Therese Johaug returned to the winner after the World Cup. Krista Pärmäkoski needed extra grip on her skis.
14: 45 • Updated 14:48
Norwegian Therese Johaug He won his fifth World Cup competition in Holmenkollen when he was the best in women’s 20 kilometers of traditional interim departure competition.
The Norwegian star skier missed the world championship in Trondheim, but now returned to the number one podium in the World Cup. Johaug’s previous number one in the World Cup was the Tour de Sk from the beginning of January.
Johaug, who was skiing in his home, admitted that the knowledge of the track helped with the speed of the race.
– In the end, I felt that I still had strength left. It feels good to look after Trondheim that I’m fine. In the World Championships, seconds were not on my side, but today they were, Johaug mooded to .
Johaug, who has returned to the race tracks this season, will probably end his skiing career for this weekend. Tomorrow is the 10 kilometers of traditional temporary start.
– It is special to end my long career here at Holmenkollen as my family and friends follow. The weather is fine and Holmenkollen looks best.
Astrid ore Slind He secured a double win in Norway and was 49.59.9 from the 49.59.9 winner for 16.5 seconds.
Swedish Ebba Anderson Skiing third to the finish but got the second yellow card of the season from the technician and was rejected.
Germany Victoria Carl Thus rose third. Sweden did According to Expressen the situation for a protest that was rejected.
Niskanen suffered from the place of departure
Kerttu Niskanen was the best Finn fourth, 55.8 seconds left. He was still 11.7 kilometers in the sixth but weighed Norway Heidi Wengin and Swedish Moa ilari past.
Niskanen, who was skiing in the upside, struggled with the third place with Victoria Carl, Germany, but was just over two seconds.
Niskanen was relatively satisfied with his performance, even if he wanted to go to the podium whenever he is competing in traditional interim starts.
– But the season is long and the load starts to feel. Today was a fight inside my head and I just had to go. The road changed radically during the race and demanded the will to fight, Niskanen said.
The road warmed up during the women’s race, and the conditions on the track changed clearly during the race, which influenced Niskanen, especially on the end of the head. Niskanen started the track last.
– It was very different in the first round than the last two. Yes, the last couple of rounds were pretty harsh. It belongs to the nature of the game, but the skis were dumb. It wasn’t easy.
Pärmäkoski fought
Krista Pärmäkoski was the second best Finn 14th. He said last week that he was diagnosed with a rupture in the hip fleet just over a month ago.
However, Pärmäkoski struggled to the finish line, although it required a bit of abnormal solutions.
– Because of the foot, I had to ask for a little more. It may have been visible in those ups, the ski was not so slippery in the turn. There was little forced to play the game like this.
From other Finns Johanna Matintalo was 23rd, Jasmin 29s, Vilma Nissinen 36: p and Vilma 44th.