Athletes compete during the cross-country skiing women's team sprint classic semifinals of the Beijing Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- German pair Katharina Hennig and Victoria Carl won the cross-country skiing women's team sprint classic in 22 minutes and 9.85 seconds, 0.17 seconds ahead of runner-up Sweden, while the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) took the bronze in 22:10.56.
Katharina Hennig (L) and her teammates Victoria Carl of Germany compete during the cross-country skiing women's team sprint classic final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
Victoria Carl of Germany competes during the cross-country skiing women's team sprint classic semifinal of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)
Katharina Hennig (L) and Victoria Carl of Germany celebrate after the cross-country skiing women's team sprint classic final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)
Jonna Sundling (R) Sweden competes during the cross-country skiing women's team sprint classic final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)
Silver medalists Maja Dahlqvist (L) and Jonna Sundling of Sweden celebrate on the podium during the flower ceremony for the cross-country skiing women's team sprint classic final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
Yulia Stupak (front) of ROC competes during the cross-country skiing women's team sprint classic final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
Silver medalists Maja Dahlqvist and Jonna Sundling of Sweden, gold medalists Katharina Hennig and Victoria Carl Germany, bronze medalists Yulia Stupak and Natalia Nepryaeva of ROC (from L to R) celebrate on the podium during a flower ceremony for the cross-country skiing women's team sprint classic final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)■