Gripping final sprint
Ski star misses World Cup gold only by centimeters
02.03.2025 – 4:06 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Therese Johaug is still one of the best cross -country skiers in the world at the age of 36. At the World Cup she almost got gold, there was little missing.
Therese Johaug only missed the title in the skiathlon by a few centimeters at the home World Cup in Trondheim. The Norwegian had to admit defeated in the gripping final sprint of the Swede Ebba Andersson. Both runners were counted at the same time, but the Swede was narrowly ahead in the photo finish. Bronze went to Jonna Sundling from Sweden.
From the beginning there was a high pace that was exhausting for the athletes. The difficult conditions in the rainy granases skier also troubled. After ten kilometers, Astrid Öyre Slind passed a mishap at the ski change: one of her ski slipped away, she had to run after and fell back. The German team boss Peter Schlickenrieder said on ZDF: “Something like that happens again and again. You are often on your head and not when you ski change yourself.”
A fall also played a crucial role in the race. He took Sundling and the Norwegian Heidi Weng the chance for the title.
Victoria Carl took nine as the best German rank. The 29-year-old could not keep the pace of the top and was left behind early. In the World Cup, she was already on the podium twice this season, over ten kilometers each.
The greatest hopes of the German cross -country team are now on the team competitions, where the chances of a medal are better.