Sweden hangs on to gold in cross country
Sweden went into the final leg of the relay with a 37.5 second lead over Norway’s Petter Northug. France and the Czech Republic were in second and third. When it was all over Sweden was still in first, but Norway was in second, the Czech Republic had passed France for the bronze. Northug made up over 20 seconds in the final leg but was unable to catch Marcus Hellner. I’m pretty sure Hellner was awfully grateful that his teammates had left him such a commanding lead.
