2012 Nordic Opening

3rd edition of the Nordic Opening Ruka, Finland 2012 Nordic Opening 2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 30 November–2 December 3:Sprint C5/10 km F10/15 km C Pursuit Petter Northug NOR Maxim Vylegzhanin RUS Alexey Poltoranin KAZ Marit Bjørgen NOR Justyna Kowalczyk POL Heidi Weng NOR 2011 2013 The 2012 Nordic Opening was the 3rd edition of the annual cross-country skiing event. The three-day event was the second competition round of the 2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, after Gällivare, Sweden. World Cup points distribution The winners of the overall standings were awarded 200 World Cup points and the winners of each of the three stages were awarded 50 World Cup points. + Nordic Opening OverallPosition123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930 Points 200 160 120 100 90 80 72 64 58 52 48 44 40 36 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 + Nordic Overall StagePosition123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930 Points 50 46 43 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A total of 350 points was possible to achieve if one athlete won all three stages and the overall standings. Overall standings + Men's Overall standingshttp://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/CC/2343/2013CC2343STC.pdf FIS Cross-Country World Cup presented by Viessmann 2012/2013 data.fis-ski.comRank Name Time 1 NOR Petter Northug 1h 05' 27,3" 2 RUS Maxim Vylegzhanin + 1,4" 3 KAZ Alexey Poltoranin + 3,4" 4 SUI Dario Cologna + 7,8" 5 RUS Ilia Chernousov + 21,1" 6 NOR Martin Johnsrud Sundby + 22,4" 7 RUS Alexander Legkov + 24,5" 8 RUS Dmitriy Yaparov + 24,6" 9 SWE Emil Jönsson + 30,0" 10 RUS Evgeniy Belov + 31,3" + Women's Overall standingshttp://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2013/CC/2341/2013CC2341STC.pdf FIS Cross-Country World Cup presented by Viessmann 2012/2013 data.fis-ski.comRank Name Time 1 NOR Marit Bjørgen 45' 35,1" 2 POL Justyna Kowalczyk + 1' 21,4" 3 NOR Heidi Weng + 1' 23,9" 4 NOR Therese Johaug + 1' 34,1" 5 USA Kikkan Randall + 2' 24,8" 6 FIN Krista Lähteenmäki + 2' 33,1" 7 NOR Vibeke Skofterud + 2' 36,5" 8 NOR Kristin Størmer Steira + 2' 38,6" 9 JPN Masako Ishida + 2' 46,2" 10 GER Nicole Fessel + 2' 53,3" Overall leadership by stage Men Stage Venue Discipline Date Winner Second Third Overall Leader Nordic Opening (30 November 2012 – 2 December 2012)1 FIN Ruka Sprint C 30 November 2012 RUS Nikita Kryukov NOR Petter Northug NOR Eirik Brandsdal RUS Nikita Kryukov2 10 km F 1 December 2012 RUS Alexander Legkov NOR Petter Northug FRA Maurice Manificat NOR Petter Northug3 15 km C Pursuit 2 December 2012 RUS Maxim Vylegzhanin SUI Dario Cologna NOR Martin Johnsrud Sundby Women Stage Venue Discipline Date Winner Second Third Overall Leader Nordic Opening (30 November 2012 – 2 December 2012)1 FIN Ruka Sprint C 30 November 2012 NOR Marit Bjørgen RUS Yevgeniya Shapovalova RUS Anastasia Dotsenko NOR Marit Bjørgen2 5 km F 1 December 2012 NOR Marit Bjørgen USA Kikkan Randall RUS Yuliya Chekalyova 3 10 km C Pursuit 2 December 2012 NOR Marit Bjørgen NOR Therese Johaug NOR Heidi Weng References External links Nordic Opening home page Category:2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2012 Category:2012 in cross-country skiing Category:November 2012 sports events in Europe Category:December 2012 sports events in Europe