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Norway Win Women's Cross-Country Relay, Sweden Fight Back to Take ...
Norway finished 50.9 seconds ahead of Sweden after an early crash hindered the Swedish team, with Finland securing bronze in challenging warm and slushy conditions.
- On Saturday, February 14, 2026, Norway's women's relay team won the 4x7.5km at Tesero, with Heidi Weng anchoring to victory by nearly 51 seconds ahead of Sweden.
- Amid warm, slushy conditions, warm weather and slushy corners caused multiple tumbles on the first bend at Tesero, disrupting the field early in the race.
- Sweden recovered after the early crashes to finish second and take silver in the relay, with Frida Karlsson making up significant time on the third lap.
- Heidi Weng was wrapped in a Norwegian flag as she finished, and teammates consoled Ebba Andersson before the medal ceremony, celebrating Norway's win.
- Coming into Saturday's race, expectations favored Sweden, but Norway's victory was their first women's relay win at the Milano Cortina Games, altering pre-race expectations.
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U.S. women deliver historic fifth-place finish in Olympic cross-country relay
TESERO, Italy — The U.S. women’s cross-country team delivered its strongest Olympic relay performance in history Saturday afternoon, finishing fifth in the 4×7.5-kilometer relay at the Tesero Cross-Country Stadium. Julia Kern, Rosie Brennan, Novie McCabe and Jessie Diggins combined for a time of 1 hour 17 minutes and 37 seconds, just 1 minute, 52.2 seconds behind Norway, which claimed the gold. Park City’s Brennan skied the second classic leg an…
The Norwegian women's relay team won the 4 x 7.5 km cross-country skiing race at the Olympic Games in Tesero. The Swedes took second place, and the Finns third. The Slovenian team of Anja Mandeljc, Tia Janežič, Neža Žerjav and Lucija Medja was caught and had to end the race early.
The Swedish women's relay team was the absolute favorite, but Ebba Andersson's mistake made the Norwegians the Olympic champions.
The women's national team of Norway celebrated in the relay race at 4 x 7.5 kilometers in cross country at the Winter Olympic Games in Italy, but everyone is talking about the silver medal won by Sweden.
Crosscountry-Norway win women's relay, Sweden fight back to take silver
TESERO, Italy, Feb 14 - Norway won the women's 4x7.5km cross-country skiing relay at the Olympics on Saturday, while favourites Sweden recovered to take silver after suffering a series of early crashes. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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