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Linn Svahn has had a fantastic ski season.
Now the successful Swedish skater is rewarded with a prestigious prize.
The 24-year-old has been awarded the Sixten Jernberg Prize for 2024.
The last ski season was a great success for Lynn Svahn. After battling injury problems for two years, she finally managed to return to the top of the world again.
Svahn’s success
Svahn lined up winning runs during the winter and surprisingly chased the overall victory at the World Cup. In the end, she had to settle for a very strong second place after the American Jessie Diggins but the Swede managed to take home the overall sprint cup in any case.
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Now she enters a new season full of self-confidence and prepares for the upcoming Skiing World Cup 2025 in Trondheim, when Linn will try to achieve her first championship medal in her career. Now the Swede is also being rewarded with a really prestigious award for the past season.
Linn gets the prize
Today it was announced that Linn Svahn will be awarded the Sixten Jernberg Prize for 2024. The fine award has been given out since 1965 and you can only win the prize once during your career.
“The prestigious Sixten Jernberg Prize goes to the cross-country skier who, in the big SM week, showed evidence of some of the hardness of mind and body, stubbornness, fighting spirit and will to win that characterized Sixten Jernberg’s cross-country skiing figure and led him to the greatest victories,” the statutes state.
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The 24-year-old has been named the winner of the skiing icon’s award after his impressive efforts at this year’s SM week.
“It was a tired Linn Svahn who came to the SM week in Luleå/Boden and Pagla Ski Stadium. The form was not at its best, but she wanted to win and gave her all in every race. The effort in the three-mile, where she finished second, was heroic, in the best Sixten Jernberg spirit. She connected the grip initially. During the second half of the race, Ebba Andersson passed and led by 16 seconds after 25 kilometers. But Linn Svahn refused to give up. She gained second after second during the final stage of the race and was only eight seconds behind at the finish line”, reads the justification from the jury and continues with the following words.
“Not only that, Linn Svahn was responsible for more impressive efforts during the SM week. She:
– sprinted down the big favorite Jonna Sundling, who won the opening three races, in the sprint final after a dramatic riot.
– became a medalist in all individual races and sprinted home a bronze medal in the sprint relay.
– won the entire SM tour”.
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