Cross Country Relay 10km mixed | 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships Cable

• published: 03 Feb 2015
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Russia (29:47.5) did manage to claim one of the two gold medals available on Sunday, racing to victory in the mixed relay. Composed of sitting skiers Natalia Kocherova and Alexey Bychenok with Elena Remizova and guide Maksim Pirogov, and Stanislav Chokhlaev with guide Evgenii Fatkhullin, Russia won the relay on the final lap, gaining a minute in time to capture the top spot on the podium. Ukraine (30:26.8), formed of Anatolii Kovalevskiy, guided by Oleksandr Mukshyn, and standing skiers Oleksandra Kononova and Liudmyla Liashenko, took silver after leading at the second and third splits. Norway's (30:38.9) team of sit-skier Mariann Marthinsen, standing athlete Nils-Erik Ulset and the duo of Eirik Bye with guide Kristian Myhre Hellerud, claimed bronze. Ulset, who skied the second leg of his team's race, was happy to return to the podium and close out his experience in Cable with a team medal. "We were hoping to be on the podium and everybody on the team did a good job," Ulset said. "You have more [classes] competing for the same medal today. It's something else when you compete [for] the same medals so that's fun." The final medals table shows Russia finishing with 24 gold, 16 silver and 15 bronze medals for a total of 55 medals overall. Live results will be available at www.paralympic.org/cable-2015/schedule-results. A live stream will be shown at www.cable2015.com All competitions begin at 10am (CST) every day, with a rest day on 29 January. Low resolution pictures will be available at www.flickr.com/photos/paralympic/ and high resolution versions are available on request via ipc.media@paralympic.org. - Ends - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. The IPC supervises the organisation of the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games, and serves as the International Federation for nine sports, for which it oversees and co-ordinates the World Championships and other competitions, including Nordic skiing. The IPC is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to developing sport opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality. For further information, please contact Lucy Dominy, IPC Public Relations and Campaigns Manager on e-mail: lucy.dominy@paralympic.org or call +49-228-2097-159 (Germany) or +7 9384541976 (Sochi 2014). Alternatively, please visit www.paralympic.org/nordic-skiing or www.ParalympicSport.TV. You can also follow IPC Nordic Skiing on Twitter and Facebook: www.Twitter.com/IPCNordic and www.Facebook.com/IPCNordicSkiing.