For the fifth season in a row, there was a Swedish victory in the women’s sprint premiere in Finnish Ruka.
For Johanna Hagström however, it was the first time. The 26-year-old was the only one of the six Swedes who came to the start who had never previously won an individual World Cup victory.
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Johanna Hagström celebrates after the victory. Photo: Terje Pedersen/TT”I can’t understand it”
— I cannot understand it. It feels completely crazy. I’ve had a really good day and I really like Ruka, says Hagström in the victory interview on Viaplay’s broadcast.
Throughout the final session, she proved particularly strong up the last, heavy hill, on the way to the stadium. So also in the final.
— I was surprised that I was the first up the hill and just thought “Johanna, don’t screw this up now”.
— This means so much to me.
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Hagström won the final before the Norwegian Julie Myhre with another Swedish, Maja Dahlqvistin third place. Jonna Sundling became four.
Lynn Svahn and Frida Karlsson went out in the quarter-finals while Emma Ribom dropped out of the final session due to back problems.
The men’s final was won by the favorite Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. The Norwegian was completely superior and won before his compatriot Erik Valnes and the Finn Lauri Vuorinen.
Marcus Gratethe only Swede in the final, could not challenge for the podium places and finished sixth.
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Norwegian Julie Myhre, Johanna Hagström, Maja Dahlqvist during the sprint final in the World Cup in Ruka. Photo: Terje Pedersen / TT