Sweden's Anders Soedergren achieved the first World Cup win of his career at age 28 when he won today's infamous Holmenkollen 50km in Oslo, Norway. Soedergren, who was fifth in the same race last season and second in the Oberstdorf pursuit this past December, finished today's grueling course in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 42.5 seconds; 23 seconds ahead of second-placed Giorgio Di Centa of Italy. An astounding performance from Tom Reichelt, a relative unknown at the World Cup level, gave the German third place and his first-ever World Cup podium.
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<p>The host country's team had a strong showing despite being kept off of the podium. Geir Ludvig Aasen, John Anders Gaustad and veteran Kristen Skjeldal swept 5th – 7th behind France's Emmanuel Jonnier in fourth.</p>
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Ivan Babikov. Photo by Torbjorn Karlsen
 to Changchun, China and then Japan for the final races of the season. With only two individual races left, it appears that German Tobias Angerer has already wrapped up the overall World Cup title with a current lead of more than 200 points over Tor Arne Hetland of Norway.</p>
<p>Full results from Holmenkollen: <a href=)
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