So, a very Swedish day, so much fun. When I saw that it was Linn and Jonna who made it up... so fun. We had some great stuff, so it's a great job by the support team too. We pay tribute to them, Karlsson told Viaplay.
During the Olympics in Italy, Ebba Andersson won the classic five-mile race with over two miles left to run.
When the distance was contested in the World Cup freestyle, Frida Karlsson made the push a little later, but with just over 15 kilometers left the Swede blew the field away.
Triple Swedish
Neither Linn Svahn nor Jonna Sundling had a chance to follow. Home favourite Karoline Grøtting tried, but she couldn't catch up either. In the dense fog at the ski stadium on the outskirts of Oslo, the gap grew with every kilometer and Karlsson won by a margin of barely two minutes.
In the group behind the leader, Jonna Sundling and Linn Svahn fought three Norwegians for the podium places. It took a sprint to decide.
But none of the Norwegians could beat the Olympic gold medalist and Olympic runner-up in the sprint. Svahn took second place just ahead of Sundling.
Andersson fell
It's awesome. We've talked about doing a triple at a distance at some point. Our coach said he didn't think it would happen in Holmenkollen. It was awesome, Svahn told Viaplay.
"It's big. It feels a little crazy that we get a triple right here," Sundling said.
The Olympic gold medalist in the distance – Ebba Andersson – was in the lead after just over 19 kilometers, but two kilometers later she was gone. It later turned out that she had fallen, according to Expressen, and was far behind the leader Karlsson. She finished 27th, over six minutes behind the winner.
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