Roberto Carcelen of Peru places 94th out of 95 cross-country skiers in the 15K event. His time was 45 minutes, 53.6 seconds, or 12:17.3 behind gold-medal winner Dario Cologna of Switzerland. Carcelen is coached by 1979 Medford High graduate Kent Murdoch.
Italy’s Pietro Piller Cottrer was second and the Czech Republic’s Lukas Bauer was third. Carcelen had hoped to be the best finisher among 18 developing nations with cross-country skiers entered, but it appears he came up short. There were 54 countries represented, the most of any Olympic event.
