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ROUNDUP: Cologna and Kowalczyk clinch World Cup titles

ROUNDUP: Cologna and Kowalczyk clinch World Cup titles Falun, Sweden  - Switzerland's Dario Cologna on Sunday became the youngest World Cup winner in 25 years after winning the season finale in Sweden's Falun.

The women's World Cup title went to Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk who secured the season finale in the 10-km handicap race.

Cologna, 23, finished first in the 15-kilometre handicap to win both the four-race season-finale and the World Cup title.

He finished on 1,344 points, ahead of Norwegians Petter Northug (1,217) and Ola Vigen Hattestad (792).

Cologna becomes the youngest-ever World Cup winner in 25 years

Dario ColognaFalun, Sweden  - Switzerland's Dario Cologna on Sunday became the youngest-ev

ROUNDUP: Cologna and Roponen win double pursuit races

Cologna and Roponen win double pursuit races Falun, Sweden  - Dario Cologna of Switzerland won the men's double pursuit over 10 kilometres in the Nordic ski World Cup finals in Falun on Saturday.

Marcus Hellner of Sweden clinched second place ahead of Tobias Angerer of Germany.

The women's double pursuit over 5 kilometres went to Riitta-Liisa Roponen of Finland.

Cologna boosted his chances of winning the overall World Cup with victory in the classic and freestyle techniques in 54 minutes 59.5 seconds. Hellner was 1.7 seconds behind, with Angerer 2.4 seconds back.

Victories for Majdic and Kjolstad in nordic sprints

Victories for Majdic and Kjolstad in nordic sprints Sto

Koivuranta wins Nordic combined World Cup, Demong last race

Anssi KoivurantaVikersund, Norway  - Anssi Koivuranta of Finland clinched the Nordic combined skiing World Cup title on Sunday with an eighth-place finish in the season-finale won by American world champion Bill Demong.

Koivuranta, 20, only required 29th place to clinch the title in the case that Norwegian rival Magnus Moan won, and all speculation ended when the Finn placed fourth in the morning ski-jumping portion.

Demong got his fifth season win by clocking 26 minutes 31.6 in the 10-kilometres cross-country pursuit, ahead of Norwegians Petter Tande (9.8 seconds behind) and Mikko Kokslien (10.3).

Hattestad leads clean sweep for Norway

Hattestad leads clean sweep for NorwayTrondheim, Norway - Ola Vigen Hattestad won the men's sprint over 1.6 kilometres in a Norwegian clean sweep of the podium places before home fans in Trondheim on Thursday.

Hattestad finished in 3 minutes 16.7 seconds, edging Petter Northug by 0.5 seconds and Johan Kristian Dahl by 0.7 seconds.

With six races remaining of the World Cup season, Dario Cologna of Switzerland continues to lead on 1,006 points ahead of Northug (952) and Ola Vigen Hattestad (760).

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