Again the excellent Jaks. The classic fifty was eighth, and Niskanen's gold

In the previous races, the 31-year-old 16-year-old in the 15-kilometer race finished, the ninth in the skateboard and, together with Aleš Razému, the team sprints surprisingly finished in the final, where they finished seventh place.

The best individual placement in the Olympics was scored by Jaks until the final race. At the end of the 50-kilometer race, the eighth was lost with four minutes and 10 seconds.

For the first time without a medal, the Norwegian runners finished in Pchjongchchang.

The Russians led by Alexandrov Legkov completely dominated the 50- , but the doping scandal did not allow them to defend medals in Korea.

But they were fighting the gold again with a very rejuvenated team, and they almost did it.It was only 26-year-old Fin Niskanen, who has four years old gold from the team sprint, and now also the most valuable runner-up.

In the third of six rounds, Niskanen and Kazakh Alexei Poltoranin, the famous countryman Vladimir Smirnov. In 1994 in Lillehammer, he won the 50th gold medal for Kazakhstan. Behind them he headed for the solo fighter Bolsunov. The field has been torn apart, and neither the likes of Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Swiss Dario Cologne have won the pace. Poltoranin, who won two classic fifteen at Planica and Val di Fiemme this season, has saved power in the final racing and driving only sprints and relay.But the tempo has fallen and in the end it dropped to the fifteenth place.

Bolsunov hung up behind Niskanen and having won two silver and bronze sprinters and relay in Korea, he should have finished faster . But Fin had exchanged skis in the penultimate circuit, obviously better in the sessions and Bolshunov gave away the gold match before the stadium. In the finish he lasted for eighteen seconds, his compatriot Larkov took more than two minutes later for the bronze.

It is not often that the marathon winner begins to ride his opponents for twenty kilometers, as Niskanen did. "It was not our tactic, but I was a little afraid it would snow, so I set off earlier. I usually have the problem of getting to the end, but today it was great.Perhaps the coach will not be angry that I did not follow the agreed tactics, "he smiled at the finish.

But Bolsunov did not hide disappointment and furiously dropped his wands. "This could be my race. I had to win. But I made a tactical mistake when I did not change the ski. I did not have a chance at the finishing touches, "he acknowledged after the race. The best of the Czech runners Jaks, for most of the race, moved around the twentieth place, but at the end he had more strength than his opponents . With the eighth bar in one position, he improved his score from the sketch. Beginning with him, for example, the hero of the first half of the Poltoranin race or the gold of Cologne's fifteen.

"As expected, it was a tough race.The second and third round came to me when the crisis broke out, "Jaks said in a press release. "Then I managed to sort a little in a small group that had a good pace. Gradually, I felt better and better. I'm really happy with my Olympics, "he added.

" Martin made a fantastic eight-place finish by improving the result from a fifteen-kilometer race. It is a positive touch for us, "said male coach Zbynek Valousek. "Today's conditions were really complicated, it was not easy to hit the right skis and everything.Honza Pešina (serviceman), who just hit before the start when Martin was not sure about skiing and gave him untested wax, has a great deal of success in doing so, "he said.