Sundling, 30, is in some kind of super form. The world's best female sprinter showed it with emphasis when she took her 11th individual victory in the World Cup and her second for the season.
Sundling won ahead of the Norwegians Mathilde Myhvold and Julie Myhre.
Her record of visits to the podium is impressive. This evening's was her 36th since the second place at the ski games in Falun in March 2018.
Offered a new winning thrill
Sundling also won in Lillehammer last weekend. The victory in Davos was her first individual one on the spot.
A revenge for previous years, when I maybe made some tactical mistake. Super fun to get it, she says to Viaplay.
On Friday, she decided the team sprint – which she won together with Emma Ribom – with a spurt in the last uphill.
Everyone knew it would come again – but no one could keep up with the Swede when she made her move. Sundling could afford to look over her shoulder on the finish line – so superior was she to her competitors.
I get to ski as I want. There's nothing I would want to do differently. It worked well today too, so it was nice, says Sundling about the spurt to Viaplay.
The margin to the nearest Norwegian was over two seconds.
I just tried to ski fast. This sprint reminds me of my childhood, she says in the victory interview.
The season's big goal is the World Championship in Trondheim in March. There, she can win a third consecutive individual sprint gold after her triumphs in Obertsdorf 2021 and Planica 2023.
Sad for Ribom and Anger
For national team colleague Emma Ribom, the final pass got a quick but less pleasant ending. She stuck her pole behind her ski directly after the start in her quarterfinal, stood on her nose, and ended up hopelessly behind.
Edvin Anger missed the men's final by a tiny tenth of a second. The sixth and last final spot was instead taken by American Ben Ogden.
Sad. I have a pretty good day, but in the semifinal, I don't get the calm in my skiing and get too tired. I can't quite make it. It's just to go home and come again, says Anger to Viaplay.
Norwegian Johannes Høsflot Klæbo showed "Sundling-class" when he won the final ahead of Frenchman Lucas Chanavat and countryman Erik Valnes.
The World Cup in Davos continues with 20 km for both men and women.
