Teamsprint Gold for Norway and Germany
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After a break of two days, the Cross-Country chase for the Olympic titles continued with Teamsprints in Classic technique. 24 teams on the womens side and 25 teams on the mens side were on the start list. Due to cold temperatures on the weather forecast, the starting time of the race was advanced.
In the womens final at first, all 10 qualified teams managed to keep up with the pace makers up front. In the third leg, Tiril Udnes Weng broke her pole and Team Norway fell behind. With increasing pace, Sweden, Finland, USA, ROC and Team Germany managed to break away by 3 seconds to the remaining teams. Katharina Hennig (GER) took over the lead in her final leg and passed it on to Victora Carl. Carl, who had been put in place as a substitute earlier in the day, knew her task and performed a fantastic final leg.
In the final straight, Jonna Sundling for Sweden and Natalia Nepryaeva remained on the heels of the German but Carl did not give away her phenomenon victory and crossed the finish line 0.17 seconds before Sweden and 0.7 seconds before team Russian Olympic Committee.
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