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Notebook from Nagano

Web posted February 19, 1998

By Dennis Sodomka
Morris News Service

NAGANO -- Bjoern Daehlie won his record seventh gold medal Wednesday, but he said it wasn't on his mind when Norway won the 4 x 10-kilometer cross-country relay.

"I've not been thinking about it,'' he said. "It's the journalists who focus on it. But it means something to me. I will appreciate it in some years.''

As he watched the team's anchor Thomas Alsgaard make a mad dash to the finish line to beat Italy by .02 seconds, Daehlie said, "I'm lucky to have this guy on my team.''

Norway won the gold and silver medals in men's biathlon 10-kilometer sprint while Finland took bronze.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen was first, followed by Frode Andresen and Ville Raikkonen of Finland.

It wasn't a good day for the United States as Dan Westover finished 49th and Jay Hakkinen, of Kasiloff, Alaska, was 60th. Hakkinen is the current Junior World Champion in the sprint.

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