The Swedish long-distance star was disqualified for receiving her second warning of the season – after having skied in the so-called technical zone, where it is prohibited.
I skied outside the track in the last hill and it becomes kind of flatter there, so when you ski, you can't really glide out, so I skied instead. I noticed it right at the top, says Hagström to Viaplay.
She suspected already then that she would be disqualified.
It was the only thing I could think of in the sprint, that I had done wrong. But then I thought that they might not have noticed it, since they hadn't said anything. But it turned out as I expected, says Hagström.
Johanna Hagström has a World Championship victory this winter, from the sprint premiere in Finnish Ruka in November.
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