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Team Sprint (Classical), Men

Date	19 February 2014
Status	Olympic
Location	Kompleks Dlya Sorevnovaniy Po Lyzhnym Gonkam i Biatlonu Laura, Mountain Cluster, Krasnaya Polyana
Participants	44 from 22 countries
Format	Two-man teams, each skiing three alternate legs of approximately 1,500 metres.
Details	Course Length: 1800 m Height Differential: 35 m Maximum Climb: 32 m Total Climbing: 62 m

The two semi-finals saw all the favored teams advance to the final with Finland the fastest, while Norway barely made the final as the slowest of the “lucky losers”. A strong German team consisting of Hannes Dotzler and Tim Tscharnke won the other semi-final.

For most of the final it looked as if Finland would be the only Nordic country able to medal. On the final leg, Germany was marginally ahead of Finland with Russia close behind, racing abreast up the final hill and down towards the final turn and into the stadium. It looked as if the leading group of Tscharnke, Finland’s Sami Jauhojärvi and Russia’s Nikita Kryukov would be fighting for the medals, when Jauhojärvi, just ahead of Tscharnke, moved to the inside, colliding with the German, and Tscharnke fell, almost bringing down Kryukov. Jauhojärvi opened up a small lead which he maintained to the end of the race, finishing just under a second ahead of the fast finishing Russian. Tscharnke was unable to recover quickly enough and eventually finished seventh. Finland had to withstand an appeal from Germany before Iivo Niskanen and Jauhojärvi could enjoy their victory. Sweden benefitted from the accident, taking bronze.

In May 2016 WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) commissioned a report, the McLaren Report, to look into allegations of systematic Russian doping and a cover-up to avoid positives at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. The report was released in two parts, in July and December 2016, and confirmed the allegations. In 2017 the IOC formed a commission to investigate this, headed by IOC Member Denis Oswald, and usually referred to as the Oswald Commission. In late October 2017 the Oswald Commission began to release its findings. On 9 November 2017, one of the silver medalists in this event, Russian Maksim Vylegzhanin, was implicated by the Oswald Commission and he and his teammate, Nikita Kryukov were disqualified, losing their silver medal. About 10 days before the PyeongChang Winter Olympics began, the CAS reached a decision, stating that Veglyzhanin’s guilt could not be proven, and he and Kryukov had their medal restored.

Pos	Number	Pair	NOC
1	–	Iivo Niskanen / Sami Jauhojärvi	FIN	Gold
2	olympic	Maksim Vylegzhanin / Nikita Kryukov	RUS	Silver
3	–	Emil Jönsson / Teodor Peterson	SWE	Bronze
4	–	Ola Vigen Hattestad / Petter Northug	NOR
5	–	Dario Cologna / Gianluca Cologna	SUI
6	–	Simi Hamilton / Erik Bjornsen	USA
7	–	Hannes Dotzler / Tim Tscharnke	GER
8	–	Nikolay Chebotko / Aleksey Poltoranin	KAZ
9	–	Martin Jakš / Aleš Razým	CZE
10	–	Cyril Miranda / Jean-Marc Gaillard	FRA
11	–	Federico Pellegrino / Dietmar Nöckler	ITA
12	–	Devon Kershaw / Alex Harvey	CAN
13	–	Hiroyuki Miyazawa / Yuichi Onda	JPN
14	–	Peeter Kümmel / Raido Ränkel	EST
15	–	Maciej Kreczmer / Maciej Staręga	POL
16	–	Harald Wurm / Max Hauke	AUT
17	–	Peter Mlynár / Martin Bajčičák	SVK
18	–	Daniel Pripici / Paul Pepene	ROU
19	–	Andrey Gridin / Veselin Tsinzov	BUL
20	–	Ruslan Perekhoda / Oleksiy Krasovskyi	UKR
21	–	Phil Bellingham / Callum Watson	AUS
DNF	–	Andrew Young / Andrew Musgrave	GBR
DNS	–	Sun Qinghai / Xu Wenlong	CHN

Semi-Finals

Date	19 February 2014 — 14:05
Format	First 3 teams in each heat plus the four fastest losers qualify for final.

