Swedish skier Linn Svahn was disgusted by Krista Pärmäkoski’s decision to withdraw from the heats. Pärmäkoski complained about feeling congested and did not appear at the start of the heat.
Krista Pärmäkoski withdrawing from Saturday’s heats fired up the Swedish skiers at the Les Rousses World Cup.
Pärmäkoski made it through qualifying to the heat stage, but failed to appear at the start of the heat stage. He complained about feeling stuffy already on Friday.
Instead of five skiers, only four skiers competed in the women’s fourth heat. The decision caused a stir in the Swedish camp, because the winner of Friday’s competition Ebba Andersson narrowly missed Saturday’s sprint race. Andersson was 31st in the time trial.
– I thought that time would have been enough. I feel really bad, Andersson sorry for Expressen. (you switch to another service)
Andersson’s teammate Linn Svahn it got hot about Pärmäkoski’s decision to skip the set stage, even though it is allowed according to the rules.
– Is it true? What a shame. I don’t think this is fair play, Svahn teased.
– If he had been injured, it would have been different. But if he just wants to optimize his positions for Sunday’s race… He could have just not come at all, the Swede continued.
Svahn admitted that he looked at the situation through blue-and-yellow glasses, but still continued to annoy Pärmäkoski.
– But whoever would have been the 31st, I would not have been happy with this activity. In sports, you want to uphold the rules of fair play. This doesn’t feel like it.
Coach of the cross country team Ville Oksanen told Urheilu that Pärmäkoski is participating in Sunday’s competition for the time being. Tomorrow in Les Rousses, there will be a 20 km traditional skiing together start race.
On Saturday, the women’s sprint race was won by the first World Cup winner of her career Kristine Stavås Skistad. The following two podium positions were taken by the Swedes: Emma Ribom was another and Maja Dahlqvist third. Svahn, who upset Pärmäkoski, was left fourth. Best performance among Finns Anne Kyllönenwho reached the semi-finals.