Grey finishes 16th, Babikov 21st, Kershaw 23rd, Freeman 29th.

Freeman lost 11 places in the last 3.2km.

.1 seconds separate Kershaw and Freeman at 11.8km

Grey is on track for a strong result – with all skiers through 10km, his time stands up at 13th – the best of the North Americans, with Freeman and Kershaw close behind.

Johan Olssen (SWE) leads Axel Teichmann (GER) by 3 seconds at 10km – the next closest skeir is 17 seconds back.

Kershaw is fading – 11th at 6.8km and 13th at 10 with a handful more skiers to come through.

Freeman moved up to 10th at 6.8km but has now dropped to 16th at 10km.  The race is very tight in the top 20 with a few seconds meaning several places.

Babikov has climbed back to close to the top 30 at 10km.

Kris Freeman is in 19th at the 5km mark with all skiers through.

Devon Kershaw is in 8th at the same point.

Babikov is 38th at the 5km mark.

George Grey was 12th at 5km with all skiers through and has finished the race and currently is in third with the Red Group yet to finish.