Men’s cross-country skiing winners and losers

Week 22 (15 - 21 February 2014)

It takes a lot to stand out during a week of sport like the one we have just seen at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

On the ice there's been drama, defiance and heartache for Britain's Elise Christie as she suffered three disqualifications in three separate short track speed skating events.

Then there was an incredible photo finish in the quarter-finals of the men's ski cross as the final jump caused three of the four racers to crash, leaving them to slide their way across the line in what looked like a three-way dead heat to the naked eye. Added to that was the excitement (and dancing skills) of the Jamaican bobsleigh team as well as the sight of a "mad old woman" (as storied violinist Vanessa-Mae described herself) bombing down the giant slalom course to finish in a glorious last place. And we haven't even got on to the thrills of curling, which seems to be everyone's new favourite sport.

But amongst this catalogue of sporting entertainment the winners and losers of the men' s cross-country skiing 15km classic reminded everyone of what the Olympic Games are really about: those three core Olympic values of friendship, respect and excellence.

The classical discipline of cross-country skiing makes it all the more gruelling so after winner Dario Cologna, from Switzerland, finished the course in 38 minutes and 29 seconds you could have forgiven him for simply welcoming home the remainder of the top 10 before starting his recovery. But there he was to congratulate Roberto Carcelen when, almost half an hour after Cologna had finished, the Peruvian crossed the line in 87th and last place. Just completing the course was an achievement for Carcelen who had fractured a rib in training for the event. Cologna, however, was also joined in congratulating Carcelen by the man who had finished in second last place, Dachhiri Sherpa from Nepal.

Sherpa's own sacrifices to make it to his third Olympic Games at the age of 44 are impressive and include taking four months off work as a brick layer to train. Despite this, he arrived in Sochi with low expectations of where he would finish, telling Agence-France Presse: "I think there is a very big chance I will finish last."

Yet Sherpa's purpose in Sochi was not personal glory but to inspire his nation's young people.

"The placing is not important", he added, "if I can teach young people in Nepal about the Olympic spirit. This spirit is in my heart."

In their post-race exchanges, Sherpa, Cologna and Carcelen may not have been able to communicate that well between their three languages but their bear hugs and beaming smiles sent a message across the world that the Olympic values, sometimes held up as a woolly concept by the media, take on a cast-iron reality during the Games.

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Andy Murray

Week 86 (23 - 29 May 2015)

Caster Semenya

Week 85 (16 - 22 May 2015)

Jean-Michel Saive

Week 84 (9 - 15 May 2015)

Marisol Casado

Week 83 (2 - 8 May 2015)

ANOC President Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al-…

Week 82 (25 April - 1 May 2015)

Paula Radcliffe

Week 81 (18 - 24 April 2015)

Jordan Spieth

Week 80 (11 - 17 April 2015)

Clare Balding

Week 79 (4 - 10 April 2015)

Michael Clarke

Week 78 (28 March - 3 April 2015)

World Archery Federation

Week 77 (21 - 27 March 2015)

Pacquiao-Mayweather media circus

Week 76 (14 - 20 March 2015)

Serena Williams

Week 75 (7 - 13 March 2015)

General Lassana Palenfo

Week 74 (28 February - 6 March 2015)

Mo Farah

Mo Farah

Week 73 (21 - 27 February 2015)

Jeremy Guscott

Week 72 (14 - 20 February 2015)

Mario Vázquez Raña

Week 71 (7 - 13 February 2015)

Dr Chungwon Choue

Week 70 (31 January - 6 February 2015)

Generations For Peace

Week 69 (24 - 30 January 2015)

Gary Neville

Week 68 (17 - 23 January 2015)

Emily Hughes

Week 67 (10 - 16 January 2015)

He Zhenliang

Week 66 (3 - 9 January 2015)

Dame Sarah Storey

Week 65 (13 - 19 December 2014)

Meriem Cherni Mizouni

Week 64 (6 - 12 December 2014)

Barry Hearn

Week 63 (29 November - 5 December 2014)

Dr. Robin Mitchell

Week 62 (22 - 28 November 2014)

Dame Mary Alison Glen-Haig

Week 61 (15 - 21 November 2014)

