Winter Olympics 2018 Andrew Musgrave remains bullish despite missing out on skiathlon medal • Scot falls away at the last but eyes gold in Friday’s 15km free-ski• Sven Kramer completes a hat-trick of 5,000m speed-skating titles ‘It’s a decent result but I’m not at the Olympics to come seventh,’ said Andrew Musgrave. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty ImagesOnce Andrew Musgrave had stopped beating himself up about the medal he felt slipped away on a brutal day in the mountains he made a promise to himself – and to us. Musgrave, meanwhile, had tunnel‑vision eyes on a gold medal. For when Simen Hegstad Krüger made what turned out to be the decisive break on the final lap, Musgrave aggressively went with him while others sat back. But his mistake was costly as the American Chris Mazdzer took silver and Germany’s Johannes Ludwig the bronze.

Source: The Guardian February 11, 2018 15:07 UTC