Krista Pärmäkoski skied the anchor section wonderfully.
EPA / AOP
The Finnish World Cup ended with great success. The Finnish mixed messaging team finished second in Falun’s exceptional competition. Norway’s important cream was left behind.
The Finnish team skis Kerttu Niskanen, Perttu Hyvärinen, Iivo Niskanen and Krista Pärmäkoski.
The last switch did not go to the button. Iivo Niskanen got into a traffic jam and had to slip between his competitors in order to change to the anchor section of Pärmäkoski.
– We had a little bad exchange with Iivo. Someone came in front of Iivo, and he had to plow. I dropped the last of the group. I thought I needed to quickly raise the rankings because Therese Johaug would go skiing hard, Pärmäkoski described in an interview with the Ski Association.
– The first half had a longer rise, so he broke there. There came a small difference and I got to comb it.
Johaug said
The United States was too hard a piece. Anchor Jessie Diggins is known for its hard final tension and could not be answered.
Pärmäkoski caught the top team and was left to fight for second place with Johaug.
The solution was seen on the finish line, where Pärmäkoski’s ski slipped excellently. The Finnish anchor skated the Norwegian superstar and defeated him by half a second.
– I thought it was possible to wash Therese at the end, and I was able to. The weather was not so suitable for us, but rather a decent plane. But it didn’t go well, Pärmäkoski said.
At the same time, the World Cup season ended in Falun.
– Good condition. You could still ski races here, but let’s move on to other karkelos. Nice to end the season with good success.
Falun World Cup: mixed 4×5 km (v)
1. USA I (Rosie Brennan, Zak Ketterson, Scott Patterson, Jessica Diggins) 42.01.8
2. Finland I (Kerttu Niskanen, Perttu Hyvärinen, Iivo Niskanen, Krista Pärmäkoski) +3.8
3. Norway I (Heidi Weng, Hans Christer Holund, Didrik Tönseth, Therese Johaug) +4.3
4. Sweden I (Ebba Andersson, Frida Karlsson, William Poromaa, Jens Burman) +9.1
5. Germany I (Katharina Hennig, Jonas Dobler, Friedrich Moch, Victoria Carl) +16.2
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13. Finland II (Anne Kyllönen, Markus Vuorela, Arsi Ruuskanen and Katri Lylynperä) +2.10.6