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Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon

Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon

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The men's 30 kilometre skiathlon cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held on 9 February 2014 at 14:00 MSK at the Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.[1] The event is split into half distance classic skiing and half distance skate skiing.

Summary

Dario Cologna from Switzerland won the gold medal. Marcus Hellner, the defending Olympic champion from Sweden, finished second, and Martin Johnsrud Sundby from Norway came third.[2]

For much of the free skiing half of the course about fifteen athletes were skiing together, and only close to the stadium, a group of four, Cologna, Hellner, Sundby and Maxim Vylegzhanin escaped. At the stadium, Cologna escaped and became the champion. Sundby finished third closely ahead of Vylegzhanin, and the Russian delegation filed a protest because he apparently changed the track in the finish area, impeding Vylegzhanin. Sundby was reprimanded but allowed to keep the bronze medal.[3]

Qualification

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points (the A standard) will be allowed to compete in both or one of the event (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points will be allowed to compete in the sprint event and 10 km for women or 15 km for men provided their distance points do not exceed 300 FIS points. NOC's who do not have any athlete meeting the A standard can enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in only 10 km classical event for women or 15 km classical event for men. They must have a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on 20 January 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012.[4]

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+4).

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Results

The race was started at 14:00.[5]

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PF = Photo Finish

References

  1. [1]
    "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Dario Cologna wins skiathlon gold". ESPN. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. [3]
    Karen, Matthias (9 February 2014). "Russian protest rejected after men's skiathlon". Associated Press. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  5. [5]
    "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
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