Results of men's cross country sprint.

WHISTLER, British Columbia � Russia�s Nikita Kriukov edged countryman Alexander Panzhinskiy in a photo finish to win the gold medal in the men�s individual classic cross-country sprint race.
Kriukov�s winning time Wednesday was 3 minutes, 36.3 seconds. The bronze medal went to Norway�s Petter Northug, who finished a whopping 9.2 seconds later.
The Russians set a quick pace from the start, and it became a two-man race over the final third of the 1.6-kilometer competition. On one of the big turns, Alexey Poltaranin of Kazakhstan fell, taking out Norway�s Oeystein Pettersen.