So after two days of competition Norway lead the points table from Russia with Holland’s speed skaters also racking up the points.
The scoring table is as follows;
1st 8 points
2nd 7
3rd 6
4th 5
5th 4
6th 3
7th 2
8th 1
If countries are level on points their single best result is the tiebreak.
Joint 7th place in ski jumping – both score 2 points
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Rank, Nation,Points,Tie breaker
1, NOR, 64,
2, RUS, 50,
3, NED, 41,
4, CAN, 36,
5, USA, 34,
6, ITA, 31,
7, AUT, 28,
8, GER, 23,
9, SWE, 21,
10, SUI, 18, 1st
11, CZE, 18, 2nd
12, POL, 15, 1st
13, FIN, 15, 2nd
14, FRA, 13,
15, JPN, 12,
16, GBR, 9,
17, SVK, 8,
18, SLO, 7,
19, UKR, 6, 3rd
20, AUS, 6, 5th
21, BEL, 5,
22, KAZ, 2, 7th
22, CHN, 2, 7th
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