ZHANGJIAKOU, China : The Russian Olympic Committee won the gold medal in the 4x5km relay at the Beijing Games on Saturday, with Germany beating off the superpowers of the sport to win a sensational silver for their first cross-country medal at an Olympics.
The race will go down as one of the greatest Olympic days for Germany's women on the cross-country trails as they broke early along with the Russians and combined power and courage to hang on for a scarcely believable second place. Norway's hopes suffered an early blow as Tiril Weng hit the deck following a collision with Latvian rival Patricija Eiduka, but her team managed to battle their way back into contention before falling away again late on.
Sauerbrey's team mate Katharina Hennig made a surprise break midway through her second lap to leave Natalia Nepryaeva in her wake, building up a lead of 4.3 seconds at the second exchange, with the top seven teams all within 30 seconds of the leaders.
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