(ANSA) - Rome, February 23 - Italy's Federico Pellegrino won
the men's cross-country freestyle sprint at the Nordic Skiing
World Championships at Lathi in Finland Thursday.
The Aosta-born Azzurro, 26, also won the World Cup in the
speciality this past season.
Pellegrino, who won by 0.15 seconds from Sergei Ustyugov of
Russia, became the first man outside Scandinavia to win a Nordic
world sprint championship gold.
It was also Italy's first gold in the speciality, and came
after an explosive final burst by Pellegrino.
Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo came third, 0.44 seconds
behind Pellegrino.
Pellegrino wins world gold (2)
Wins freestyle sprint in Finland