– When we switched to skate it was as if I got new forces and I really had incredible skis, Andersson continues.
On the last hill, Johaug tried to jerk without getting rid of Andersson who got stuck.
There were confused scenes after the raffling duel when Johaug got the inner curve towards the rally but caught up with centimeters by centimeters.
Andersson walked around and asked how it went and after a while was able to find that she defended her gold from Planica. She then jumped and screamed out her joy.
According to NRK, it separated five centimeters to Andersson’s advantage.
– I couldn’t do anything different even though it was sad to lose the gold on the finish line, says Johaug.
Behind, the sprint world champion Jonna Sundling took the bronze after fighting down Frida Karlsson who came back and mixed in the medal battle.
Sundling fell and the gold dream disappeared
At the last lap with 3.3 km left to drive, Sundling went over, where the dream of gold disappeared, and brought Heidi Weng in the case.
Femman Heidi Weng screamed out his anger towards Sundling for the case in connection with the finish.
– I just said “fuck” to myself, says Weng.
Sundling was delighted with the distance bronze but it could have been more.
-It is my first World Cup medal in a distance and it was great fun and felt good in the body and had good skis. Then there is a whole frustration with the case where we lost a lot and I prevented Heidi Weng, Sundling tells NRK.