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Svard And Lind Best In The Swedish Vasaloppet
Oscar Svard of Sweden won the Swedish Vasaloppet on Sunday ahead of Martin Larsson also of Sweden. Norwegian Jorgen Aukland was third. 
Oscar Svard Sofia Lind of Sweden won the women’s race ahead of Ulrika Persson, Sweden and Christina Paluselli of Italy. Raul Olle had a 2-minutes lead halfway in the race, but the main group caught him again. There were 20 skiers in the lead group toward the end, but half of them got tangled up crossing the last bridge before the finish sprint started. Among the skiers that tangled were Daniel Tynell and Stanislav Rezak. Oscar Svard was ahead when the last kilometer started and collected his second Vasaloppet victory. 
Photo from Oscar Svard's 2003 Vasaloppet win Jorgen Aukland has a second and third from previous Vasloppet races - It’s not much to say. I wasn’t strong enough at the end. I was incredibly tired toward the end and was only trying to hang on, and that wasn’t good enough, said Jorgen Aukland right after the race. He was 2 seconds behind Svard after 90-kilometers. 5 seconds separated the top ten skiers. Top ten men: 1 03:51:47 Oskar Svärd Ulricehamns IF 2 03:51:48 Martin Larsson Arvika IS 3 03:51:49 Jörgen Aukland Norway 4 03:51:50 Martin Koukal Arvika IS 5 03:51:50 Jerry Ahrlin Östersund 6 03:51:51 Magnus Jonsson IFK Mora SK 7 03:51:51 Erik Eriksson IFK Mora SK 8 03:51:51 Tord Asle Gjerdalen Norway 9 03:51:52 Anders Palmér IF Hallby SOK 10 03:51:52 Mattias Svahn IFK Mora SK Top four women: Damer 1 04:24:09 Sofia Lind Åsarna IK 2 04:25:05 Ulrica Persson Vansbro AIK 3 04:27:14 Christina Paluselli Italy 4 04:33:04 Lara Peyrot Italy Source: Langrenn.com and Skidsport.com Complete results at http://www.vasaloppet.se/start2005/se/index.html
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