Canadian x-country skier Kershaw claims gold

A powerful finish helped Canadian Devon Kershaw to victory in the men's sprint competition at a cross-country World Cup event Friday.
Canada's Devon Kershaw, shown here at a World Cup cross-country skiing event in January, won gold on Friday at a sprint cross-country World Cup event. (Timur Nisametdinov/NIPA/Associated Press)

A powerful finish helped Canadian Devon Kershaw to victory in the men's sprint competition at a cross-country World Cup event Friday.   

The Sudbury, Ont., skier caught Russian Nikolay Morilov just ahead of the line for the gold.   

Ola Vigen Hattestad of Norway finished in third place.