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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.

Coaches encourage Bjorn Ferry (SWE) on course.

Ondrej Moravec (CZE).

Jaroslav Soukup (CZE).

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

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

Andrejs Rastorguyevs (LAT), running to the start.

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

The start of the relay.

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

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

Athletes on the range.

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

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

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

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

The leaders on the first leg.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

More from the start of the relay.

Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), making up ground.

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

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

Sergui Sednev (UKR).

Alexis Boeuf (FRA) out on course.

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

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

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

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

Dominik Landertinger (AUT).

Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) leaving a shooting stage.

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

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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