It feels unreal, it's great fun, damn it. I've been training for this for a long time, you get moved," says Kardin on SVT.
Kardin won despite the ski drama just under a third of the way through the race.
The Ski Classics skier was seen on SVT's broadcast pointing at his ski to signal to his team, Lager 157 Ski Team, that something was wrong. After a while, a team leader ran along the track and handed Kardin a left ski. He went to the outer track and changed skis.
The 34-year-old had been leading before, but fell back at the ski change. He recovered and won.
