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It took less than 2 km to Norway to store in fact the practice of women's relay 4 x 4 km of La Clusaz. So much it has occurred in ingvild flugstad østberg to crush the group and take off solo, throwing the quartet to an unchallenged ride.
Sunday 18 December 2016 5 minutes reading time
The other formations have left behind them fight for the two less noble steps of the podium, the preserve at the end of Finland and Sweden nell''ordine.
When Marit Bjoergen left for the second fraction, it was already 28 seconds the gap between the head of the race, and Yulia Belorukova (Russia's), the most immediate pursuer. Just over half a minute chasing Laurien Van der Graaff for Switzerland, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen for Finland and Sandra Ringwald for Germany, while Emma Wiken left Sweden in sixth place, 46 seconds behind. One minute and 13 '' passive accumulated from Italy, tenth with Elisa Brocard.
The Norwegian advantage has expanded even in seconds 4 km. The only Stina Nilsson was able to travel on pace comparable to those of the most successful long-distance runner of all time, trailing Sweden in second place, at 52 seconds off the pace. In his company remained Anne Kyllönen, while all the other glided already well past the minute barrier.
The scenario has remained essentially unchanged during the third quarter, which saw Ragnhild Haga administer without worries the wide margin which she has received as a dowry by her companions and Sweden-Finland joint lengthen the competition. Only in view of the change Maria Rydqvist dug a slight furrow between himself and Riitta-Liisa Roponen, promptly filled by Laura Mononen.
To complete the norge solo proceeded Heidi Weng, who reported over 50 seconds lead over Finland. The latter has distanced the final round Anna Dyvik, took second place and relegating Sweden in third.
Twenty seconds further back, but never really in the fight for the podium, Russia took the fourth place, in front of a German exit from the games for the first three squares with the painful second half of the young Katharina Hennig.
Italy, even tenth after the first half, after trying to Scardoni Lucia, was reported on by Giulia Stuerz two positions, already good 17th yesterday. The eighth place has been confirmed by the closure of Ilaria Debertolis.
RELAY 4 x 4 KM FEMALE LA CLUSAZ - FINAL
1. Norway (Østberg, Bjørgen, Haga, Weng) 39: 23.3
2. Finland (Saarinen, Kyllönen, Roponen, Mononen) +50.2
3. Sweden (Wiken, Nilsson, Rydqvist, Dyvik) +1: 08.9
4. Russia I (Belorukova, Kalsina, Tchekaleva, Sedova) +1: 29.1
5. Germany (Ringwald, Hennig, Böhler, Fessel) +1: 45.0
6. Switzerland (Van der Graaff, von Siebenthal, Faehndrich, Boner) +1: 59.2
7. United States (Caldwell, Brennan, Stephen, Randall) +2: 26.0
8. Italy (Brocard, Scardoni, Stuerz, Debertolis) +2: 38.2
9. Czech Republic (Smutna, Grohova, Novakova, Sixtova) +3: 14.0
10. Kazakhstan (Shevchenko, Stoyan, Mandrika, Bykova) +3: 43.4
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