OSLO XC World Cup - 50 km skating M/ 30 km skating W

The dream of many XC skiers has come true for Valentina Schevchenko and Anders Soedergren : they both won the mythic Holmenkollen World Cup , in spite of very tough conditions : rain, slow snow... Valentina really deserved this victory for she made an excellent season, always being well placed.
Congratulations also to Charlotte Kalla who hardly recovered from her Tour de ski but finally took the 2nd place, and Therese Johaug, 4th place. That good result in front of her Norwegian public was very important to her.

Anders Soedergren made a magnificient race, finishing 3 minutes ahead of the 2nd, Lukas Bauer.
Emmanuel Jonnier, on Salomon skis, took the 6th place. Another very good place to

NOTA : On the women race, the 4 best competitors were running on SNS binding system.