KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia, February 19 (R-Sport) – Finland beat Russia to cross-country skiing team sprint gold at the Sochi Olympics on Wednesday as a controversial crash denied Germany a medal.
Final-leg skier Sami Jauhojaervi held off Russia’s Nikita Kriukov on the final stretch to win by 0.97 seconds, with bronze for Sweden, 15 seconds off the pace.
Finland’s gold follows silver for the country’s women’s sprint team earlier in the day.
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