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Photo Gallery: Ruhpolding Men’s World Cup Relay

Chelsea LittleJanuary 10, 2014

RUHPOLDING, Germany – With the ultimate result decided by just one tenth of a second, yesterday’s men’s 4 x 7.5 k relay here was an exciting one. Here are some photos of the action.

Anton Shipulin (RUS), Simon Schempp (GER), and Dominik Landertinger (AUT) on the final stage.

Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) takes off after receiving the tag from Fredrik Lindstrom.

Dominik Landertinger (AUT).

Erik Lesser was exhausted after his effort that brought Germany to the lead.

Bjorn Ferry (SWE) leads Dominik Windisch (ITA).

The leaders on the second leg head up a hill at the farthest point on course.

Fans look on as skiers approach on a ribbon of snow. There’s not much of the white stuff in Ruhpolding.

The start of the relay.

Anton Shipulin (RUS) is the first to leave the final shooting stage.

Sergui Sednev (UKR).

fans cheer as Andreas Birnbacher (GER) disappears over the crest of a hill.

Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), making up ground.

One of the course’s steep downhills had little snow.

Christoph Sumann (AUT) leading Markus Windisch (ITA).

Can you spot the skiers? The second leg leaders on the last climb.

Athletes on the range.

Tarjei Bo passes Ing-Bok Lee of South Korea as he makes up some of the time his younger brother lost for Norway.

The leaders on the first leg.

Alexei Volkov (RUS), Tobias Arwidson (SWE), and Andrejs Rastorguyes (LAT) on the first leg.

Alexis Boeuf (FRA) out on course.

Coaches encourage Bjorn Ferry (SWE) on course.

Jaroslav Soukup (CZE).

Alexis Boeuf of France leads out the start of the relay.

German leadoff skier Christoph Stephan on the way to the start.

Michal Krcmar (CZE) leads Scott Perras (CAN).

Evgeniy Ustyugov (RUS) leads Andreas Birnbacher (GER) and Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT).

Ondrej Moravec (CZE).

Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) and Simon Schempp (GER).

Simon Fourcade (FRA) is casual as he approaches the range.

Andrejs Rastorguyevs (LAT), running to the start.

Erik Lesser (GER) leads Fredrik Lindstrom (SWE) onto the range.

A child in a fox costume gets ready for the flower ceremony.

A stadium worker pumps up the fans by waving one of their flags for them.

Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) leads the first leg of the relay up the final climb.

Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) leaving a shooting stage.

More from the start of the relay.

Johannes Thingnes Bo (NOR) on the way to the start in Ruhpolding, Germany, earlier this season.

Chelsea Little

Chelsea Little is FasterSkier's Editor-At-Large. A former racer at Ford Sayre, Dartmouth College and the Craftsbury Green Racing Project, she is a PhD candidate in aquatic ecology in the @Altermatt_lab at Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. You can follow her on twitter @ChelskiLittle.

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