February 19 is the penultimate day of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and eight gold medals will be awarded, including the cross-country skiing men's 50 km starting at 14:00.
Cross-country skiing men's 4×10 km relay on February 13, champion Russian Olympic Committee player Alexander Bolisshunov in the race. Xinhua News Agency
This race is a marathon in the snow. Alexander Bolisshunov of the Russian Olympic Committee is the overall winner of the 2020-2021 World Cup long distance event and the annual champion of the Cross-Country Skiing World Cup. In the men's 50 km free technical competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics, he was undoubtedly the biggest favorite to win gold.
As a 2021 Ski Tour champion, he won the silver medal in the 50 km at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, when he was compared to conventional techniques.
On February 11, 2018, Norway's Siman Hegstad Kruger won the championship in the men's 15 km + 15 km double chase at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Xinhua News Agency
At the 2021 World Championships, he won a silver medal after Norway's Emile Iverson, and another Norwegian player, Simon Hegstad Kruger, won the bronze medal. The two Norwegians will be Bolisshunov's biggest opponents on his way to the title.
It is worth mentioning that these three people have also had some "unhappiness". In February 2020, Norway's Emile Iverson and Simão Hegstad Kruger accused Bolisshunov of winning the race on the 2020 cross-country skiing tour with a snowmobile to block the wind. Emile thinks the Russian team may have bought the snowmobile rider to ensure he helped Borsanov along the way. Bolisshunov responded that he had nothing to do with the snowmobile he had been following.
In the men's team sprint (traditional technique) competition of cross-country skiing on February 16, China's Wang Qiang (front) was in the semi-finals. Xinhua News Agency
Representing China in the program are Wang Qiang, Liu Rongsheng, Hades Badri Khan and Chen Degen.
Nandu reporter Tao Xinlei