The men’s mass start free cross-country race was delayed an hour due to weather and shortened from 50km to 30km. American Scott Patterson finished in 8th with the ROC taking home the gold and silver.
The ROC's Alexander Bolshunov won the men's cross-country freestyle event on Saturday to capture his third gold and fifth overall medal at the Winter Olympics.
The event, which was originally a 50km race, was shortened to 30km and delayed by an hour due to weather conditions at Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre.
Bolshunov won the event in a time of 1:11:32.7, while the ROC's Ivan Yakimushkin earned silver in 1:11:38.2 and Norway's Simen Hegstad Krueger grabbed bronze (1:11:39.7).
Team USA's Scott Patterson finished in the event in eighth place with a time of 1:12.06.6.
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Bolshunov now has won nine total Winter Olympic medals in his career -- three gold, four silver and two bronze.
He currently has the second most won gold medals at the Games after Norway's Johannes Thingnes Boe with four in Biathlon.
