The World Cross Country Cup continues on Thursday with sprints in the traditional skiing style of Drammen. Iltalehti follows the progress of the day in this story.
Jasmi Joensuu scored in the sprint qualifier. PASSI FLAME
In the women’s qualifiers, the time lag of Sweden Johanna Hagström. Blue-yellow Jonna Sundling (+0.39) was second and Norwegian Ane Appelkvist Stenseth (+1.61) third.
Jasmi Joensuu was the sixth in the Finnish qualifiers. It’s the hardest draw of a 25-year-old skier’s career in World Cup sprint qualifiers. He was only 3.5 seconds behind Hagström. Behind Joensuu was, among other things, the Swedish star House Dahlqvist.
Of the other Finns, they advanced Johanna Matintalo (9: s), Katri Lylynperä (22: s) and Kerttu Niskanen (23: s).
Anne Kyllösen (33.) and Maaret Pajunojan (35.) The sprint contract ended with a qualifier.
The women’s sprint final stage starts at 1.30 pm.
The men will go on the next qualifying trip. Finns are involved Lauri Vuorinen, Joni Mäki, Lauri Mannila, Ville Ahonen and Ristomatti Hakola.
Johanna Matintalo was ninth in the qualifier. PASSI FLAME
Ritsomatti Hakola’s starting number in the sprint qualifier is 55. PASSI FLAME
Joni Mäki is Finland’s number one cannon in sprinting. PASSI FLAME