Russia had won the last three World Championships, and the 1994 Olympic gold medal, which had been won in 1992 by the Unified Team, and 1988 by the Soviet Union.
Russia and Norway started out quickly, with Nina Gavrylyuk leading over Bente Martinsen, who had a 17.7 lead over third-place Sweden.[1] On the second leg, Norway moved ahead, one second in front of Russia, with Italy back in 12th place. Yelena Välbe, skiing the third leg for Russia, created a gap, and put Russia in front of Norway by 22.8 seconds at the final exchange, with Switzerland another minute behind. Manuela Di Centa skied well for Italy on the third leg but could only move her team up to ninth position. Välbe's split had made it an easy task for Russian anchor Larisa Lazutina, who increased the lead slightly as Russia won a comfortable gold medal over Norway. For Italy, the impossible occurred, as Stefania Belmondo's anchor leg was the fastest of the event, by over 26 seconds, and brought Italy in 1.9 seconds ahead of Switzerland. The podium had Russia, Norway, and Italy, in that order, exactly the same medal finish as in 1994.
Resultsedit
Each team used four skiers, with each completing racing over the same 5 kilometre circuit. The first two raced in the classical style, and the final pair of skiers raced freestyle.[2]
^. sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
^"The XVIII Olympic Winter Games Official Report" (PDF). library.la84.org. pp. 82–84. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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cross, country, skiing, 1998, winter, olympics, women, kilometre, relay, women, kilometre, relay, cross, country, skiing, competition, 1998, winter, olympics, nagano, japan, held, february, snow, harp, women, kilometre, relayat, xviii, olympic, winter, gamesve. The women s 4 5 kilometre relay cross country skiing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano Japan was held on 16 February at Snow Harp Women s 4 5 kilometre relayat the XVIII Olympic Winter GamesVenueSnow HarpDates16 FebruaryCompetitors64 16 teams from 16 nationsWinning time55 13 5MedalistsNina GavrylyukOlga DanilovaYelena ValbeLarisa Lazutina RussiaBente MartinsenMarit MikkelsplassElin NilsenAnita Moen Guidon NorwayKarin MoroderGabriella ParuzziManuela Di CentaStefania Belmondo Italy 19942002 Contents 1 Race summary 2 Results 3 References 4 External linksRace summary editRussia had won the last three World Championships and the 1994 Olympic gold medal which had been won in 1992 by the Unified Team and 1988 by the Soviet Union Russia and Norway started out quickly with Nina Gavrylyuk leading over Bente Martinsen who had a 17 7 lead over third place Sweden 1 On the second leg Norway moved ahead one second in front of Russia with Italy back in 12th place Yelena Valbe skiing the third leg for Russia created a gap and put Russia in front of Norway by 22 8 seconds at the final exchange with Switzerland another minute behind Manuela Di Centa skied well for Italy on the third leg but could only move her team up to ninth position Valbe s split had made it an easy task for Russian anchor Larisa Lazutina who increased the lead slightly as Russia won a comfortable gold medal over Norway For Italy the impossible occurred as Stefania Belmondo s anchor leg was the fastest of the event by over 26 seconds and brought Italy in 1 9 seconds ahead of Switzerland The podium had Russia Norway and Italy in that order exactly the same medal finish as in 1994 Results editEach team used four skiers with each completing racing over the same 5 kilometre circuit The first two raced in the classical style and the final pair of skiers raced freestyle 2 Rank Bib Team Time Deficit nbsp 1 nbsp Russia Nina GavrylyukOlga Danilova Yelena ValbeLarisa Lazutina 55 13 514 13 813 53 213 39 813 26 7 nbsp 2 nbsp Norway Bente MartinsenMarit MikkelsplassElin NilsenAnita Moen Guidon 55 38 014 14 313 51 714 03 613 28 4 24 5 nbsp 4 nbsp Italy Karin MoroderGabriella ParuzziManuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo 56 53 315 16 714 35 714 00 813 00 1 1 39 8 4 8 nbsp Switzerland Sylvia HoneggerAndrea HuberBrigitte Albrecht Loretan Natascia Leonardi Cortesi 56 55 214 41 214 43 613 39 813 50 6 1 41 7 5 6 nbsp Germany Kati WilhelmManuela HenkelConstanze BlumAnke Reschwamm Schulze 56 55 414 40 714 17 914 06 513 50 3 1 41 9 6 5 nbsp Czech Republic Jana SaldovaKaterina Neumannova Katerina HanusovaZuzana Kocumova 56 58 714 58 314 04 214 10 213 46 0 1 45 2 7 3 nbsp Finland Tuulikki PyykkonenMilla JauhoSatu Salonen Anita Hakala 57 34 314 37 414 44 614 04 314 08 0 2 20 8 8 9 nbsp Sweden Antonina OrdinaAnette FanqvistMagdalena Forsberg Karin Saterkvist 57 53 714 32 014 44 814 12 114 24 8 2 40 2 9 10 nbsp Ukraine Valentyna Shevchenko Iryna TerelyaOlena HayasovaMaryna Pestryakova 57 54 814 57 213 53 114 39 214 25 3 2 41 3 10 14 nbsp Japan Tomomi Otaka Sumiko YokoyamaFumiko AokiKumiko Yokoyama 58 22 814 40 314 27 014 46 914 28 6 3 09 3 11 7 nbsp France Sophie VilleneuveAnnick Vaxelaire Pierrel Anne Laure Mignerey CondevauxKarine Philippot 58 27 714 35 614 48 515 06 713 56 9 3 14 2 12 11 nbsp Kazakhstan Svetlana DeshevykhOksana Yatskaya Svetlana ShishkinaOlga Selezneva 59 11 314 41 614 36 015 06 814 46 9 3 57 8 13 12 nbsp Poland Katarzyna GebalaMalgorzata RuchalaDorota Kwasna Bernadeta Piotrowska 59 56 715 41 815 00 814 45 114 29 0 4 43 2 14 16 nbsp Belarus Svetlana KamotskayaEkaterina AntonukYelena Sinkevitch Ludmila Shablouskaya 59 56 915 06 815 19 714 49 014 41 4 4 43 4 15 15 nbsp United States Kerrin PettySuzanne KingLaura McCabe Laura Wilson 1 00 51 215 45 615 33 515 04 214 27 9 5 37 7 16 13 nbsp Canada Beckie ScottMilaine TheriaultSara RennerJaime Fortier 1 01 09 914 38 115 14 715 34 115 43 0 5 56 4References edit Cross Country Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games Women s 4 x 5 kilometres Relay sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 5 February 2018 The XVIII Olympic Winter Games Official Report PDF library la84 org pp 82 84 Retrieved 10 February 2018 External links edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cross country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics Women 27s 4 5 kilometre relay amp oldid 1139179256, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
