Charlotte Kalla produced an astonishing comeback leg to earn Sweden an upset win in the Olympic women's cross country 4x5km relay at the Sochi Winter Games on Saturday (local time).
Norway could do no better than fifth after winning all the World Cup and world championship relays since the Vancouver Games, where they also won gold. Finland took silver and Germany won the bronze.
Kalla started the final leg 25.7 seconds behind Finland in third position but caught Krista Lahteenmaki and German Denise Herrmann some 300 metres out and won the sprint to the line.
"I was inspired by the others in my team. I knew we had really good skis. When I saw the German I just wanted to go for gold," Kalla told a news conference
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