The 4 x 10-kilometer men’s relay was a two-team tango as Russia’s Sergey Ustiugov and Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo were tagged for their respective anchor legs on Friday. The two teams stuck together until Klæbo moved ahead with less than five k to go and gapped Russia by 22 seconds.
It was enough final leg surge for Norway’s Emil Iversen, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Sjur Røthe, and Klæbo to win in 1:42:32.1 hours. Russia’s Andrey Larkov, Alexander Bessmertnykh, Alexander Bolshunov, and Ustiugov placed second (+38.8).
The final podium spot came down to a final sprint won by France’s Richard Jouve over Finland’s Perttu Hyvarinen.
Adrien Backscheider, Maurice Manificat, Clement Parisse, and Jouve were 1:01.0 back in their third place statement.
Finland’s Ristomatti Hakola, Iivo Niskanen, Matti Heikkinen, and Hyvarinen were fourth (+1:02.8).
The U.S. team of Erik Bjornsen, Scott Patterson, David Norris, and Kyle Bratrud skied to ninth (+4:06.4).
Canada’s Alex Harvey, Scott James Hill, Evan Palmer-Charrette, and Lenny Valjas placed 12th (+7:05.5).
- 2019 Seefeld World Championships
- 4 x 10 k relay
- Adrien Backscheider
- Alex Harvey
- Alexander Bessmertnykh
- Alexander Bolshunov
- Andrey Larkov
- Clement Parisse
- David Norris
- Emil Iversen
- Erik Bjornsen
- Evan Palmer-Charrette
- Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
- Kyle Bratrud
- Lenny Valjas
- Martin Johnsrud Sundby
- Maurice Manificat
- men's 4 x 10 k relay
- Richard Jouve
- Scott James Hill
- Scott Patterson
- Sergey Ustiugov
- Sjur Rothe
