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    Vasaloppet (Swedish for 'the Vasa race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The 90 km (56 mi) course...
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    Vasa, made by Zorn, is placed on a small hill at the finishing line of Vasaloppet in Mora. Another statue depicting Zorn is located in the park behind the...
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  • Johan Abram Persson (category Vasaloppet winners)
    for Sweden in international events, he won Vasaloppet in 1929. "Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December...
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    woman appointed annually to give the winner of the skiing competition Vasaloppet a laurel victory wreath by hanging it around his neck. A man doing the...
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    Court District Älvdalen Court District Skiing is popular in Dalarna. Vasaloppet, a cross-country skiing race (the world's longest) of 90 km, takes place...
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  • Sven Hansson (category 1971 deaths)
    event at the 1937 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. In 1936, he won Vasaloppet. All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS)....
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    Lars-Arne Bölling (category Vasaloppet winners)
    who ended up second at Vasaloppet 1943, and the brother's son of Stig Bölling. "Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Archived from the original...
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    Marit Bjørgen (category Vasaloppet winners)
    cross-country ski squad Team Ragde Eiendom, with a focus on competing in Vasaloppet in March 2021. On 28 April 2022, she announced the end of her career by...
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    Anders Aukland (category Vasaloppet winners)
    On 7 March 2004, Aukland won the Vasaloppet in Sweden, becoming the second Norwegian to accomplish this feat after 1971 winner Ole Ellefsæter. Aukland's...
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  • September 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2022. sv:Meeri Bodelid "Vasaloppet | Recent News | vasaloppet.se". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved...
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    intention to participate in long-distance races like Marcialonga and Vasaloppet Dæhlie also participated in long-distance running in his youth, representing...
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  • 1964–65. He competed in the 70-kilometre Oslo to Eidsvoll and 90-kilometre Vasaloppet ski marathons in Sweden during this period. After retiring from the Royal...
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    Ole Ellefsæter (category Vasaloppet winners)
    10 km relay) and one silver (15 km) medal, and in 1971 he became the first Norwegian to win Vasaloppet. Competing in the 3000 metres steeplechase, he won...
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    Marcialonga (category 1971 establishments in Italy)
    Fiemme Valley a ski marathon that would trace, in some way, the legendary Vasaloppet, historical and well-known Swedish cross-country skiing competition, in...
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    Nils Karlsson (category Vasaloppet winners)
    Karlsson won gold in the 50 km event at the 1948 Winter Olympics and nine Vasaloppet victories. He was born near Mora. He won the Olympic gold medal in the...
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    klassiker, the "Swedish Classic" which also includes crosscountry skiing (Vasaloppet, 90 kilometers), biking (Vätternrundan, 300 kilometers) and running (Lidingöloppet...
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    idea to have a large competition for the average jogger comparable with Vasaloppet for cross country skiers, came from the sports magazine journalist Sven...
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    O-Ringen (orienteering) Stockholm Marathon Vansbrosimningen (swimming) Vasaloppet (cross-country skiing) Vätternrundan (bicycle racing) Open to elite only...
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    and is one of the AAAAA Tourist Attractions of China. The park hosts Vasaloppet China annually. Changchun achieved a gross domestic product (GDP) of RMB332...
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    Sixten Jernberg (category Vasaloppet winners)
    over 50 km, one over 30 km and three in the 4 × 10 km relay. He also won Vasaloppet twice, 1955 and 1960. He won the 15 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival...
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  • Canins was Italian champion 15 times and the first Italian to win the Vasaloppet and win 10 times the Marcialonga. She was world champion in mountain biking...
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    Assar Rönnlund (category Vasaloppet winners)
    bringing the team from fourth place to victory. Rönnlund also won the Vasaloppet in 1967 and the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival twice (1962...
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  • held an "international contest" of "ski running". 1922: start of the Vasaloppet. 1922: Arnold Lunn created modern slalom competitive skiing. 1922: First...
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    1988. She was Italian champion 15 times and the first Italian to win the Vasaloppet cross-county competition in Sweden and win from 1979 until 1988 10 times...
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