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During the weekend Stina Nilsson made a comeback.
With her first ski race after tough illness.
Then the Swede ended up in the middle of a drama directly in the Czech Republic.
Although it is the debut season in a whole new sport so have Stina Nilsson Really impressed during the winter. The Swede has already had two pallet seats on five starts in Långlopp and it has given her a eleventh place in the total position for Ski Classics.
Nilsson in the middle of drama
But in recent weeks she has been affected by a tough period of illness and therefore could not compete. Over the weekend, Stina made a long -awaited comeback again and stepped out on the starting line for the classic race Jizerska in the Czech Republic.
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She was also in the tight cluster for a long time, but then what happened that could not happen. Nilsson fell into a curve and suddenly the race became dramatic for her.
-Unusual … Stina gets stuck when she wants to pass Jenny Larsson and take an offensive line when it is a spurt price later, says SVT expert Anders Blomquist in the broadcast.
So it went for Stina
Despite the wreck, Stina Nilsson still managed to fight back and into the race again. Towards the last mile she had come to the close cluster again and the 31-year-old challenged for the victory.
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Several riders made up the last and Stina had to settle for a fifth place, just 2.4 seconds after the winner Anikken made Alnaes From Norway. Swedish Jenny Larsson managed to come second and even Hanna Lodin impressed with a third place.
The next long -running competition takes place in Svenska Grönklitt, Dalarna, already this weekend coming.
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