Switzerland's Dario Cologna celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the men's cross-country skiathlon event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) - Switzerland's Dario Cologna picked the perfect time to rediscover his fitness and form as he surged to victory in a protest-hit cross-country skiathlon at the Winter Olympics on Sunday.
Cologna, who earlier this week was still walking with a splint on an injured right ankle, attacked with less than a kilometre left in the 30km race to finish ahead of Swede Marcus Hellner.
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