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Linn Svahn is back as a winner!
The Swede took the season’s first World Cup victory in Falun.
Then rival Kristine Stavås answered Skistad in unexpected words.
Finally, one may say when it comes to Linn Svahn. The Swede has had a tough season and stood over many races at the World Cup, but today she finally got cheering.
Svahn wins
Svahn was completely superior during the sprint at home in Falun on Friday. She won the sprint qualification with the fastest time, she won both her quarterfinals and her semi -final heat and was then unstoppable in the final.
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The Swede went in goal as one before Nadine Fändrich And the big rival Kristine Stavås Skistad in second and third place. But there was never really a talk about it, but Linn could defile the finish line.
– It feels fantastic. I’ve been home for a couple of weeks and focused on training. I needed this, says Svahn in the TV broadcast at Viaplay.
– What Linn does today probably broadcasts scare waves across the border to Norway, says a very impressed national team manager in Anders Byström.
Skistad’s words
It’s not just Linn Svahn’s first victory for the season. Without also her first individual World Cup victory on a full 367 (!) Days and a clear strength message for the ski World Cup in Trondheim within just a few weeks.
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Immediately after the finish, the worst competitor Stavås Skistad will also come with unexpected words about what it was like to go to the finish in third place.
– It’s never fun to be third, but it’s as expected. I hope to be better in two weeks. It’s a shame to be beaten like this, it always feels so clear, but this is according to plan, the Norwegian tells Viaplay.
– The plan is that I have to be better in two weeks than today. It’s never fun to be beaten, but it’s not so surprising anyway. It is completely according to my plan.
At the ski World Cup in Trondheim in two weeks, Linn Svahn, Kristine Stavås Skistad is pointed and is pointed out and Jonna Sundlingwhich was not present today, like the big gold favorites in sprint.
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