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Norwegian Frode Estil takes Silver in dramatic 30 km pursuit

by jon on February 12th, 2006

Dramatic fall, but manages to take 2nd place
It happened only few seconds after start - in the crowd of people out from the start gold favorite Estil takes a fall and breaks his skis and sticks.

(Translated) “It was extremely clumsy of me. My ski slipped and I fell. From behind came 70 guys that tried to move over and around me “, says Eskil in a comment afterwards, “I was not even sure if I was allowed to continue, I could not remember if we were allowed to switch skis.”

After getting new skis he puts in an incredible run and remakes for the lost time.

Russia takes gold
Gold: Eugeni Dementiev of Russia took gold, 1 hour 17 minutes and 0.8 seconds.

Silver: Frode Estil of Norway, 33, 0.6 seconds behind Dementyev.

Bronze: Pietro Piller Cottrer of Italy, 31, 0.9 seconds behind the Dementyev.

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