The men's team sprint cross-country skiing competition in the freestyle technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 22 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia.Cross-country skiing schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - accessed 3 November 2009.
The Swedish team of Björn Lind and Thobias Fredriksson were the defending Olympic champions when the technique was classical.2006 Winter Olympics men's team sprint classical results. - accessed 3 February 2009. The defending world champions were the Norwegian duo of Ola Vigen Hattestad and Johan Kjølstad when the technique was also classical.FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 men's team sprint classical results. - accessed 3 November 2009 results. Sweden's team of Emil Jönsson and Robin Bryntesson won the test event that took place at the Olympic venue on 18 January 2009.FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Whistler Olympic Park 18 January 2009 men's team sprint freestyle results. - accessed 3 November 2009. The last World Cup event in this format prior to the 2010 Games took place in Rybinsk, Russia on 24 January 2010 and was won by the Russian duo of Nikolay Morilov and Alexey Petukhov.FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Rybinsk 24 January 2010 men's team sprint freestyle results. - accessed 24 January 2010.
Results
Semifinals The semifinals took place at 11:35 and 12:00 PST. Rank Heat Bib Country Athlete Time Note 1 1 Nikolay MorilovAlexey Petukhov 18:47.6 Q 1 2 Øystein PettersenPetter Northug 18:48.5 Q 1 5 Tim TscharnkeAxel Teichmann 18:48.9 Q 1 4 Devon KershawAlex Harvey 18:49.2 q 1 6 Lasse PaakkonenVille Nousiainen 18:54.3 q 1 7 Maciej KreczmerJanusz Krężelok 19:07.2 1 11 Ivan BátoryMichal Malák 19:07.5 1 3 Anti SaarepuuPeeter Kümmel 19:27.6 1 9 Modestas VaičiulisMantas Strolia 19:43.1 10 1 8 Sun QinghaiXu Wenlong 19:43.6 1 10 Andrew MusgraveAndrew Young 2 16 Dušan KožíšekMartin Koukal 18:43.1 Q 2 19 Vincent VittozCyril Miranda 18:43.8 Q 2 15 Cristian ZorziRenato Pasini 18:43.9 Q 2 13 Torin KoosAndrew Newell 18:43.7 q 2 17 Nikolay ChebotkoAlexey Poltaranin 18:45.3 q 2 12 Eligius TamborninoDario Cologna 18:54.6 2 18 Nobu NaruseYuichi Onda 18:54.8 2 14 Marcus HellnerTeodor Peterson 19:06.5 2 22 Paul Constantin PepenePetrica Hogiu 19:09.2 10 2 20 Ben SimPaul Murray 19:57.0 2 21 Sergei DolidovichLeanid Karneyenka
Final The following are the results of the event.vancouver2010.com: Men's Team Sprint Free
Neither of the Swedish pair that won at the previous Olympics or at the test event participated and the Swedish team was eliminated in the semifinals. Norway's defending world champions did not participate though the ones who replaced them would win gold. The Russian team that won the last event in this format prior to the Olympics would win bronze.
Rank Bib Country Athlete Time Deficit 2 Øystein PettersenPetter Northug 19:01.0 +0.0 5 Tim TscharnkeAxel Teichmann 19:02.3 +1.3 1 Nikolay MorilovAlexey Petukhov 19:02.5 +1.5 4 Devon KershawAlex Harvey 19:07.3 +6.3 17 Nikolay ChebotkoAlexey Poltaranin 19:07.5 +6.5 16 Dušan KožíšekMartin Koukal 19:13.8 +12.8 19 Vincent VittozCyril Miranda 19:18.7 +17.7 15 Cristian ZorziRenato Pasini 19:21.1 +20.1 13 Torin KoosAndrew Newell 19:21.6 +20.6 10 6 Lasse PaakkonenVille Nousiainen 19:50.8 +49.8
References
External links 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's Team Sprint Free (semifinals), from https://web.archive.org/web/20100222080013/http://www.vancouver2010.com/ retrieved 2010-02-21. 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's Team Sprint Free (final), from https://web.archive.org/web/20100222080013/http://www.vancouver2010.com/ retrieved 2010-02-21.