Cross-Country Skiing FIS World Cup 2020 - 2021

[Grassmarket 3,448]

Bolshunov in trouble - Maeki cut him off in the race for the line & Bolshunov ran straight into him when he stopped.  Long ban coming.

[Gianlu33 4,606]

Bolshunov is a fucking idiot.

[Kirkpatrick 144]

Russia I DSQ.

 

Is that it? Lucky for Bolshunov then.

[Grassmarket 3,448]

Russia I DSQ, Finland stay second per the Jury.  Presumably further discussions for Bolshunov.

[dcro 10,210]

Russia DSQ. What a sore loser.

[heywoodu 15,174]

Just tagging @brunamoura who has...let's say, an opinion on the move of Mäki 

 

I'm against that opinion by the way, this was all on Bolshunov.

[hckošice 14,899]

Stage 8

 

Lahti (FIN) - 23 January 2021 - 24 January 2021

  

Men's 4x7.5km Team Relay (1/2)
Final Results

 

Norway
GOLBERG Paal

IVERSEN Emil

ROETHE Sjur

KRUEGER Simen Hegstad
1:07:56.8

 

Finland
HYVARINEN Perttu

HAKOLA Ristomatti

NISKANEN Iivo

MAKI Joni
1:08:37.7

 

Russia
SEMIKOV Ilia

YAKIMUSHKIN Ivan

MELNICHENKO Andrey

USTIUGOV Sergey
1:09:04.0

 

Full Final Results HERE

[Olympian1010 7,989]

6 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Bolshunov in trouble - Maeki cut him off in the race for the line & Bolshunov ran straight into him when he stopped.  Long ban coming.

Might not be the only one looking at a ban. Another Russian pushed (and attempted to trip) the Finnish athlete in front of him.

 

[Federer91 2,810]

There should be a cycling rule for everyone to keep their lane, just for such incidents. Both sides are at fault for me from this situation..

[Olympian1010 7,989]

1 minute ago, Federer91 said:

There should be a cycling rule for everyone to keep their lane, just for such incidents. Both sides are at fault for me from this situation..

I don’t know...the Finnish skier was in front, and he chose the outer lane. The Russian followed him into the lane (not on purpose most likely), and then was mad that the Finnish skier skied in the center of that lane. To me, that part of the move was clean. If the Russian is faster, then the onus is on him to go into a different lane and pass. Now, if the Finnish skier blocks him then, then that would be a dirty move.