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World Championship Womens Relay

The Blue and White flags were flying highest in celebration for Finnish gold. Minna Kauppi extended the lead to 1 minute 6 sec at the line to take the win from Sweden. Heli Jukkola on second leg had gradually extended the lead for Finland to 40 secs with Norway and…
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Sweden battling hard for the silver medals. So for Minna and Finland it was a calmer finish compared to last years nervous win and gave the exultant winners plenty of time to enjoy the moment. The womens race was an exciting right from the start with the lead changing from first Russia early on leg 1 to Sweden with Annika Billstam taking a 23 sec lead over Russia. Pippa Whitehouse started well and despite a punch up at the 3rd control where 10 runners descended on the single SI unit she showed her strength and hard running form to take…

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