Byline: Associated Press
Bjorn Dahlie's strategy was simple in the men's 15-kilometer cross-country race at the Winter Olympics - burst from the gate and ski for gold.
"I could have skied a conservative race and started slowly, but I thought that I'd go all out from the start," Dahlie said Saturday after winning the freestyle event, the second leg of the combined pursuit. "For me, it was gold or nothing today."
In women's competition, Lyubov Egorova of the Unified Team became a double Olympic champion, claiming an easy victory in the pursuit finale, a 10K freestyle.
Dahlie, the world's premier freestyle skier, led a 1-2 Norwegian medal …
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