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Win second prediction for Norway in the relay 4x5 km of Ulricehamn. The quartet consists of ingvild flugstad østberg, Heidi Weng, Astrid Jacobsen and Marit Bjørgen preceded on the podium Germany (Katharina Hennig, Stefanie Boehler, Victoria Carl and Sandra Ringwald) and Sweden (IDA INGEMARSDOTTER, Sofia Henriksson, Charlotte Kalla and Hanna Falk).
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The Norwegians have controlled since the start of the first half, with a Østberg who immediately tried to select the group. The third of the overall managed at first to stretch along with one Ingemarsdotter, but then gave a sign of a slight decline from the condition early in the season after undergoing the recovery of the Slovenian Anamarija Lampic and Udnes Weng Fight World Cup Norway II.
However, he proceeded Heidi Weng, in the second fraction, to produce the decisive breakout. The 25 year old from Ytre Enebakk left 17 seconds athletes who had changed in his company, reached in the meantime from Germany and the United States, thanks to the excellent performances of Stefanie Boehler and Sadie Bjornsen.
Except for the failure of Slovenia, with Lea Einfalt, the situation has remained virtually unchanged during the third quarter, although Kalla Stephen and Elizabeth have tried in the first section to bring in Sweden and USA. Jacobsen reacted in the following kilometers, and at the time of the last change the race was firmly in the hands of Norway, who was asking Bjørgen only to defend a margin of 15 seconds.
The fund queen off the bud any ambition to their opponents comeback stretching firmly into the first kilometer and a half, before being allowed a slowdown in the concluding section. Behind him, to play the other two steps of the podium were Sandra Ringwald for Germany, Hanna Falk for Sweden and Jessica Diggins for the US, while Silje Oyré Slind, last fractionist of Norway II, sold just over one kilometer from the end.
The sprint smiled to the German, which burned for two tenths Sweden, in turn able to oust the US from the top three, again for two tenths.
Despite the inclusion in the quartet of Krista Pärmäkoski, Finland, second in the absence of its flagship woman in La Clusaz, it had to settle for sixth place, more than a minute from winning. Just behind Slovenia and Sweden's second training.
Italy has collected a ninth place. To open the relay was Virginia De Martin Topranin, which limited the damage and changed in seventh place, 12 seconds off the pace. Has instead suffered Catherine Ganz, he slipped into eleventh place, leaving the street 56 ''. They then recovered an Elisa Brocard head position in the third fraction and Ilaria Debertolis in fourth.
RELAY 4x5 KM FEMALE ULRICEHAMN - FINAL
1. Norway I (Østberg, H. Weng, Jacobsen, Bjørgen) 50: 33.3
2. Germany (Hennig, Böhler, Carl, Ringwald) +8.8
3. Sweden I (Ingemarsdotter, Henriksson, Kalla, Falk) +9.0
4. United States (Brennan, Bjornsen, Stephen, Diggins) +9.2
5. Norway II (L. U. Weng, K. Ø. Slind, Haga, S. Ø. Slind) +44.8
6. Finland (Niskanen, Kyllönen, Mononen, Pärmäkoski) +1: 06.6
7. Slovenia (Lampic, Visnar, Einfalt, Cebasek) +1: 06.9
8. Sweden II (Nordström, Wiken, Rydqvist, Sundling) +1: 07.1
9. Italy (De Martin Topranin, Ganz, Brocard, Debertolis) +2: 20.9
10. Russia II (Vedenina, Guschina, Medvedeva, Kovaleva) +2: 53.7
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