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Finally, William Poromaa!
On the very last day of the ski WC, the first Swedish medal came on the men’s side.
And it was the 22-year-old who salvaged the WC bronze in the final five miles.
It would be a highly dramatic end to the final day of the World Ski Championships in Planica. As usual, the five-mile was the final race on Sunday and the riders were followed for a very long time, but in the last mile everything opened up.
Burman fell
Sweden had for a long time with three skaters in the waterproof layer in the form of Calle Halfvarsson, William Poromaa and Jens Burman. But on the last lap, the drama began when it was time for the medal fight.
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First, Burman fell, losing both valuable ground and a lot of energy. After that, the Norwegian grabbed the baton and picked up the pace considerably towards the end.
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Swedish success
Burman managed to get in touch with the close battle again, but it required a lot of power at the same time as Halfvarsson slipped more and more and the Swedish hope ultimately lay with young Poromaa. Then it was time for Iivo Niskanen to increase the speed and the 22-year-old joined in the movement.
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Then there was real drama all the way to the finish line. Where the Norwegians were the strongest and Paul Golberg won the WC gold for the countryman Johannes Hösflot Kläbo who got the WC silver but then William Poromaa came and took care of the WC bronze.
Poromaa’s bronze
The 22-year-old thus won the very first WC medal of his career and also secured the first Swedish men’s medal in this championship. And that after an absolutely incredible performance in the five-mile.
Extra impressive was also that Calle Halfvarsson came fourth and Jens Burman in eighth place. Poromaa’s WC bronze is also the first Swedish championship medal for the men’s national team in six long years.
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