Calle Halfvarsson looked fit for a long time in the men's 15 kilometer freestyle.
Halfway into the race, he was in the lead and pulled in front of a trio of Norwegians.
After a while, he stopped to let a bunch of skiers pass and then could not really keep up with the lead.
The field burst open and a quartet with Aleksandr Bolshunov, Sjur Röthe, Johannes Hösflot Kläbo and Andrew Musgrave withdrew.
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