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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.

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

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

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

Coaches encourage Bjorn Ferry (SWE) on course.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) leaving a shooting stage.

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

Dominik Landertinger (AUT).

The leaders on the first leg.

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

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

Jaroslav Soukup (CZE).

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

Ondrej Moravec (CZE).

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

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

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

Andrejs Rastorguyevs (LAT), running to the start.

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

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

Athletes on the range.

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

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

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

More from the start of the relay.

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

The start of the relay.

Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), making up ground.

Sergui Sednev (UKR).

Alexis Boeuf (FRA) out on course.

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

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

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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