France, Feb. 21 -- Harrop and Anselmet clocked a winning time of 26min 57.44sec in the relay.

The Swiss duo of Marianne Fatton and Jon Kistler claimed silver, 11.86sec behind, with Spain'sAna Alonso Rodriguez and Oriol Cardona Coll in third place.

"It's a crazy feeling. The Olympics are the top of any athlete's dream," said Harrop.

"To be in the top place today with such a strong field out there, it's just crazy."

Harrop said she and Anselmet had a strategy "to start off hard and to put everyone in difficulties".

"But that includes ourselves!" the 28-year-old said. "I knew that it was going to be a hard race until the end."

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