The men's team sprint

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competition in the classical technique at the

2014 Sochi Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

took place on 19 February at

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. The race was won by

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Both ...

Iivo Niskanen Iivo Henrik Niskanen (born 12 January 1992) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup since 2011. He is a three-time Olympic champion. Career Iivo Niskanen made his individual World Cup debut on 12 March ...

and

Sami Jauhojärvi Sami Jauhojärvi (born 5 May 1981) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed between 2000 and 2017. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, he won men's team sprint with Iivo Niskanen. Germany launched a protest over the result due to a final-l ...

, followed by

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eight ...

Maxim Vylegzhanin Maxim Mikhailovich Vylegzhanin (russian: Максим Михайлович Вылегжанин; born 18 October 1982) is a Russian former cross country skier and a three-time Olympic silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Olympics in 50 km freestyle, ...

and Nikita Kriukov second (+0.97 seconds) and

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Emil Jönsson Emil Jönsson Haag (born 15 August 1985) is a Swedish retired cross-country skier who competed between 2004 and 2018. Career At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished seventh in the individual sprint event. He has twelve World Cup v ...

and Teodor Peterson third (+15.12 seconds). Teamed up with

Hannes Dotzler Hannes Dotzler (born 25 February 1990) is a German cross-country skier who has competed since 2006. His best World Cup finish was third in a 4 × 10 km relay event in Finland in March 2010. In the 2013 Nordic World Ski Championships in Va ...

, Germany's anchor

Tim Tscharnke Tim Tscharnke (born 13 December 1989 in Weissenfels) is a former cross-country skier from Germany, who competed between and 2017. He has two victories in the World Cup, his first in the 2012-2013 season in Canmore and his second during the ...

clashed with Jauhojärvi's skis in the last leg, as Jauhojärvi changed his line. The results were protested by Germany, but the protest was rejected and the results were confirmed.

Yelena Välbe Yelena Valeryevna Välbe (russian: Елена Валерьевна Вяльбе, née ''Trubitsyna''; born 20 April 1968) is a Russian former cross-country skier. She won a record-high 14 gold, including all five golds at the 1997 World Champions ...

, president of the Russian Ski Federation, told reporters: "Finland should be disqualified but the protest has already been rejected". In November 2017

was disqualified for doping offenses, as a result Russia lost its silver medal.IOC sanctions four Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings
/ref> On 22 December, Nikita Kryukov was disqualified as well. On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.

Results

The races were started at 14:05.

Semifinals

Final

References

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