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With no medals won on the 14th day of the...

Russia"s medal hopes were pinned on the women"s cross country skiing relay on Thursday, but the Russian quartet put in a surprisingly poor performance, finishing only eighth, with Norway claiming its seventh gold at the Games.

Belarus" Alexei Grishin won the men"s freestyle skiing aerials, bringing his country its first gold medal.

The U.S., Canada, South Korea grabbed the gold medals in the Nordic combined event, the women"s ice hockey and the women"s figure-skating.

Norway wins women"s cross-country skiing relay

Norway won the women"s cross country skiing relay at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Thursday, ahead of Germany and Finland.

Russia"s team finished eighth, leaving it with just one gold medal, one silver and two bronze in the cross-country skiing with just two events remaining. Russia has never won less than two cross-country golds at the Winter Games.

The Norwegian team completed the four 5 km legs in 55:19.5, with the Germans

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