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 It’s hard to disagree with that label. The skiing history is full of medal hopefuls who have trained too much or too hard leading up to a major event, be it the Olympics or the World Championships, but Petter Northug has never in his life entered a major event without riding a peak (see [...]  Norway’s top cross country skier Petter Northug, who has not competed this season, after he was declared overtrained a few weeks ago, will participate in the Norwegian Cup Saturday. Following tests last weekend, which showed he was back in form, he is back in training, and will race the 30km classic style on Saturday [...]  By Nathaniel Herz · July 13th, 2010 Petter Northug continued his run at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on Monday, upping his chip count by 50 percent and advancing to the fourth day of competition. “During the three days he has played, he has not made a single mistake,” said [...]  John Northug (52) is manager and handyman full-time for his son Petter Northug as of 1 june, writes VG. Papa John Northug has been the honorary manager of his son since the breakthrough in 2006. Soon he will take a year leave from his job at the agriculture department in Mosvik. “He has been [...] Every time Petter Northug jr. does well in a ski event, a nice amount of bonus money from his sponsor (audit firm BDO) goes to Save the Children. This year’s dream season for Petter Northug jr. has been extra costly for the company’s auditor BDO. “After this year’s season, it will be around 160,000 kroner [...] Petter Northug of Norway won a men’s 50-kilometer cross-country World Cup race after sprinting past Pietro Piller Cottrer of Italy in the last 200 meters on Saturday. Marit Bjørgen won the women’s 30-kilometer race. Kristin Stormer Steira and Therese Johaug were second and third as Norwegians swept the top three positions. Source: USA [...]  British Columbia — The bounce-back Olympics for Norway got off to a bad start when cross-country superstar Petter Northug quickly realized no amount of strength, speed or stamina could make up for his substandard skis. So, the 24-year-old World Cup leader who is the best Norwegian skier since the great Bjoern Daehlie cruised around [...] Tour de Ski and World Cup leader, Norway’s Petter Northug had to settle for second place in the 20km mass start victory in Val di Fiemme on Saturday. Czech skier Lukas Bauer won, with Germany’s Axel Teichmann third. Northug started off first, but was soon overtaken by Bauer. Northug sprinted away from the pack to [...] Norway’s Petter Northug clinched the first stage of the Tour de Ski on Jan. 2, adding to his prologue victory on New Year’s Day in the event which forms part of the World Cup. It was Northug’s fifth win in 10 World Cup rounds this season and fourth in succession. He finished just 0.1sec ahead [...] Norway has won the men’s and women’s cross-country World Cup sprints, while American Andrew Newell finished sixth in the men’s race. Petter Northug finished in 4 minutes, 09.9 seconds in the men’s 1-kilometer race on Saturday, 1.2 seconds ahead of Germany’s Tobias Angerer. Jesper Modin of Sweden was third, 1.8 seconds behind Northug. Newell was [...] |
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