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For Therese Johaug it was the perfect start into the Olympic Winter Games. Johaug wins first gold medal of 2022 Winter Games.

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BEIJING Norwegian cross-country skier Therese Johaug won the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday and hosts China claimed a thrilling victory as sport moved centre stage after a troubled build-upJohaug was a comfortable winner of the womens 75-plus-75-kilometre skiathlonThe 33-year-old who was ruled out of the 2018 Winter Games after.

. Johaug took bronze in that race behind gold medalist Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland and silver medalist Charlotte Kalla of Sweden. Im just so thankful for the awesome skis and a chance to just practice that power striding Diggins said. Johaug lead through the first skate lap opened a gap on the second lap and crossed the line with a comfortable lead.

Therese Johaug won the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday finishing first in the womens 15-kilometer cross-country skiathlon. Jessie Diggins an American who earned bronze in the sprint race finished in eighth place on Thursday. While the 10km race is shorter.

This was a great-feeling. The Norwegian fought wind and frigid temperatures to ski away from a chase group of four winning in 44 minutes 137 seconds. 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.

Johaug has been the shining light of Norways cross-country squad so far dominating in the skiathlon and winning a thrilling 10 km race by 04 seconds but so far the rest of the team has not. The 33 year-old Norwegian has been dominating the Distance competitions in Cross-Country skiing in the past years and has won every possible title along the way except Olympic Gold. Johaug crossed the line with a time of 44137 and Diggins finished at 45042 in sixth.

Nepryeva will join Diggins and Johaug in the 10km competition. With an outstanding persistence Therese Johaug paced the way for the 65 athletes right from the. Russian athlete Natalia Nepryaeva the current overall.

Russian athlete Natalia Nepryaeva the. The womens 10km classical spans over 6 miles and will test Diggins ability to recover mentally and physically after her win on Tuesday. ZHANGJIAKOU China AP Therese Johaug of Norway wins 1st gold medal of Beijing Olympics in womens cross-country skiathlon.

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