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.
Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) leads the first leg of the relay up the final climb.
Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) and Simon Schempp (GER).
Erik Lesser was exhausted after his effort that brought Germany to the lead.
Dominik Landertinger (AUT).
The leaders on the first leg.
Tarjei Bo passes Ing-Bok Lee of South Korea as he makes up some of the time his younger brother lost for Norway.
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.
Ondrej Moravec (CZE).
Simon Fourcade (FRA) is casual as he approaches the range.
Bjorn Ferry (SWE) leads Dominik Windisch (ITA).
Andrejs Rastorguyevs (LAT), running to the start.
The leaders on the second leg head up a hill at the farthest point on course.
Anton Shipulin (RUS) is the first to leave the final shooting stage.
Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), making up ground.
The start of the relay.
Evgeniy Ustyugov (RUS) leads Andreas Birnbacher (GER) and Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT).
Fans look on as skiers approach on a ribbon of snow. There’s not much of the white stuff in Ruhpolding.
A child in a fox costume gets ready for the flower ceremony.
Alexis Boeuf (FRA) out on course.
Alexei Volkov (RUS), Tobias Arwidson (SWE), and Andrejs Rastorguyes (LAT) on the first leg.
Can you spot the skiers? The second leg leaders on the last climb.
fans cheer as Andreas Birnbacher (GER) disappears over the crest of a hill.
More from the start of the relay.
Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) leaving a shooting stage.
Sergui Sednev (UKR).
Michal Krcmar (CZE) leads Scott Perras (CAN).
Johannes Thingnes Bo (NOR) on the way to the start in Ruhpolding, Germany, earlier this season.
Christoph Sumann (AUT) leading Markus Windisch (ITA).
Anton Shipulin (RUS), Simon Schempp (GER), and Dominik Landertinger (AUT) on the final stage.
One of the course’s steep downhills had little snow.
Coaches encourage Bjorn Ferry (SWE) on course.
Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) takes off after receiving the tag from Fredrik Lindstrom.
A stadium worker pumps up the fans by waving one of their flags for them.
Erik Lesser (GER) leads Fredrik Lindstrom (SWE) onto the range.
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.
