Belov claims first cross-country World Cup win

BySportsbeat

Updated 16/12/2018 at 13:39 GMT

Russian cross-country skier Evgeniy Belov claimed the first World Cup victory of his career with a win in an entertaining 15km race in Switzerland.

Evgeniy Belov

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Racing in Davos, Belov found himself seven seconds behind going into the final lap but produced a stunning end to finish in 35:52.5, nine tenths of a second ahead of France's Maurice Manificat.

After topping the podium, Belov commented: "Thank you to my team for preparing the competition well. I had very good skis, all the service was excellent.

"It felt hard in the first lap but in the second I was told that I was not very far. I gave everything in the last lap. I'm really happy to have won."

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Manificat will no doubt have been pleased to get on to the podium on his return to World Cup action after an injury-afflicted start to his season.

Norway's Martin Johnsrud Sundby finished third, while Russia's Denis Spitsov took fourth.

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