Norway's Northug wins men's 50km cross country skiing

Norway's Northug wins men's 50km cross country skiing

WHISTLER, Canada - Norway's Petter Northug (L) wins the gold medal in the men's 50 kilometers mass start classic event in cross country at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, north of Vancouver, on Feb. 28, 2010, beating Germany's Axel Teichmann (R). Teichmann won the silver and Sweden's Johan Olsson took the bronze. (Kyodo)

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