100 career victories, goal, however, only delayed by a few months because Bjoergen will probably continue until the Olympics in Pyeongchang. The triumph Norwegian is completed by the third place of Heidi Weng, good reach Kerttu Niskanen and beat them in the sprint. Fifth place for a Charlotte Kalla also appeared today in the form of declining net, while the positions between the sixth and tenth were decided by a long sprint won by Ingvild Flugstad Ostberg front of Yulia Tchekaleva, Emma Wiken, Kristin Steira and Eve Vrabcova - Vyvltova. The only blue in the race, Gaia Vuerich, decided not to go because staccatissima the points and, more importantly, is not suitable for an environment of today's race. Therese Johaug thus winning the World Cup 2013-14 with 1545 points, compared to 1498 Marit Bjoergen. The dictatorship was completed at the Norwegian Astrid Jacobsen, despite the withdrawal third in yesterday's race that has prevented it from winning points in the Finals. For Jacobsen is a podium that crowns his best season in his career, though marred by the loss of his brother on the eve of the Olympics and the frightening fall suffered during the 30 km Oslo. Norway also square Heidi Weng in fourth place, with a poker in the World Cup Cross Country Skiing Women's happened twice more, shown here. 1984/85 NORWAY (1. BÃ˜ Anette, 2. NYKKELMO Grete, 3. PETTERSEN Britt, 4. AUNLI Berit) 1994/95 RUSSIA (1. VAELBE Elena, 2. GAVRILJUK Nina, 3. Lazutina Larissa, 4. Olga Danilova ) Even Russia it stood five of the top five, considering Olga Savialova fifth. FINAL FALUN FEMALE - OVERALL FINAL 1. JOHAUG Therese (NOR) 24:25.5 2. Marit Bjoergen (NOR) 3 +29.2. WENG Heidi (NOR) +1:52.4 4. Kerttu Niskanen (FIN) +1:52.9 5. KALLA Charlotte (SWE) +2:16.3 The complete ranking Click here for the final overall standings of the World Cup Cross Country Skiing Women

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