The Norwegian cross-country skier Andreas Nygaard has won the 94th place. Wasalauf won. On Sunday, after 90 kilometres from Sälen to Mora, the 27-year-old won just ahead of Sweden’s Bob Niemi Impola, who missed his first home win for the host country since 2012.
Nygaard needed 4:24:36 hours for the distance, which had traditionally been run in classical technique with heavy snowfall. This was the worst time since 2007, the record of the Swedish rider Jörgen Brink from 2009 is 3:38:41 hours.
Last year’s winner John Kristian Dahl (Norway) missed his fourth victory as 44th place. clearly. The Russian Ilya Chernoussov, who is thought to have been awarded the Olympic gold medal of Sochi in 2014 for 50 km (originally bronze), was awarded 24th place. also without chance. German runners did not finish in the top 100.
The Swedish Lina Korsgren also clinched her first victory in the women’s race. After 4:41:50 hours, Korsgren was almost five minutes ahead of Norway’s second-placed Astrid Öyre Slind. Last year’s winner Britta Johansson Norgren (Sweden) came fourth, the track record of the Norwegian Vibeke Skofterud (4:08:24/2012) was not in danger.