The men's 15 kilometre + 15 kilometre double Pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the

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, was held on 20 February at

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Summary

The 30 km double pursuit format has been competed at the

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level since 2005 and at the

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level since 2006.

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's Yevgeny Dementyev was the defending

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, but didn't defend after it was reported that he tested positive to erythropoietin (EPO) in August 2009.

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was the reigning

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Pietro Piller Cottrer Pietro Piller Cottrer (born 20 December 1974) is an Italian former cross-country skier who won gold medal in the 4 ×10 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He was born at Sappada in the province of Udine. Career Piller Cottrer' ...

won the test event that took place at the Olympic venue on 17 January 2009. The last

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event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 23 January 2010 in

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, and was won by Russian Artem Zhmurko. Zhrumko did not qualify for the men's cross-country team for

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. The pursuit consisted of a 15 kilometre section raced in the

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style, followed by a 15 kilometre portion raced freestyle. In between the sections, each skier takes time (approximately 30 seconds) to change skis and poles. Top three leaders after the classic portion of the event were Bauer (who finished seventh), Cologna (who finished 13th), and Olsson. Pit stop leaders were test event winner Piller Cottrer (who finished 14th), Babikov (who finished fifth), and defending World Champion Northug (who finished 11th).2010 Winter Olympics 20 February 2010 men's 15 km + 15 km double pursuit results.
- accessed 21 February 2010. Hellner was Sweden's first male individual gold medalist in the traditional cross-country skiing distances at the

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since

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's 50 km victory at Calgary in

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Results

References

External links

2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's 30 km Pursuit (15 Classic+15 Free)
from https://web.archive.org/web/20100222080013/http://www.vancouver2010.com/ retrieved 2010-02-19. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's 30 kilometre pursuit Men's cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics Men's pursuit cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics