Norway's team win the men's 4x 10km relay cross country race at the Nordic World Championships in Oberstdorf. Norway's Frode Estil, Lars Berger, Odd-Bjoern Hjelmset, Tore-Rudd Hofstad and Odd-Bjoern Hjelmset (L-R) pose with a gold medal after in front of a giant Norwegian flag after they won the men's 4 x 10km cross country relay race at the Nordic World Championships in Oberstdorf, southern Germany, February 24, 2005. Norway won the competition ahead of Germany and Russia. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger 

Norway's team win the men's 4x 10km relay cross country race at the Nordic World Championships in Oberstdorf. Norway's Odd-Bjoern Hjelmset, Tore-Rudd Hofstad, Lars Berger and Frode Estil (L-R) pose with a gold medal after they won the men's 4 x 10km cross country relay race at the Nordic World Championships in Oberstdorf, southern Germany, February 24, 2005. Norway won the competition ahead of Germany and Russia. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger 

Italy's Cristian Zorzi (L) Germany's Tobias Angerer (2nd L) Norway's Tore Rudd Hofstad (C) Russia's Evgenji Dementiev (2nd R) and France's Alexandre Rousselet (R), ski in the final sprint of a men's 4 x 10km double cross-country relay race at the Cross Country skiing World Cup in Lago di Tesero, northern Italy December 12, 2004. The Norvegians won gold ahead of Italy who took the silver and France who took the bronze. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico AMP/AA 

Norway's Hofstad celebrates winning a men's cross-country relay race at the Cross Country skiing World Cup in Lago di Tesero. Norway's Tore Ruud Hofstad celebrates winning a men's 4 x 10km double cross-country relay race at the Cross Country skiing World Cup in Lago di Tesero, northern Italy, December 12, 2004. The Norwegians won gold ahead of Italy who took the silver and France who took the bronze. Pictures of the month December 2004 REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico Pictures of the Year 2004