Switzerland claim team title in St Moritz

The team of Wendy Holdener, Daniel Yule, Michelle Gisin and Reto Schmidiger beat the German quartet of Katrin Hirtl-Stanggassinger, Stefan Luitz, Lena Duerr and Dominik Stehle in the big final.

It was far from plain sailing though as the Swiss had two skiers fail to finish their runs, but thanks to strong efforts by Holdener and Schmidiger the hosts earned the win by just 0.04 seconds.

The Swiss have now won three of the five races at this year's season finals in addition to earning two second-place finishes.

Meanwhile, in the small final, Sweden grabbed the third spot on the podium after beating France in three of the four races.

The Nation's Team Event is due to join the Olympic Program in 2018, making every one of the competitions between now and then an important test.

The compact knockout format race features two male and two female racers per team with the best combined time advancing to the next round.

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