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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.

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

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

Coaches encourage Bjorn Ferry (SWE) on course.

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

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

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

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

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

Jaroslav Soukup (CZE).

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

Dominik Landertinger (AUT).

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

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

Athletes on the range.

Andrejs Rastorguyevs (LAT), running to the start.

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

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

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

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

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

Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) leaving a shooting stage.

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

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

The leaders on the first leg.

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

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

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

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

Alexis Boeuf (FRA) out on course.

Sergui Sednev (UKR).

Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), making up ground.

The start of the relay.

More from the start of the relay.

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

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

Ondrej Moravec (CZE).

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

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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