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Niskanen, Mäki win silver in cross-country team sprint

Published : 16 Feb 2022, 17:49

DF Report

Silver medalists Iivo Niskanen (R) and Joni Mäki of Finland celebrate during the flower ceremony for the cross-country skiing men's team sprint classic final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou in China on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Photo: Xinhua by Deng Hua.

Finnish skiers Iivo Niskanen and Joni Mäki placed second in the men's cross-country skiing team sprint on Wednesday and secured the second silver medal for the country at the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022.

The Finns took 19 minutes and 25.45 seconds and missed the gold as they were just 2.46 seconds behind of Norwegian duo Erik Valnes and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebothe in the event, who took 19 minutes and 22.99 seconds.

Russian (ROC) skiers Alexander Bolshunov and Alexander Terentev won bronze finishing in 19 minutes 27.28 seconds.

With this Finland won total five medals-one gold, two silvers and two bronzes- in Beijing Olympics so far.

Earlier, on February 11, Finnish skier Iivo Niskanen bagged the gold medal of cross-country men's 15km classic at the Beijing Olympic Winter Games.

On February 10, Finnish skiers Kerttu Niskanen and Krista Pärmäkoski won silver and bronze medals respectively in the women's 10km classic of cross-country skiing at Beijing 2022.

On February 6, Iivo Niskanen brought first medal for Finland in the Beijing Winter Olympics after he won in the 15km + 15km Skiathlon.