Medals update: ROC wins thrilling gold in Beijing 2022 cross-country skiing relay

In a thrilling race the ROC claimed gold at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre with the ecstatic German team holding on for silver after leading for much of the race. Despite clawing back the big gap opened up by the top two in the second lap of four, a battling Sweden and Finland saw the Swedes claim bronze medal.

Norway were out of it early on after a fall in the first lap, a huge disappointment for the nation who won both women’s and men’s relay titles at Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 and were looking to become the first team since 1998 to win both titles at consecutive Games in this discipline.

Results1 ROC 53:41.02 Germany 53:59.23 Sweden 54:01.7

More to follow.

The next cross-country race is on Sunday 13 February with the men's 4 x 10km relay.