Jessie Diggins’ unique trick decided the World Championship gold

Planica’s twisty and steep descents WC course was suitable Jessie Diggins pirtan brilliantly, because on Tuesday he was able to use his unique special feature to a great extent.

– During his career, he has been really good in the downhill sections. Diggins is able to work in an exceptionally low position. That’s an advantage, of course, because air resistance increases the higher you go. Diggins advances with the rear low and the upper body low. In addition to that, he is skilled on skis, says Iltalehti’s skiing expert Reijo Jylhä.

Jenkki won the first individual gold medal of his career in Tuesday’s free decathlon.

– Diggins was not “dead” at any point on Tuesday, as he often is. Normally, he would have died at the 7.7 km intermediate time point. It didn’t come now.

The American’s season has been a rollercoaster. There are wins and podium finishes, but also Tour de Ski-like flops.

– He really has gone his own way this year, Jylhä smiles.

– It would seem that she has been pregnant. Now peak condition has been found. He really pushed hard already in Sunday’s double relay. I don’t know exactly, but it seems that Diggins is a tough oxygen-absorbing machine, the expert continues.

The leg injury speaks

Kerttu Niskanen injured his right leg before Saturday’s combined race.

– I have the impression that such an injury does not prevent skiing when nothing is broken.

The big question is, will the thirty medal favorite be in medal condition on Saturday?

– Kerttu still has opportunities. Ebba Andersson, Frida KarlssonKerttu and Norway Astrid Slind are quite strong. Diggins is unlikely to succeed with traditional.

Many are wondering if it was reasonable for an athlete suffering from a leg injury to compete on Tuesday. Niskanen answered that, considering the main trip, Tuesday’s race was the best possible exercise to acidify the body.

– If their rhythm goes like that, it’s a very understandable thing. Thursday’s post could also serve as a similar acidifying exercise for me, but maybe Tuesday was a safer day to do it.

Niskanen was ninth in Tuesday’s free top ten. With this snow, the Finn’s positions in the free intermediate start races in the World Cup are 18, 9, 8 and 12.

– The time difference to the top grew big. Sixth place was up for grabs.

Difficult for Pärmäkoski

Krista Pärmäkoski waved the white flag and said a miracle of hope before Thursday’s relay and Saturday’s 30km race.

– On Saturday, ranking in the top ten is realism for Krista. The view at the moment is that he will not be able to ski from the top positions.

Jylhä mentions Italy as the surprise of Tuesday’s competition by Francesca Franchi25. The woman from Saapasmaa skied sixth.

In the World Cup, he does not have a single ranking in the top ten. The best ranking is seventeenth.