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Vladimir Smirnov defeated two former teammates and two Olympic champions in a World Cup 30-kilometer cross-country freestyle.

Two other former Soviet skiers, Michail Botvinov and Alexey Prokurorov, now of Russia, finished second and third, 51 and 55 seconds behind Smirnov.

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