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competition in the classical technique at the

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was held on 17 February at

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.Cross-country skiing schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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's Björn Lind was the defending Olympic champion in this event, though the event was in the freestyle technique.

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was the defending world champion in this event which was also held in freestyle technique. Emil Jönsson of Sweden won the test event that took place at Olympic venue on 16 January 2009. The last

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event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 6 February 2010 in

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and was won by Jönsson. Lind was eliminated in the quarterfinals, Jönsson was eliminated in the semifinals, and Hattestad finished fourth. It is the first Olympic medals for all three finishers. The event ended in a photofinish between Russians Nikita Kryukov and Alexander Panzhinskiy with Kriukov edging out Panzhinsky who had led most of the race.

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying took place at 10:45 PST.

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals took place at 12:55 PST. ;Quarterfinal 2 ;Quarterfinal 3 ;Quarterfinal 4 ;Quarterfinal 5

Semifinals

Semifinals took place at 13:30 PST. ;Semifinals 1 ;Semifinals 2

Finals

Finals took place at 13:55 PST.

References

External links

2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's Individual Sprint Classic
from https://web.archive.org/web/20100222080013/http://www.vancouver2010.com/ retrieved 2010-02-16. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's sprint Men's cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics Men's individual sprint cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics