Norway won the women"s cross country skiing...

Russia"s team finished eighth, leaving it with just one gold medal, one silver and two bronze in the cross-country skiing with just two events remaining. Russia has never won less than two cross-country golds at the Winter Games.

The Norwegian team completed the four 5 km legs in 55:19.5, with the Germans 24.6 seconds behind and the Finns a further 5.8 seconds back.

The Russian quartet — Olga Zavjalova, Irina Khazova, Evgenia Medvedev and Natalia Korosteleva — was 1 minute 41.4 seconds off the pace.

MOSCOW, February 25 (RIA Novosti)