With that, Alexandersson missed touching the Swiss Simone Nigglis 23 World Championship golds, which is the best record of all time.
Alexandersson took two detours on the last controls and lost her grip on first place.
I'm so terribly disappointed in myself, that I don't manage to hold it together. I had to struggle today physically and mentally, says Alexandersson and continues:
I really tried to focus on the orienteering and on the controls, but what I do in the end, a big mistake and one smaller, right now it's just empty.
Instead, Simona Aebersold from Switzerland won – just nine seconds ahead of Alexandersson.
Norwegian Andrine Benjaminsen came in third.
