Jasmin Kähärä superior in the U23 sprint race

Jasmin Kähärä left the Norwegian duo for duller medals.

Jasmin Kähärä was the fastest in the U23 sprint. Stock photo. PASI LEISMA

Jasmin Kähärä won the U23 world championship in sprint skiing.

Kähärä, 22, was overwhelming. He won the qualifier, quarter-final, semi-final and final.

Silver and bronze went to Norway. Kristin Fosnaes left Kähärä by 0.71 seconds, Sigrid Foeyen 1.16 seconds.

The medal is Finland’s third in the Whistler U23 Championships.

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