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The women's biathlon team from Ukraine gave its country, marred by deadly riots, a victory it had been longing for. The team won the Olympic 4x6-kilometer relay on Friday for its first gold medal of the Sochi Games. Sergey Bubka, pole vault great and chief of the Ukrainian Olympic Committee, tweeted, ''Thanks to the girls - Vita and Valja Semerenko, Julia Dzhyma and Olena Pidhrushna!'' he said ''You made it for Ukraine!'' The team of twins Vita and Valj Semerenko, Dzhyma and anchor Pidhrushna missed five targets but avoided penalty loops to finish in 1 hour, 10 minutes, 2.5 seconds. Defending champion Russia was 26.4 behind to take silver, and Norway trailed by 37.6 to win bronze.
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