NORDIC SKIING

Finland's Virpi Kuitunen, Slovenia's Petra Majdic, Canada's Chandra Crawford, Finland's Aino Kaisa Saarinen, Norway's Marit Bjoergen and Italy's Arianna Follis (L-R) ski during the first of four 'Tour de Ski' Cross Country World Cup competitions in Munich's Olympic stadium, December 31, 2006. Bjoergen won the competition ahead of Italy's Arianna Follis and Canada's Chandra Crawford. REUTERS/Alexandra Beier (GERMANY)