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Spent the evening glued to the computer watching Tiomila coverage and rooting for Linné. It was a rollercoaster, as they started very well on leg 1, then lost time at the beginning of 2 and dropped off the lead pack. Tomas lot a few more minutes during the long night, and Höij went out 6.30 down on the 4th leg. All looked hopeless, but the top teams kept losing time, and Höij, Jan, Liutas (a reserve who had to jump in for Ulf), and Albin had amazing runs to bring Linné into the lead pack after 7 legs. I was nearly jumping up and down on the chair when I saw Albin run in, 17 seconds off the lead. Loefaas ran really well on 8 and exchanged 3rd, 1:22 down on the lead. In the end, Linné finished 5th, which is probably about where they belong, but them staying in the thick of things through the whole relay certainly made my night!