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Norwegians Aukland and Kveli win Vasaloppet ski marathon in Sweden
MORA, Sweden - Norway's Jorgen Aukland and Laila Kveli won the 56-mile Vasaloppet cross-country ski marathon on Sunday.
Aukland outsprinted Swede Daniel Tynell and his brother on the finishing stretch to win his second Vasaloppet title in 3 hours and 50.48 minutes. Tynell was second, 2 seconds behind and Anders Aukland third, 3 seconds back.
Kveli won the women's race in 04:22.22, ahead of Switzerland's Seraina Boner and Sweden's Sandra Hansson.
The competition is one of the world's oldest cross-country races and is based on Gustav Vasa's attempt to gather peasants for a 1522 revolt against occupying Danes. Vasa fled after failing to gain support, but the Mora locals changed their minds and sent their best skiers to bring him back. The Vasaloppet follows the same course from Salen to Mora.
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