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Jonna Sundling won the World Cup sprint before the home run Kristine Stavås Skistad.
Now the Swede tells the Sports Bible what she really likes about her rival.
– Love the competition that exists, she says.
Already in the prologue went Jonna Sundling30, out and showed where the cabinet would stand. She went in goal a full six seconds before the qualifying two Kristine Stavås Skistad26. Then she won both the quarterfinals and the semi -finals and the final. She managed to keep the Norwegian behind her and thus defended her World Cup gold from 2021 and 2023.
The anger toward Kristine Stavås Skistad
Stavås Skistad tried to go in front of Sundling on a few occasions, but the tactics did not succeed.
– We started to see those trends in previous races as well, so it was not something that I was very surprised by. At the same time, I did not want to keep up and restart so it was that I drove a little bounce slalom, Jonna said afterwards.
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One who, on the other hand, was cautious about the Norwegian behavior was SVT’s ski expert Anders Blomquist.
– I think Jonna was a little scared when she was closed over and over again by Skistad, which I thought went beyond the border there not to go in a straight line. You have to choose tracks like first, but then to go and operate and close someone who is trying to go faster, I don’t think I’m okay, he told SVT Sport.
Jonna likes rival Kristine
Now Jonna Sundling tells exactly what she thinks about her competitor. She admits that she does not know her so well because the Norwegian is not the most talkative type. But Jonna confirms what everyone says about Kristine – she is a girl who likes to keep herself for herself and as a tiger about private life.
– There is a little mystery around her. Love the competition that exists. Then I do not know her very much, except in the track and know that she is a strong skier. Much more than that I can’t say. She seems nice and it is fun with this competition that exists, because it would be boring to compete if it did not exist, says Sundling to the Sports Bible.
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On Wednesday, the two ski stars will meet again as the team sprint will be in the World Cup. Jonna Sundling runs one stretch for Sweden, along with Maja Dahlqvist. They won both World Cup gold 2021 in Oberstdorf and Olympic gold 2022 in Beijing together. The last World Cup, on the other hand, ran Jonna with Emma Ribom. Kristine Stavås Skistad competes for Norway together with Lotta Udnes Weng. The finals start at 12.30.
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