Andersson can look back on a extremely strong competition weekend in Bruksvallarna where the Swedish premiere in cross-country skiing took place. Victory on Saturday and victory on Sunday. Moreover, with large margins.
Now it feels like the starting point for this season is at a good level. I'm looking forward to the continuation, she says to SVT.
During Saturday's competition, she was 11.8 seconds ahead of second-placed Frida Karlsson and 33.8 ahead of third-placed Jonna Sundling.
"Could go really hard"
In Sunday's competition, the starting field was weaker, with strong names like Karlsson, Sundling, Linn Svahn, Emma Ribom, and Moa Ilar all absent.
The result was that Ebba Andersson was even more superior. The 27-year-old showed the way directly and won her second consecutive competition. Teammate Maja Dahlqvist became second, 54.3 seconds behind the superior Andersson. Moa Lundgren became third, over a minute behind.
I thought it felt good. I could go really hard in the snowfall. I tried to focus on getting two even laps and not getting completely lost in the beginning, says Andersson.
She is pleased with how she technically performed the race.
Important to feel that I got speed on my skis and technically could hold it together. That's what I take with me, she says.
Dahlqvist: "Not surprised"
Closest to Ebba Andersson was thus Maja Dahlqvist. She was impressed by Andersson's performance.
I'm not so surprised. She skied strongly yesterday too. She and Frida (Karlsson) were in a class of their own then too, she says to SVT.
A nice form indication for Ebba Andersson, in other words. Next week, the World Championship season begins in Ruka, Finland, with competitions on Friday-Sunday.
