Ola Vigen Hattestad stretched his foot forward when Odd- Bjorn Hjelmeset turned to look for the competitors. That was enough with the smallest possible margin. Deep double-poling is out…? Not the case when you look at the photo from the men’s sprint finale at the Norwegian championship! Marit Bjorgen was outsprinted in the women’s finale.
Photofinish!
FasterSkier · January 25, 2007
 for his competitors.</p><p>I had been looking at the big screen at the finish stretch in the previous heats and did the same in the finale. I didn’t see anyone but Eldar Ronning and he was far behind laughs Hjelmeset after the race.</p></div><div class=)
Won’t do that again…
It was when he started to look around he lost the race.
– I looked to the right, and didn’t see anyone, but when I turned left I saw Ola in full speed. I tried to accelerate the old body again, but it was too late, says the veteran.
The photofinish showed that Ola Vigen Hattestad was 0.1 second ahead.
Odd-Bjœrn won’t do that (mistake) again, said sprint coach Ulf Morten Aune.