C K Wu

Week 60 (8 - 14 November 2014)

David Rudisha

Week 59 (1 - 7 November 2014)

Liz Nicholl

Week 58 (25 - 31 October 2014)

Alexey Sorokin

Week 57 (18 - 24 October 2014)

Arthur Wharton

Week 56 (11 - 17 October 2014)

Stef Collins

Week 55 (3 - 10 October 2014)

Michael Signora

Week 54 (27 September - 3 October 2014)

Paul McGinley

Week 53 (20 - 26 September 2014)

Michel Platini

Week 52 (13 - 19 September 2014)

IOC President Thomas Bach

Week 51 (6 - 12 September 2014)

Dr Ary S Graça F°

Week 50 (30 August - 5 September 2014)

Baku 2015

Week 49 (23 - 29 August 2014)

Bernard Lapasset

Week 48 (16 - 22 August 2014)

Ellie Simmonds

Week 47 (9 - 15 August 2014)

David Grevemberg

Week 46 (2 - 8 August 2014)

Vincenzo Nibali

Week 45 (26 July - 1 August 2014)

Ed Woodward

Week 44 (19 - 25 July 2014)

Alice Coachman

Week 43 (12 - 18 July 2014)

Patrick Hickey

Week 42 (5 - 11 July 2014)

Marcel Kittel

Week 41 (28 June - 4 July 2014)

Wimbledon

Week 40 (21 - 27 June 2014)

The youth of Norway

Week 39 (14 - 20 June 2014)

The Brazil national football team

Week 38 (7 - 13 June 2014)

Jonny Wilkinson

Week 37 (31 May - 6 June 2014)

HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein

Week 36 (24 - 30 May 2014)

Novak Djokovic

Week 35 (17 - 23 May 2014)

The England and Wales Cricket Board

Week 34 (10 - 16 May 2014)

Sir Roger Bannister

Week 33 (3 - 9 May 2014)

SportBusiness International

Week 32 (26 April - 2 May 2014)

Ryan Giggs

Week 31 (17 - 25 April 2014)

Amadou Dia Ba

Week 30 (12 - 18 April 2014)

Marius Vizer

Week 29 (5 - 11 April 2014)

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Week 28 (29 March - 4 April 2014)

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club

Week 27 (22 - 28 March 2014)

Team Sky

Week 26 (15 - 21 March 2014)

Richard Kilty

Week 25 (8 - 14 March 2014)

Sir Philip Craven

Week 24 (1 - 7 March 2014)

The organisers of the Sochi 2014 Opening…

Week 23 (22 - 28 February 2014)

Men’s cross-country skiing winners and…

Week 22 (15 - 21 February 2014)

Jenny Jones

Week 21 (8 - 14 February 2014)

Ban Ki-moon

Week 20 (1 - 7 February 2014)

Li Na

Week 19 (25 - 31 January 2014)

Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al-Sabah

Week 18 (18 - 24 January 2014)

Cristiano Ronaldo

Week 17 (11 - 17 January 2014)

Park Geun-hye

Week 16 (4 - 10 January 2014)

Sir Alex Ferguson

Week 15 (14 - 20 December 2013)

Nelson Mandela

Week 14 (7 - 13 December 2013)

Claudia Bokel

Week 13 (30 November - 6 December 2013)

Pope Francis

Week 12 (23 - 29 November 2013)

Sir Craig Reedie

Week 11 (16 - 22 November 2013)

HRH Prince Feisal bin Al Hussein

Week 10 (9 - 15 November 2013)

Dmitry Chernyshenko

Week 9 (2 - 8 November 2013)

Raha Moharrak

Week 8 (26 October - 1 November 2013)

John Coates

Week 7 (19 - 25 October 2013)

Jay Stuart

Week 6 (12 - 18 October 2013)

Helen Grant

Week 5 (5 - 11 October 2013)

Brian Cookson

Week 4 (28 September - 4 October 2013)

Sir Ben Ainslie

Week 3 (21 - 27 September 2013)

Usain Bolt

Week 2 (14 - 20 September 2013)

Thomas Bach

Week 1 (7 - 13 September 2013)