Norway won the women’s relay in Gällivare after being fastest on 4 of 8 splits on today’s relay (there are 2 splits of 2.5 km on each leg). The worst period for Norway was the first half of the first leg where Justyna Kowalczyk skied away from everybody including Vibeke Skofterud of Norway I – and the second half of the third leg where Kristin Størmer Steira lost 9 seconds to the best time.

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Italy with Marianna Longa was fastest on the second part of the second leg – whereas France with Laure Barthelemy was fastest on the first part of the third leg. Norway II with Ingvild Flugstad Østberg was fastest on the second part of the third leg.

Weak points

Relay is often a lot about not being the one loosing time. The below diagram shows where some of the teams had their weak spots. Most notable in the diagram is Norway II who actually used a spectator (Marit Robertsen, aged 17) for their last leg – starting out in second spot and falling through the results. Slovenia (Anja Erzen) lost a lot on the first leg – loosing to much to be part of the relay. Many teams lost a lot on the first and on the last leg – mainly because the best athletes in the top teams are set on these legs.

Split 1

1.	06:32		Poland	POL
2.	06:47	+00:15	Norway II	NOR
3.	06:49	+00:17	Norway I	NOR
4.	06:50	+00:18	Kazakhstan I	KAZ
5.	06:51	+00:19	Sweden I	SWE
6.	06:53	+00:21	Finland I	FIN
7.	06:54	+00:22	Russia I	RUS
8.	06:56	+00:24	Sweden II	SWE
9.	06:57	+00:25	Germany	GER
10.	06:59	+00:27	Italy I	ITA
11.	07:00	+00:28	United States of America	USA

Split 2

1.	06:29		Norway I	NOR
2.	06:29	+00:01	Poland	POL
3.	06:35	+00:06	Norway II	NOR
4.	06:43	+00:14	Sweden I	SWE
5.	06:43	+00:14	Finland I	FIN
6.	06:45	+00:16	Germany	GER
7.	06:46	+00:17	Kazakhstan I	KAZ
8.	06:46	+00:17	Sweden II	SWE
9.	06:50	+00:21	Italy II	ITA
10.	06:52	+00:23	Finland II	FIN
11.	06:56	+00:27	France	FRA
15.	07:04	+00:35	Italy I	ITA

Split 3

1.	06:32		Norway I	NOR
2.	06:34	+00:01	Sweden I	SWE
3.	06:38	+00:06	Italy I	ITA
4.	06:41	+00:09	Slovenia	SLO
5.	06:42	+00:10	United States of America	USA
6.	06:44	+00:12	Finland I	FIN
7.	06:45	+00:12	Germany	GER
8.	06:46	+00:13	Sweden II	SWE
9.	06:47	+00:15	Norway II	NOR
10.	06:49	+00:16	Japan	JPN
11.	06:50	+00:17	Sweden III	SWE

Split 4

1.	06:30		Italy I	ITA
2.	06:33	+00:04	Norway I	NOR
3.	06:34	+00:05	Norway II	NOR
4.	06:36	+00:06	Sweden I	SWE
5.	06:36	+00:06	United States of America	USA
6.	06:37	+00:08	Ukraine	UKR
7.	06:39	+00:10	Slovenia	SLO
8.	06:45	+00:15	Germany	GER
9.	06:45	+00:16	Finland I	FIN
10.	06:48	+00:18	Sweden III	SWE
11.	06:50	+00:20	Japan	JPN
14.	06:56	+00:27	Sweden II	SWE

Split 5

1.	06:04		France	FRA
2.	06:08	+00:04	Germany	GER
3.	06:09	+00:05	Slovenia	SLO
4.	06:09	+00:05	Russia I	RUS
5.	06:10	+00:05	Norway I	NOR
6.	06:11	+00:07	Finland I	FIN
7.	06:12	+00:07	Italy I	ITA
8.	06:17	+00:12	Sweden II	SWE
9.	06:17	+00:13	Kazakhstan I	KAZ
10.	06:17	+00:13	Sweden I	SWE
11.	06:17	+00:13	Ukraine	UKR

Split 6

1.	05:50		Norway II	NOR
2.	05:51	+00:01	Sweden I	SWE
3.	05:54	+00:05	Italy I	ITA
4.	05:55	+00:05	Germany	GER
5.	05:57	+00:07	Slovenia	SLO
6.	05:57	+00:07	Finland I	FIN
7.	05:59	+00:09	France	FRA
8.	06:00	+00:10	Norway I	NOR
9.	06:01	+00:12	Russia I	RUS
10.	06:08	+00:18	Italy II	ITA
11.	06:09	+00:20	Ukraine	UKR
13.	06:12	+00:22	Sweden II	SWE

Split 7

1.	05:48		Norway I	NOR
2.	05:55	+00:07	Sweden I	SWE
3.	06:00	+00:12	Italy I	ITA
4.	06:02	+00:15	Germany	GER
5.	06:08	+00:20	Finland I	FIN
6.	06:10	+00:22	Kazakhstan I	KAZ
7.	06:13	+00:26	United States of America	USA
8.	06:17	+00:29	Finland II	FIN
9.	06:20	+00:32	Slovenia	SLO
10.	06:20	+00:33	Sweden II	SWE
11.	06:24	+00:36	France	FRA

Split 8

1.	05:56		Norway I	NOR
2.	05:56	+00:01	Sweden I	SWE
3.	05:57	+00:01	Italy I	ITA
4.	05:58	+00:02	Germany	GER
5.	06:03	+00:07	Finland I	FIN
6.	06:03	+00:07	Kazakhstan I	KAZ
7.	06:08	+00:12	Ukraine	UKR
8.	06:11	+00:16	United States of America	USA
9.	06:13	+00:17	France	FRA
10.	06:14	+00:18	Russia II	RUS
11.	06:15	+00:19	Slovenia	SLO
12.	06:20	+00:24	Sweden II	SWE

Overall (unofficial results from live timing)

1.	50:16		Norway I	NOR
2.	50:43	+00:27	Sweden I	SWE
3.	51:12	+00:56	Italy I	ITA
4.	51:14	+00:58	Germany	GER
5.	51:24	+01:08	Finland I	FIN
6.	52:32	+02:16	Sweden II	SWE
7.	52:45	+02:29	Kazakhstan I	KAZ
8.	52:53	+02:37	France	FRA
9.	53:03	+02:47	Sweden III	SWE
10.	53:04	+02:48	Slovenia	SLO
11.	53:08	+02:52	Ukraine	UKR
12.	53:09	+02:53	Japan	JPN
13.	53:09	+02:53	United States of America	USA
14.	53:19	+03:03	Russia I	RUS
15.	53:28	+03:12	Norway II	NOR
16.	53:28	+03:12	Finland II	FIN
17.	53:37	+03:21	Poland	POL
18.	53:45	+03:29	Sweden IV	SWE
19.	55:17	+05:01	Kazakhstan II	KAZ
20.	55:24	+05:08	Russia II	RUS
21.	40:36	+51:21	Italy II	ITA