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Nikolay Pankratov
Russian cross-country skier
Nikolay Vladimirovich Pankratov (Russian: Николай Владимирович Панкратов; born 23 December 1982 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian cross-country skier who competed between 1999 and 2013. He won two medals in the 4 × 10 km at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in 2007 and a bronze in 2005, and finished 10th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit at the 2005 championships in Oberstdorf.
Pankratov also finished eighth in the 4 × 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. His only individual win was in a 10 km event in Italy in 2003.
In 2010, Pankratov was allegedly caught with the forbidden substance actovegin when crossing the border to Switzerland.[1]