The Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay

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competition at the

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was held on 18 February, at

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Vibeke Skofterud Vibeke Westbye Skofterud (20 April 1980 – 29 July 2018) was a Norwegian cross-country skier. She won gold in the 4 × 5 km relay at Vancouver in 2010. Her best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was eighth in the 30 km event at ...

Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (born 8 November 1964) is a Norway, Norwegian cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. Her first Olympic medal was a silver 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. At the 2006 Win ...

Kristin Størmer Steira Kristin Størmer Steira (born 30 April 1981) is a retired Norwegian cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. She competed from 2002 to 2015, and won six individual FIS Cross-Country World Cup, World Cup victories and five individual meda ...

and

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of Norway were the defending World Champions, but finished third at a pre-Olympic World Cup event in Val di Fiemme, where a team representing

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won.

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were defending Olympic champions, with Claudia Künzel,

Manuela Henkel Manuela Henkel (born 4 December 1974 in Neuhaus am Rennweg, Bezirk Suhl) is a German cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Her best indiv ...

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and Evi Sachenbacher.

Results

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. The race was started at 09:45.Final results
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References

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