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[PyeongChang 2018] Sweden's Kalla wins 1st gold medal of Olympics

By AP

Published : Feb. 10, 2018 - 17:12

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Sweden's Charlotte Kalla won the first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Games and Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjoergen took silver in the women's 15-kilometer skiathlon to become the most decorated female Winter Olympian ever.

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Bjoergen captured her 11th career medal Saturday, breaking a three-way tie with Russian Raisa Smetanina and Italian Stefania Belmondo.

Kalla won the race by more than seven seconds, breaking away from the pack in the final 2 kilometers to avenge her loss to Bjoergen in the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

Jessica Diggins finished fifth, failing to become the first American women to earn a medal in cross-country skiing.

Krista Parmakowski of Finland finished third. (AP)

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