Mens Pursuit

The Men’s Pursuit race for those that don’t understand goes as follows; the event combines both a classic technique leg followed by a free technique leg. Similar to the mass start event, competitors begin simultaneously, lined up in an arrow format with the best-ranked skiers at the arrow’s point. At the race’s halfway mark, athletes enter the stadium and change skis and poles as quickly as possible. The women ski a 15-kilometre classic course, followed by 15 kilometres of free technique. Short loops ensure the competitors pass through the stadium every six to eight minutes. The first athlete to cross the finish line wins.

Well what can a Canadian say our best result ever in the Olympics 4 in the top 16. I walked the course for a while with one of my dealers and got a different perspective of things.

Snow Sculpture

First lap through the Stadium

Vikings? on their way on the course to watch

Second  Lap up near the top

Third Lap going up

Same spot

More on the Third

Devon on #4

Canadian Boys starting to amass at the front

Patriotic shot for my wife

Getting away with one to go

Top of the last lap all together but one

Canadians in the hunt for their best finish ever

That peski Russian pulled them all back together and you know what happened

 

I saw this man being mobbed and thought I might get a shot of who it was,

I asked Hakan  who it is, I was informed it was the King of Sweeden (I appologise for my ignorance). I was shocked to see no mass of body guards, perhaps two large guys in Sweedish outfits standing around (I assumed athletes around a coach. I asked Hakan how one would greet the King... "Hello King" is what I was told, as he is a peoples King.