Received from NTB at 14:50.
Lillehammer (NTB): Cross-Country Pursuit Men, 10 km Classic (Thursday) and 15 km Free Saturday: Estimated 90000 spectators. Gold: Bjørn Dæhlie, Norway 1.00.08,8 (24.20,0-35.48,8), Silver: Vladmir Smirnov, Kazakstan 29,2 secs behind (24.38,0-36.00,0), Bronze: Silvio Fauner, Italy 1.39,8 (25.08,0-36.40,6), 4) Mika Myllylä, Finland 1.47,1 (25.05,0-36.50,9), 5) Mikhail Botvinov, Russia 1.49,0 (24.58,0-36.59,8), 6) Jari Räsänen, Finland 1.54,9 (25.31,0-36.32,7), 7) Sture Sivertsen, Norway 2.00,9 (24.59,0-37.10,7), 8) Johann Mühlegg, Germany 2.22,4 (25.50,0-36.41,2), 9) Giorgio Vanzetta, Italy 2.22,8 (25.48,0-36.43,6), 10) Marco Albarello, Italy 2.25,3 (24.42,0-37.52,1), 11) Alois Stadlober, Austria 2.48,3 (25.25,0-37.32,1), 12) Aleksej Prokurorov, Russia 2.59,0 (25.55,0-37.12,8), 13) Jeremias Wigger, Switzerland 2.59,1 (25.55,0-37.12,9), 14) Jochen Behle, Germany 3.23,3 (25.29,0-38.03,1), 15) Jan Ottosson, Sweden 3.23,6 (25.47,0-37.45,4), 16) Andrej Kirillov, Russia 3.50,9 (25.41,0-38.18,7), 17) Vladimir Legotin, Russia 3.51,3 (25.52,0-38.08,1), 18) Kazunari Sasaki, Japan 3.51,7 (26.12,0-37.48,5), 19) Nikolaj Ivanov, Kazakstan 4.01,7 (25.48,0-38.22,5), 20) Patrick Remy, France 4.11,7 (25.57,0-38.23,5), 21) Vjatsjeslav Plaksunov, Belarus 4.26,4 (27.12,0-37.23,2), 22) Fulvio Valbusa, Italy 4.27,5 (26.26,0-38.10,3), 23) Christer Majbäck, Sweden 4.33,7 (25.55,0-38.47,5), 24) Lubomir Buchta, Czech Republic 4.45,2 (26.17,0-38.37,0), 25) Elmo Kassin, Estonia 4.46,1 (26.40,0-38.14,9), 26) Pavel Rijabinin, Kazakstan 4.56,8 (26.41,0-38.24,6), 27) Mitsuo Horigome, Japan 4.58,2 (26.36,0-38.31,0), 28) Juan Jesus Gutierrez, Spain 5.11,2 (27.06,0-38.14,0), 29) Philippe Sanchez, France 5.23,0 (26.47,0-38.44,8), 30) Hans Diethelm, Switzerland 5.23,6 (27.03,0-38.29,4), 31) Andrej Nevsorov, Kazakstan 5.24,1 (26.45,0-38.47,9), 32) Carlos Vicente, Spain 5.24,5 (27.01,0-38.32,3), 33) John Aalberg, USA 5.24,6 (27.02,0-38.31,4), 34) Ivan Batory, Slovakia 5.25,5 (26.58,0-38.36,3), 35) Janko Neuber, Germany 5.30,8 (27.27,0-38.12,6), 36) Pavel Benc, Czech Republic 5.35,3 (27.38,0-38.06,1), 37) Vaclav Korunka, Czech Republic 5.53,2 (27.22,0-38.40,0), 38) Torald Rein, Germany 5.53,5 (26.38,0-39.24,3), 39) Markus Hasler, Liechtenstein 5.56,6 (27.17,0-38.48,4), 40) Jaak Mae, Estonia 5.57,2 (26.42,0-39.24,0), 41) Todd Boonstra, USA 5.58,3 (26.56,0-39.11,1), 42) Hiroyuki Imai, Japan 6.11,0 (26.48,0-39.31,8), 43) Ben Husaby, USA 6.27,1 (27.11,0-39.24,9), 44) Sinisa Vukonic, Croatia 6.36,5 (27.17,0-39.28,3), 45) Luke Bodensteiner, USA 6.44,2 (27.22,0-39.31,0), 46) Igor Obukhov, Belarus 6.44,7 (27.29,0-39.24,5), 47) Jordi Ribo, Spain 6.58,8 (27.21,0-39.46,6), 48) Ricardas Panavas, Lithuania 7.03,7 (26.46,0-40.26,5), 49) Daniel Jakobsson, Iceland 7.08,2 (27.09,0-40.08,0), 50) Michael Binzer, Denmark 7.08,3 (27.43,0-39.34,1), 51) Sergej Dolidovitsj, Belarus 7.21,7 (28.02,0-39.28,5), 52) Dany Bouchard, Canada 7.24,4 (27.09,0-40.24,2), 53) Cedric Vallet, France 7.35,7 (27.30,0-40.14,5), 54) Masaaki Kozu, Japan 7.41,3 (28.20,0-39.30,1), 55) Andrus Veerpalu, Estonia 8.07,3 (26.45,0-41.31,1), 56) Wilhelm Aschwanden, Switzerland 8.08,6 (27.27,0-40.50,4), 57) Anthony Evans, Australia 8.14,1 (27.09,0-41.13,9), 58) Martin Petrasek, Czech Republic 8.15,0 (28.10,0-40.13,8), 59) Elemer-Gyorgy Tanko, Romania 8.38,3 (28.30,0-40.17,1), 60) Slavtsjo Todorov Batnikov, Bulgaria 8.38,7 (28.02,0-40.45,5), 61) Ebbe Hartz, Denmark 8.44,0 (27.36,0-41.16,8), 62) Zsolt Antal, Romania 8.55,4 (29.13,0-39.51,2), 63) David Martin Belam, United Kingdom 9.09,0 (28.00,0-41.17,8), 64) Stefan Kunz, Liechtenstein 9.10,8 (28.44,0-40.35,6), 65) Park Byung-Chul, South-Korea 9.47,5 (28.47,0-41.09,3), 66) Mark Gray, Australia 9.52,3 (27.54,0-42.07,1), 67) Iskren Milkov Plankov, Bulgaria 10.43,7 (28.39,0-42.13,5), 68) An Jin-Soo, South-Korea 11,07,3 (28.42,0-42.34,1), 69) Røgnvaldur Ingthorsson, Iceland 11.07,4 (28.51,0-42.25,2), 70) Petar Georgijev Sografov, Bulgaria 11.33,4 (29.49,0-41.53,2), 71) Antonijo Racki, Croatia 12.30,0 (28.58,0-43.40,8), 72) Janis Hermanis, Latvia 15.08,7 (30.57,0-44.20,5), 73) Nikos Anastassiadis, Greece 15.35,1 (31.00,0-44.43,9), 74) Bekim Babic, Bosnia-Hercegovina 17.34,8 (30.44,0-46.59,6). Non-starters: Vegard Ulvang, Norway, Harri Kirvesniemi, Finland, Jari Isometsä, Finland, Thomas Alsgaard, Norway, Torgny Mogren, Sweden, Viktor Kamotski, Belarus, Niklas Jonsson, Sweden, Giachem Guidon, Switzerland, Stephane Azambre, France, Khristos Titas, Greece, Mithat Yildirim, Turkey, Rusiate Rogoyawa, iji. Did not finish: Urmas Välbe, Estonia, Nikos Kalofiris, Greece.
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