THE USA WON THRILLING WOMEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM SPRINT AT THE ALPENSIA CROSS COUNTRY CENTRE ON 21 FEBRUARY TO GIVE THEIR COUNTRY A FIRST EVER OLYMPIC GOLD IN THE DISCIPLINE, WHILE NORWAY’S MARIT BJORGEN CONFIRMED HER STATUS AS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WINTER OLYMPIAN OF ALL TIME.
Going into the final leg, it was clear that Norway, Sweden and the USA would share the podium but the colour of medal for each was in doubt until the very last seconds.
The American duo of Jessica Diggins and Kikkan Randall produced the race of their lives, clocking 15.56.47 to leave their Scandinavian rivals battling it out for silver and bronze. In the decisive leg, Sweden’s Stina Nilsson crossed the line 19 hundredths of a second behind Diggins, leaving Norway’s Maiken Caspersen Falla trailing almost three seconds behind, meaning pre-event favourites Norway had to settle for bronze.
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El equipo femenino de Cross-country de Estados Unidos hizo historia en los Olimpicos de Invierno 2018, al ganar el oro de la disciplina suoperando a Noruega, las favoritas.
Entrando a la ultima vuelta estaba claro que Noruega, Suecia y Estados Unidos, harian el podium, pero el color de la medalla estuvo en duda hasta el ultimo segundo.
El duo Estadounidense de Jessica Diggins y Kikkan Randall, lograron la carrera de sus vidas, parando el cronometro en 15.56.47 relegando a sus rivales escandinavas a plata y bronce., en la vuelta decisiva la sueca Stina Nilsson cruzo la linea a 19 centecimas de segundo detras de Diggfins, dejando a la noruega Miaken Caspersen casi 3 segundos detras. mientras que las favoritas noruegas tuvieron que conformase con el bronce.