ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA—Alvar Alev has officially competed in the Olympics. The former Colorado Buffaloes Ski Team member finished an impressive 33rd place finish in the men's 15K/15K Skiathlon here Sunday at the XIV Winter Olympic Games.
Alev started in 56th place and finished 33rd, moving up some 23 spots. After things settled out of the gates, he had his strongest push early in the race, moving up to 51st by the first intermediate time check at 1.3K, then the next 2.5K he really made his move, going into 40th at the 2.5K mark and then into 33rd at the 3.