BEIJING -- For the second straight Olympics, Norway is the gold medalist in men's team pursuit speedskating.
Norway won the gold-medal final Tuesday with a time of 3 minutes, 38.08 seconds -- nearly 2½ seconds ahead of the Russian Olympic Committee.
The Norwegian trio of Hallgeir Engebraaten, Peder Kongshaug and Sverre Lunde Pedersen defeated the Netherlands in the semifinals, then led all the way in the final against the Russian Olympic Committee.
The Russian team settled for the silver, while the United States claimed the bronze by beating the Dutch in the B final.