Heat #1

Time	14:05

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Time	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3
1	2	Germany	GER	23:36.23	–	–	–	Q
	2-1	Hannes Dotzler		–	3:55.28	3:50.26	3:45.73
	2-2	Tim Tscharnke		–	3:52.61	3:54.12	4:18.23
2	6	Czech Republic	CZE	23:39.06	–	–	–	Q
	6-1	Martin Jakš		–	3:56.26	3:48.73	3:52.61
	6-2	Aleš Razým		–	3:54.36	3:54.67	4:12.43
3	5	Switzerland	SUI	23:42.31	–	–	–	Q
	5-1	Dario Cologna		–	3:53.64	3:48.52	3:51.51
	5-2	Gianluca Cologna		–	3:55.67	3:54.88	4:18.09
4	1	Norway	NOR	23:43.63	–	–	–	Q
	1-1	Ola Vigen Hattestad		–	3:54.95	3:50.26	4:00.24
	1-2	Petter Northug		–	3:53.27	3:54.78	4:10.13
5	3	Italy	ITA	23:58.12	–	–	–
	3-1	Federico Pellegrino		–	3:55.72	3:50.49	4:10.95
	3-2	Dietmar Nöckler		–	3:52.71	3:53.35	4:14.90
6	4	Canada	CAN	24:20.37	–	–	–
	4-1	Devon Kershaw		–	3:56.05	3:55.29	4:16.09
	4-2	Alex Harvey		–	3:52.82	3:53.68	4:26.44
7	9	Estonia	EST	24:26.49	–	–	–
	9-1	Peeter Kümmel		–	3:57.58	3:53.87	4:30.50
	9-2	Raido Ränkel		–	3:51.73	3:54.33	4:18.48
8	7	Austria	AUT	25:01.23	–	–	–
	7-1	Harald Wurm		–	3:54.74	3:59.22	4:48.41
	7-2	Max Hauke		–	3:55.22	3:49.32	4:34.32
9	10	Romania	ROU	26:06.80	–	–	–
	10-1	Daniel Pripici		–	3:59.10	4:21.49	5:00.07
	10-2	Paul Pepene		–	3:49.66	4:16.41	4:40.07
DNF	8	Great Britain	GBR	–	–	–	–
	8-1	Andrew Young		–	3:57.03	–	–
	8-2	Andrew Musgrave		–	3:53.04	–	–
DNS	8	People's Republic of China	CHN	–	–	–	–
	8-1	Sun Qinghai DNS		–	–	–	–
	8-2	Xu Wenlong DNS		–	–	–	–

Heat #2

Time	14:40

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Time	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3
1	16	Finland	FIN	23:26.13	–	–	–	Q
	16-1	Iivo Niskanen		–	3:51.17	3:57.30	3:44.86
	16-2	Sami Jauhojärvi		–	3:52.85	3:51.17	4:08.78
2	13	Russian Federation	RUS	23:26.91	–	–	–	Q
	13-1	Maksim Vylegzhanin		–	3:53.13	3:57.20	3:43.76
	13-2	Nikita Kryukov		–	3:51.87	3:50.84	4:10.11
3	15	Sweden	SWE	23:28.22	–	–	–	Q
	15-1	Emil Jönsson		–	3:51.60	3:56.65	3:43.76
	15-2	Teodor Peterson		–	3:52.42	3:52.04	4:11.75
3	14	Kazakhstan	KAZ	23:28.50	–	–	–	Q
	14-1	Nikolay Chebotko		–	3:51.93	3:56.43	3:47.81
	14-2	Aleksey Poltoranin		–	3:53.51	3:51.60	4:07.22
4	17	United States	USA	23:29.14	–	–	–	q
	17-1	Simi Hamilton		–	3:52.26	3:55.55	3:44.63
	17-2	Erik Bjornsen		–	3:53.73	3:52.81	4:10.16
5	12	France	FRA	23:41.79	–	–	–	q
	12-1	Cyril Miranda		–	3:54.33	3:56.10	3:55.33
	12-2	Jean-Marc Gaillard		–	3:53.40	3:50.96	4:11.67
6	19	Japan	JPN	23:49.91	–	–	–
	19-1	Hiroyuki Miyazawa		–	3:55.97	3:56.10	3:57.63
	19-2	Yuichi Onda		–	3:50.78	3:52.26	4:17.17
7	18	Poland	POL	23:53.09	–	–	–
	18-1	Maciej Kreczmer		–	3:54.11	3:54.57	3:52.82
	18-2	Maciej Staręga		–	3:52.31	3:54.89	4:24.39
8	20	Slovakia	SVK	24:58.06	–	–	–
	20-1	Peter Mlynár		–	3:53.79	3:54.68	4:21.11
	20-2	Martin Bajčičák		–	3:55.69	4:04.28	4:48.51
9	21	Bulgaria	BUL	25:11.06	–	–	–
	21-1	Andrey Gridin		–	3:55.53	4:20.78	4:22.97
	21-2	Veselin Tsinzov		–	3:51.77	4:08.53	4:31.48
10	23	Ukraine	UKR	25:31.13	–	–	–
	23-1	Ruslan Perekhoda		–	3:56.73	4:13.25	4:40.98
	23-2	Oleksiy Krasovskyi		–	3:52.53	4:06.02	4:41.62
11	22	Australia	AUS	25:54.31	–	–	–
	22-1	Phil Bellingham		–	4:00.65	4:20.57	4:25.69
	22-2	Callum Watson		–	3:59.31	4:17.05	4:51.04

Final Round

Date	19 February 2014 — 16:15

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Time	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3
1	16	Finland	FIN	23:14.89	–	–	–
	16-1	Iivo Niskanen		–	3:49.60	3:55.79	3:40.66
	16-2	Sami Jauhojärvi		–	3:55.97	3:51.56	4:01.31
2	13	Russian Federation	RUS	23:15.86	–	–	–
	13-1	Maksim Vylegzhanin		–	3:48.84	3:55.25	3:41.53
	13-2	Nikita Kryukov		–	3:56.95	3:51.45	4:01.84
3	15	Sweden	SWE	23:30.01	–	–	–
	15-1	Emil Jönsson		–	3:49.27	3:56.77	3:44.70
	15-2	Teodor Peterson		–	3:54.56	3:52.87	4:11.84
4	1	Norway	NOR	23:33.55	–	–	–
	1-1	Ola Vigen Hattestad		–	3:52.88	3:58.96	3:48.52
	1-2	Petter Northug		–	3:50.07	3:53.31	4:09.81
5	5	Switzerland	SUI	23:35.90	–	–	–
	5-1	Dario Cologna		–	3:50.47	3:55.24	3:40.98
	5-2	Gianluca Cologna		–	3:56.31	3:52.87	4:20.03
6	17	United States	USA	23:49.95	–	–	–
	17-1	Simi Hamilton		–	3:51.67	3:55.46	3:55.39
	17-2	Erik Bjornsen		–	3:56.20	3:53.42	4:17.81
7	2	Germany	GER	23:57.02	–	–	–
	2-1	Hannes Dotzler		–	3:50.04	3:54.37	3:39.34
	2-2	Tim Tscharnke		–	3:56.41	3:52.87	4:43.99
8	14	Kazakhstan	KAZ	24:01.38	–	–	–
	14-1	Nikolay Chebotko		–	3:52.22	3:56.55	4:13.53
	14-2	Aleksey Poltoranin		–	3:54.67	3:50.90	4:13.51
9	6	Czech Republic	CZE	24:01.83	–	–	–
	6-1	Martin Jakš		–	3:52.55	3:53.49	3:57.58
	6-2	Aleš Razým		–	3:56.52	4:05.00	4:16.69
DNS	12	France	FRA	–	–	–	–
	12-1	Cyril Miranda DNS		–	–	–	–
	12-2	Jean-Marc Gaillard DNS		–	–	–	–