▁at ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁race ▁which ▁put ▁him ▁in ▁last ▁place . ▁Eugen i ▁D ement iev ▁of ▁Russia ▁won ▁the ▁race , ▁ 1 . 6 ▁seconds ▁ahead ▁of ▁Est il , ▁who ▁finished ▁the ▁race ▁in ▁ 1 : 1 7 : 0 1 . 8 , ▁ 0 . 3 ▁seconds ▁ahead ▁of ▁Pietro ▁P iller ▁Cot tr er ▁who ▁came ▁third . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁Games ▁Est il ▁also ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 5   km ▁classical , ▁and ▁the ▁ 5 0   km ▁fre est yle ▁mass ▁start , ▁but ▁finished ▁ 1 7 th ▁and ▁ 2 8 th ▁respectively . ▁Est il ' s ▁results ▁mirror ed ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁cross - country ▁team ▁who ▁failed ▁to ▁win ▁a ▁single ▁Gold ▁medal ▁in ▁Tur in , ▁ow ing ▁to ▁st om ach ▁ill ness ▁and ▁w ax ing ▁mistakes ▁made ▁by ▁Norway ' s ▁eight ▁man ▁strong ▁service ▁team . ▁ ▁Est il ' s ▁Olympic ▁med als ▁include ▁two ▁g olds ▁and ▁two ▁sil vers .. ▁ ▁Medical ▁Est il ▁has ▁a ▁high ▁hem og lo bin ▁level , ▁and ▁has ▁received ▁a ▁blood - cert ificate ▁by ▁the ▁F IS , ▁so ▁that ▁when ▁his ▁blood ▁is ▁tested ▁the ▁maximum ▁hem og lo bin ▁allowed ▁to ▁race ▁is ▁ 1 7 . 5   gram s ▁hem og lo bin ▁per ▁ 1 0 0   ml ▁of ▁blood , ▁compared ▁to ▁ 1 7   gram s ▁for