Birke elites start
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Elite skiers from all over Europe and North America showed up at the 43rd Annual Slumberland American Birkebeiner on Saturday, February 20. Despite the elite field — caused by race cancellations in Estonia and France — Americans grabbed the top spots in both elite races. David Norris beat out Frenchmen Ivan Perrillat Boiteaux and Benoit Chauvet in a close finish after 52 kilometers (32 miles) and Caitlin Gregg topped Frenchwoman Aurelie Dabudyk and America’s Erika Flowers to pull off the feat.