Everyone happy afterwards.
Norway, who took revenge for both the Olympic fiasco last year (fifth after waxing miss) and bottennappet Tuesday on the 10 kilometer race, and now had to stand at the top of the podium again.
Sweden, who drew the bow high, not got the hit that was needed but still took home the silver in the fight against Finland.
Finland who earned his first medal in Falun after a tough World Cup and where hope was lit for another medal in tremilen on Saturday.
It was clean hug the party at the awards ceremony afterwards, between competitors.
Cross-country skiing is one of the Nordic disciplines and rarely has it was more clear than this day.
I think that the Swedish coach Richard Griffin and damtränaren Mattias Persson was right team selection – even though it was not enough to gold.
They chose skaters as shown form, put the world’s best freestyle skiers Charlotte Kalla on the tough other classic route of trying to challenge Norway on the gold, chose Maria Rydqvist on the third leg with idea of trying to keep up with Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen and sounded Silver-Stina Nilsson take care of the final stretch.
Bravely, offensive, where the goal was gold.
Now it was silver. Good enough on a day when the Norwegian quartet had good skis and did it simply to cope with.
Those who whine on the Swedish team selection should calm down. It had not helped by one or a few other riders to complete Norway. Maria Rydqvists cases performed in practice nor any role in the outcome. There goes admittedly the last trace of gold jump, but Norway had full control.
The silver was the sixth Swedish medal in the World Championships and I think Grip & amp; Co must have cred for daring to do the unexpected.
We still got two beautiful answer. One of the future, the other for tomorrow.
Charlotte Kalla showed again that she is in his best form. Now she took in ten seconds on Therese Johaug – in classic style! And she crushed Justyna Kowalczyk on the route, she, together with Johaug is the favorite for the gold medal in Saturday’s classic three-mile.
Known way to go classic ski offers hope for world championship gold number two for her on Saturday. She can ride without pressure and expectations, just enjoy and challenge the favorites.
second news was that Stina Nilsson will continue to run the last leg. She played with Finnish artist
Krista Pärmäkoski when it drew together in spurt.21-year-old Nilsson has taken three silver in the World Championships and has a tactical mind that will give her and Sweden many medals in the future.
Six Swedish Medals will most likely be seven in the morning when the men’s relay is determined. But I’m not at all sure that it will only be a duel between Sweden and Norway. Russia has a strong lineup with Vylegsjanin last sträckanm a rider who can even spurtslå Petter Northug.
I’m a little worried Calle Halfvarsson as slutman. He has not got it in Falun at his home and must raise themselves mentally in crucial situations. It’s the World Cup now, Calle!
Sweden has taken two straight Olympic gold, but it is 26 years since it became world championship gold.
Let’s hope it does not become a new relay fiasco in the Falun terrain, which in 1974 when Hans-Erik Larsson dropped the scabbard, and in 1993 with Niklas Jonsson had not slide or hold and became Swedish scapegoat for sixth place.
A gold would have us (maybe) forget the historical stafettfiaskona at home.


