Norway claimed an improbable cross country relay gold at the Winter Olympics on Saturdaay after Ebba Andersson met disaster for top favourites Sweden in the second leg.
World champions Sweden held the lead at the first exchange from sprint gold medallist Linn Svahn.
But skiathlon and 10km silver medallist Andersson then fell twice, the second time also losing a ski in a big tumble and the binding coming off. She continued for almost one minute on one ski before a team member, who also fell rushing over, provided her with a spare ski.
Skiathlon and 10km gold medallist Frida Karlsson and sprint silver medallist Jonna Sundling then at least fought back from eighth at the second exchange to salvage silver.
Up front, Norway were untouchable once Andersson met disaster and won the 4x7.5km race with the team of Kristin Austgulen Fosnæs, Astrid Øyre Slind, Karoline Simpson-Larsen and Heidi Weng.
They were 50.9 seconds ahead of Sweden and Finland earned bronze, 1 minute 14.7 seconds off the pace. For the veteran Weng it was a first Games gold at last, after skiathlon bronze in 2014 and last weekend.
