GAELLIVARE, Sweden (Nov. 23) -
The Norwegian women, meanwhile, had been running second behind the Italians and then the Finns on the first three legs. Marthe Kristoffersen outsprinted Finland's Liisa-Riitta Roponen for the victory.
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The Team now moves on to Kuusamo, Finland for both sprint and distance races where World Cup winner Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) joins the Team for the classic sprint.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
2009 Viessmann Cross Country FIS World Cup
Gaellivare, SWE - Nov. 23, 2008
DNF - United States
Women's 4x5K relay
1. Norway-1 (Bjoergen/Johaug/Steira/Kristoffersen)
2. Finland-1 (Muranen/Kuitunen/Saarinen/Roponen)
3. Sweden-1 (Hansson/Norgren/Haag/Kalla)
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