Monday, February 24, 2014

Cross-Country - Men's 50km Mass Start Free - 2014 Winter Olympics

 Alexander Legkov
(Алексáндр Геннáдьевич Лëгков)
Gold Medal 
Russian Federation
Alexander Gennadiyevich Legkov (Russian: Алексáндр Геннáдьевич Лëгков) (born 7 May 1983) is a Russian cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He has five individual World Cup victories including one Tour de Ski title.
Legkov participated in three Winter Olympic Games (2006, 2010, 2014). Legkov finished in 4th place after a strong final push to catch then-leader Johan Olsson of Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics' 30 km double pursuit . Olsson finished in third place with Legkov 1.2 seconds behind. Legkov's next best result was 8th place in the 4 x 10 km event at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.
Legkov was second behind Germany's Tobias Angerer in the 2006–07 World Cup.
He earned a silver in the 4 x 10 km and finished twice in 6th place (15 km, 15 km + 15 km double pursuit) at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championship in Sapporo at 2007.
Alexander Legkov was Total winner of Tour de Ski 2012–13 when he defeated Dario Cologna, Maxim Vylegzhanin and Petter Northug racing up Alpe Cermis on the 6th of January 2013.

Noah Hoffman
26th Place
USA
Noah Hoffman (born August 1, 1989 in Evergreen, Colorado) is an American cross country skier.

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