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Cross-country Skiing At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 Kilometre Freestyle
The men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 23 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. Summary Initially, the podium was taken by Alexander Legkov (gold), Maxim Vylegzhanin (silver), and Ilia Chernousov Ilia Grigoryevich Chernousov (russian: Илья Григорьевич Черноу́сов; born 7 August 1986) is a Russian cross-country skier. He won bronze medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2014 Winter Olympics. Career Chernousov ... (bronze), all representing Russia. This was the first clean sweep in men's cross-country skiing since 1992, when all medals were won by Norwegians, and the first ever for the Soviet Union/Russia. In November 2017, Legkov and Vylegzhanin were disqualified for doping offences, and their gold and silver medals respectively were stripped. On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the successful appeal. Qualification Athletes with a maximum of 100 FIS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
The Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex (russian: Лыжно-биатлонный комплекс «Лаура») is a skiing venue located on the crests and slopes of Psekhako Ridge in Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. For the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics, Paralympics in neighboring Sochi, it hosted the biathlon and the cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing portion of the Nordic combined events. Seating 7500 at both the biathlon and the cross-country skiing areas, it was first used in June 2013. References External links Официальный раздел «Газпром 2014» на официальном сайте ОАО «Газпром» - accessed 29 September 2010. Venues of the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic biathlon venues Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Clara
Roland Clara (born 8 March 1982 in Bruneck) is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. He finished 36th in the 50 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Clara's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fourth in the 4 × 10 km relay at Liberec in 2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ... while his best individual finish was third in the 15 km individual event in Sjusjoen. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships World Cup Season standings Individual podiums *1 victory – (1 ) *7 podiums – (2 , 5 ) Team podiums *3 podiums – (3 ) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clara, Roland 1982 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Tritscher
Bernhard Tritscher (born 25 April 1988) is an Austrian former cross-country skier. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships World Cup Season standings References 1988 births Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic cross-country skiers for Austria Austrian male cross-country skiers Tour de Ski skiers Sportspeople from Zell am See Skiers from Salzburg (state) 21st-century Austrian people {{Austria-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lari Lehtonen
Lari Lehtonen (born 21 June 1987 in Imatra) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who began competing at senior level in 2005. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 33rd in the 30 km mixed pursuit and 43rd in the 50 km event. Lehtonen's best World Cup finish was 18th in a 15 km event at Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ... in 2010. He retired after the 2019–20 season. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships World Cup Season standings References External links * 1987 births Living people People from Imatra Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Cross-country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remo Fischer
Remo Fischer (born 13 August 1981 in Bäretswil) is a Swiss cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. He competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, finishing 21st in the 50 km and 36th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit events. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Fischer's best finish was seventh in the 4 × 10 km relay at Liberec in 2009 while he best individual finish was 16th in the 15 km event at Oberstdorf in 2005. His best World Cup finish was third in the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2008. Fischer has ten career victories from 10 km to 50 km at lesser events since 2004. Fischer finished tenth in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tord Asle Gjerdalen
Tord Asle Gjerdalen (born 3 August 1983) is a Norwegian cross-country skier Career In his early career, he finished ninth in the 30 km event at the 2003 Junior World Championships. He made his debut in the World Cup in February 2004 in Trondheim, where he finished 67th in the sprint race. He also competed in the 50 km event in Oslo the same month, where he finished 50th. In a Marathon Cup race in March 2005 in Mora, he finished sixth. Already at the 2005–06 World Cup opener in Beitostølen, in November 2005, he collected his first World Cup points with a twelfth place in the 15 km event. He followed up with a thirteenth and a fifteenth place in December, in Canmore and Nové Město respectively. In January 2006 in Lago di Tesero he finished among the top ten for the first time, with a seventh place in the 30 km event. He finished among the top five for the first time with a fourth place in March 2006 in Falun. At the 2006 Winter Olympics he finished seventeenth in the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Babikov
Ivan Sergeyevich Babikov (russian: Иван Сергеевич Бабиков); born July 4, 1980 in Syktyvkar) is a Russian-born Canadians, Canadian cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier who competed between 2002 and 2016. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Whistler, he earned his best finish of fifth in the 15km + 15km double pursuit, and was fourth in 2013 World Championship 15 km freestyle, representing Canada. He was raised in Kozhva,Pechora Region, Komi Republic) and studied at Syktyvkar State University Sport faculty (1997–2004). Skiing Babikov immigrated to Canada in the spring of 2003, as he and his mother joined his sister, who had moved to this country in 1998, in the Toronto area. Initially, Babikov had no intentions of skiing after his career had stalled in Russia. But that fall he moved to Canmore and began competing with the Canadian team, but with a Russian license from the International Skiing Federation (FIS). Without Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Harvey (skier)
Alex Harvey (; born 7 September 1988) is a retired Canadian cross-country skier who competed between 2005 and 2019. Harvey is also a member of the Quebec Provincial Cycling Team. Career In 2008 Harvey finished third both in the (Team sprint: Whistler Olympic Park, and the 50 km: Trondheim). He also competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, finishing fifth in the 4 x 10 km, 22nd in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit, 28th in the individual sprint, and 36th in the 15 km events. In the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, Harvey finished fourth in the team sprint with teammate Devon Kershaw. This is the best placing ever for Canadian men in an Olympic cross-country competition. In the men's 4 x 10 km relay, Harvey and Canada finished seventh. At the 2011 U-23 Worlds, Harvey the 30 km pursuit race. At the 30 km pursuit in the 2011 World Championships in Oslo, Norway, Harvey took the lead early on in the freestyle portion of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petter Northug
Petter Northug Jr. (born 6 January 1986) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier and double Olympic champion. He won a total of 13 World Championship and two Winter Olympic gold medals with 20 medals overall (two gold, one silver and one bronze at the Olympics, 13 gold and three silver at the World Ski Championships), and 18 individual FIS Cross-Country World Cup wins with 13 podium places. He is also the record holder for most stage wins (13) in Tour de Ski. By winning his ninth gold medal in the Nordic World Ski Championships in 4 × 10 km relay in Val di Fiemme 2013 he leveled the achievement of Bjørn Dæhlie who had been the most successful World Champion male skier up to that point. He is considered by many as the greatest cross country skier of all time. He is expected to work as a commentator of skiing, on channel TV 2 during the winter of 2021/2022. Early life and career During his early years, Northug was generally considered a star of the future. Whilst he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michail Semenov
Michail Alekseyevich Semenov (russian: Михаил Алексеевич Семёнов, born 6 February 1986) is a cross-country skier from Belarus. He competed for Belarus at the 2014 Winter Olympics Belarus competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Belarus' team consisted of 26 athletes, competing in five sports. With five gold medals won this was Belarus' most successful Winter Olympics. The five gold ... in the cross-country skiing events. References External links * * * 1986 births Living people People from Ostrov, Pskov Oblast Olympic cross-country skiers for Belarus Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Belarusian male cross-country skiers Tour de Ski skiers Universiade medalists in cross-country skiing Universiade silver medalists for Belarus Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade {{Belarus-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hofer
David Hofer (born 21 June 1983) is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 39th in the individual sprint and 53rd in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit events. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 ( cs, Mistrovství světa v klasickém lyžování Liberec 2009) took place 18 February – 1 March 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. This was the fourth time these championships were hosted either i ... in Liberec, Hofer finished 37th in the 50 km and 58th in the 15 km events. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships World Cup Season standings Individual podiums *1 podium – (1 ) Team podiums * 2 podiums – (2 ) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hofer, David 1983 births Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matti Heikkinen
Matti Heikkinen (born 19 December 1983 in Kajaani) is a Finnish former cross-country skier and World Champion who competed from 2002 to 2019. Career Heikkinen won his first World Championship at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Holmenkollen 2011. Winning 15 km, he is the first Finnish men's World Champion for over a decade. He also won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, earning them in the 15 km and 4 × 10 km relay events. In December 2009, Heikkinen took his first World Cup victory on the 15 km freestyle event in Davos. Heikkinen finished fifth in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. He announced his retirement from cross-country skiing in March 2019. Heikkinen lives in Jyväskylä and studies at the University of Jyväskylä The University of Jyväskylä ( fi, Jyväskylän yliopisto) is a research university in Jyväskylä, Finland. It has its origins in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |