Nordic Skiing: Olsson wins opening men's race

Nordic Skiing: Olsson wins opening men's race
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Summary Johan Olsson won the 15 kilometres freestyle opening men's Nordic Skiing World Cup race.

Swedens Johan Olsson won the opening mens Nordic Skiing World Cup race here on Saturday, the 15 kilometres freestyle.The 31-year-old - a 2010 Olympic bronze medallist in the 30km pursuit - won in a time of 32min 40.9sec, 31.2sec ahead of triple world champion Petter Northug of Norway while Italian Roland Clara was third 0.2sec further behind.