Cold climate Olympics: Marit Bjorgen wins gold for Norway in 30km mass birth fundamental

Norway topped the medal table as Marit Bjorgen obtained gold within the ladies folk’s injurious-nation skiing 30km mass birth fundamental, the closing tournament of the Cold climate Olympics.

Norway performed with 14 golds, the identical as Germany, but obtained a file 39 medals general, eight greater than the Germans.

Bjorgen, 37, grew to vary into the most embellished Cold climate Olympian by winning bronze within the group speed free – her fifth medal at Pyeongchang 2018 and 15th general.

She obtained a medal in every tournament she contested at this year’s Video games.

She also obtained gold within the ladies folk’s 4x5km relay, silver within the 15km skiathlon and yet every other bronze within the 10km freestyle in South Korea.

Competing within the closing Olympic tournament of her 16-year occupation, Bjorgen finishes with eight golds, four silvers and three bronzes from five Video games.

‘She transcended her sport’ – prognosis

BBC Sport commentator Ollie Williams

What one plan to attain. If that is the last time we peek Marit Bjorgen at an Olympic Video games, then she goes out standard and Norway will celebrate this for days to design.

It is absolutely the most practical injurious-nation performance you furthermore may perhaps can ever accept as true with. She has transcended the boundaries of her sport.

For 16 years she has been at the head. She’s performed it with humility and a starvation for success. She has rewritten the boundaries of what many thought become as soon as that you may perhaps perhaps well be succesful to guage.

That is a truly special moment for us all to learn.

Bjorgen dominates from birth to attain

Bjorgen made an early breakaway and led by over a minute at the midway level – which proved to be too a lot for the remainder of the discipline because the defending champion grew to vary into the first girl to design shut the 30km mass birth twice.

Austria’s Teresa Stadlober become as soon as in second location with out a longer as a lot as 10km to switch but went the atrocious design, allowing Finland’s Krista Parmakoski to employ silver and Sweden’s Stina Nilsson bronze.

It become as soon as Parmakoski’s 1/3 medal of the Video games and a file attain for Finland within the mass birth tournament.

Charlotte Kalla become as soon as aiming to vary into Sweden’s most embellished Olympian of all time but performed nearly three minutes behind Bjorgen in fifth location.