On day 4 Norway extended their lead on the points table mostly via cross country skiing successes.
Canada overtook Russia to move into 2nd place whilst a quieter day for the Dutch at speed skating ensured that the USA move into 4th place.
Belarus is the latest country to appear on the list.
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.
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Rank, Nation,Points,Tie breaker
1, NOR, 115,
2, CAN, 90,
3, RUS, 83,
4, USA, 70,
5, NED, 68,
6, GER, 64,
7, AUT, 48,
8, SWE, 45,
9, JPN, 43,
10, ITA, 39,
11, FRA, 35,
12, SUI, 34,
13, CZE, 30,
14, SLO, 28,
15, CHN, 25,
16, KOR, 16,
17, POL, 15, 1st
18, FIN, 15, 2nd
19, GBR, 13, 3rd
20, AUS, 13, 4th
21, SVK, 11,
22, UKR, 10,
23, BLR, 8, 1st
23, KAZ, 8, 5th
25, BEL, 5,
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