February 23, 2010

Russians Remain Comrades Despite Cross-Country Photo Finish: Two Russian cross-country skiers produced one of Derrick Z. Jackson's favorite Olympic moments. In the 1.6 kilometer sprint, Russians Nikita Kriukov and Alexander Panzhinskiy had a photo finish at 3 minutes and 36 seconds (event video), celebrating together before learning Kriukov won by inches. "the moments that most move me are the ones where frosty rivals break the ice and millisecond finishes do not set off an avalanche of bitterness," Jackson writes.

posted by rcade to olympics at 04:43 PM - 1 comment

Amazing photo of the finish.

posted by NoMich at 06:49 PM on February 24, 2010

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