Bosnia’s best cross-country skier, Strahinja Eric, came in 59th at the Winter Olympics in Beijing and did not make it to the second round.

The 22-year-old took on very strong competitors and finished the race 59th with a time of 3: 03.5, which was 18.02 seconds behind the winner Lucas Chavanata from France who achieved a time of 2 : 45.03.

Second place went to Sergey Ustiugov from Russia, and third to Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo from Norway.

The top 30 competitors made it to the second round.