▁first ▁leg . ▁Norway ▁went ▁ahead ▁on ▁the ▁second ▁leg , ▁ 2 . 7 ▁seconds ▁ahead ▁of ▁Germany , ▁as ▁they ▁both ▁dist anced ▁themselves ▁from ▁Switzerland , ▁which ▁was ▁third . ▁Norway ▁stayed ▁ahead ▁by ▁the ▁third ▁and ▁final ▁exchange , ▁nine ▁seconds ▁over ▁Germany , ▁and ▁another ▁seven ▁seconds ▁ahead ▁of ▁Switzerland . ▁On ▁the ▁anchor ▁leg , ▁Germany ' s ▁E vi ▁S achen bach er ▁caught ▁Norway ' s ▁anchor , ▁An ita ▁Mo en , ▁and ▁pulled ▁ahead ▁ 1 0 0 ▁metres ▁from ▁the ▁finish ▁line ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁gold ▁medal ▁for ▁Germany . ▁Switzerland ▁won ▁the ▁bronze ▁medal . ▁ ▁Results ▁Each ▁team ▁used ▁four ▁ski ers , ▁with ▁each ▁comple ting ▁racing ▁over ▁the ▁same ▁ 5 ▁kilomet re ▁circuit . ▁The ▁first ▁two ▁rac ed ▁in ▁the ▁classical ▁style , ▁and ▁the ▁final ▁pair ▁of ▁ski ers ▁rac ed ▁fre est yle . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Sports ▁reference ▁ ▁Results ▁ ▁Category : W omen ' s ▁cross - country ▁ski ing ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Winter ▁Olympics ▁Category : W omen ' s ▁ 4 ▁× ▁ 5 ▁kilomet re ▁relay ▁cross - country ▁ski ing ▁at ▁the ▁Winter ▁Olympics <0x0A> </s> ▁Al - M uf add al ▁bin ▁Muhammad ▁bin ▁Ya ' la ▁bin ▁' Am ir ▁bin ▁Sal im ▁bin ▁ar - R amm al ▁ad - D ab bi , ▁commonly ▁known ▁as ▁Al - M uf a ḍ ḍ al ▁al -