February 13, 2005 (Pragelato, Italy) – Russia’s Eugeni Dementiev won the men’s 30K pursuit yesterday at the Torino Olympics edging out Norway’s Frode Estil who won silver and Italy’s Pietro Piller Cottrer the bronze.

Canadian George Grey placed 26th as the top North American followed by veteran US skier Carl Swenson in 40th.

Results

1 DEMENTIEV Eugeni RUS 1:17:00.8
2 ESTIL Frode NOR 1:17:01.4
3 PILLER COTTRER Pietro ITA 1:17:01.7
4 di CENTA Giorgio ITA 1:17:03.2
5 SOEDERGREN Anders SWE 1:17:04.3
6 VITTOZ Vincent FRA 1:17:07.5
7 BOTWINOV Mikhail AUT 1:17:08.5
8 BAJCICAK Martin SVK 1:17:08.7
9 ODNODVORTSEV Maxim KAZ 1:17:09.6
10 BAUER Lukas CZE 1:17:10.1

26 GREY George CAN 1:19:08.9
40 SWENSON Carl USA 1:21:08.0
43 JOHNSON Andrew USA 1:21:16.8
44 SOUTHAM James USA 1:22:05.8
49 FLORA Lars USA 1:22:31.2
57 GOLDSACK Drew CAN 1:24:14.3
62 JEFFRIES Chris CAN 1:26:17.0