Russia (bbabo.net), - The Russian women's cross-country skiing team won the 4x5 km relay at the Beijing Olympics. This is the third gold for our athletes at the 2022 Games.

At the first stage, Yulia Stupak started, who at the beginning of the Olympics failed in the skiathlon and even spoke about a possible retirement.

But already in the classics she got into the top 10 and it was noticeable that the athlete began to find her best condition. And Stupak at her stage managed to break away, which even exceeded 10 seconds. The Norwegian national team fell noticeably behind due to the fall.

At the finish of her stage, the Russian woman was ahead of the German woman by only 1.5 seconds. And then Natalya Nepryaeva went into the race, followed by German Katarina Hennig. The Germanaged to get ahead of the skiathlon silver medalist, but the gap was not so much - 4.3 seconds. At the same time, the Norwegian team was still more than 20 seconds behind, although Teresa Johaug was running for them at this stage.

The third stage in the Russian team ran Tatyana Sorina. At first, she pulled ahead, but failed to create a gap, and at the finish of the stage, the German pulled ahead.

Completed the relay very young Veronika Stepanova. She had to win back five seconds behind the German national team, and behind the teams of Finland and Norway noticeably approached.

On the last lap, Stepanova pulled ahead and rushed to the finish line. The German began to lag behind a little. As a result, Stepanova ran away from her rival and brought the much coveted Olympic gold. Already the second for the cross-country skiing team.

Silver for Germany, bronze for Sweden.

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