Olsson, Bjoergen win cross-country mass starts

Feb 11, 2012, 17:38 GMT

Nove Mesto, Czech Republic - Sweden's Johan Olsson and Norway's Marit Bjoergen won mass-start races in the cross country World Cup in Nove Mesto Saturday.

Olsson clinched the men's 30km race in 1 hour 13 minutes 42 seconds, ahead of World Cup leader Dario Cologna of Switzerland, with Maxim Vylegshanin of Russia third.

Women's World Cup leader Bjoergen clocked 39 minutes 20.3 seconds to win the 15km race, her 51st World Cup win, four seconds ahead of Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland and 14.3 seconds up on Therese Johaug of Norway.

In Willingen, Germany, Norway clinched victory over world and Olympic champions Austria, with Germany third in a ski-jumping World Cup team tour event.

Norway's Mikko Kokslien won the nordic combined World Cup event in in Almaty, Kazakhstan:

Kokslien posted 25:12.7 after the jump and 10km cross country leg, beating Germany's Bjoern Kircheisen by 6.9 seconds, with Japan's Akito Watabe third, 10.6 seconds back.

Jason Lamy Chappuis of France finished fourth to defend his overall lead on 938 points, with Watabe on 733 and Italy's Alessandro Pittin on 692.