Norway hold their nerve edge out Germany to claim gold in team parallel World Cup in Lenzerheide
BySportsbeat
Updated 19/03/2021 at 18:43 GMT
Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen, Sebastian Foss-Solevaag, Kristina Riis-Johannessen and Kristin Lysdahl guided the Norwegian team to event glory in Lenzerheide in Switzerland. With Germany taking silver, Austria completed the podium in third place after beating Sweden in the small final of the Alpine Skiing event
First-placed Norway's team (from L) Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen, Kristina Riis-Johannessen, Kristin Lysdahl and Sebastian Foss-Solevaag celebrate on the podium during the trophy ceremony after competing in the Team Parallel event during the FIS Alpine s
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Defending world champions Norway clinched team parallel top spot after a closely-fought Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
The quartet of Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen, Sebastian Foss-Solevaag, Kristina Riis-Johannessen and Kristin Lysdahl drew each of their three ties 2-2, but came out on the winning side every time with faster overall times.
Having edged past the USA in the quarter-finals, the Norwegian team beat Sweden to earn a spot in the big final where they crawled past Germany for the gold medal.
While Germany's Lena Duerr, Andrea Filser, Alexander Schmid and Linus Strasser were forced to settle for second place, Austria completed the podium in third following their small final win over Sweden.
In a highly competitive competition, only the preliminary heat to determine the eighth starter didn't end in deadlock, with Sweden seeing off Great Britain 3-1 to book their place in the last eight.
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