Tove Alexandersson had a superior lead in the middle distance when a major mistake on the 15th control was about to deprive her of the victory. Despite this, she made it to the finish line as the winner.
I had a really good race going on, but then I make a bigger mistake at the end. Then I felt that I had to push on with everything I have, but maybe I ran a bit too fast too early and became quite numb in my legs, she says to SVT Sport.
”Never slacken off”
Finally, the Swede won over her closest competitor, the Swiss Simona Aebersold, by 27 seconds.
It became a bit easier orienteering and I slacked off too early and thought that the hard work was already done. You must never slacken off in orienteering, then it's easy for mistakes to happen, says Tove Alexandersson, who will abstain from Sunday's relay to go to the Alps as part of the preparation for the World Championship in Finland in three weeks.
On the men's side, the Swedes dominated. Max Peter Bejmer stood as the winner with a time of 35.16, despite a broken compass.
After twenty meters, I fell and when I picked up the compass, it was broken. It was just to throw it away and pick up the reserve compass at the same time as I was running, he says to SVT Play.
First World Cup victory
The 33-year-old, who took his first World Cup victory, was joined by his countrymen.
I'm not surprised that there are so many (Swedes) at the top since it's a really good and strong team.
Anton Johansson came second, Gustav Bergman third, and Emil Svensk fourth. The Norwegian star Kasper Fosser ran to the finish line as fourth, but was disqualified after having stamped incorrectly on the third control.
The World Cup in Idre is also the World Championship qualification for the Swedish men.
