Marit Bjørgen crushed her opponents yesterday in the Toppidrettsveka opener, 10 km Mass Start Free and powered to clear victory.

Bjørgen won the race in the time of 26:20.8. Therese Johaug finished in second place but lost on Bjørgen a huge margin of +1:47.1. Youngster Heidi Weng took third place +1:49.3 back.

Former sprinter, nowadays long distance specialist Øeystein Pettersen won the men’s 15 km mass start free. There were 21 skiers in just 9 seconds in the finish and top 10 finishers lined up in only 3 seconds. Øeystein Pettersen out lunged Simen Østensen by tiny 0.8 sec. Niklas Dyrhaug finished in 3rd place +0.9 sec back.

Source: the official FIS site