Olympics: Sweden's Hellner powers to cross-country pursuit gold
Johan Olsson
The 24-year-old Hellner crossed the line in one hour 15min 11.4sec after the two-legs of the course with Angerer at 2.1sec behind and Olsson  who led for the second half of the race  at 2.8sec back.
 Olsson was in the lead at the 18.75km stage and held it with less than 4km to go before Hellner made his bid for gold and held off his rivals as the finish line approached to claim his first major title.
 Hellner said he had hunted down Olsson in the closing stages and described his race as "perfect".
 "It was excellent. The perfect race and I was very happy. I felt very strong " he said.
 "I felt that we could catch him (Olsson)  but we were trying to keep the pace down a little so he could get more seconds and go for gold."
 Olsson said he knew his lead would eventually see him overtaken by the top skiers.
 "Twenty-five seconds is not enough with a bunch like that  but I was not going to give up " said Olsson.
The 24-year-old Hellner crossed the line in one hour 15min 11.4sec after the two-legs of the course with Angerer at 2.1sec behind and Olsson  who led for the second half of the race  at 2.8sec back.
 Olsson was in the lead at the 18.75km stage and held it with less than 4km to go before Hellner made his bid for gold and held off his rivals as the finish line approached to claim his first major title.
 Hellner said he had hunted down Olsson in the closing stages and described his race as "perfect".
 "It was excellent. The perfect race and I was very happy. I felt very strong " he said.
 "I felt that we could catch him (Olsson)  but we were trying to keep the pace down a little so he could get more seconds and go for gold."
 Olsson said he knew his lead would eventually see him overtaken by the top skiers.
 "Twenty-five seconds is not enough with a bunch like that  but I was not going to give up " said Olsson.