No, there was no thrilling battle for gold – just as expected – when the men's relay was decided.
Instead, it was more exciting behind the superior Norway.
While the home nation pulled away to their 13th consecutive World Championship gold in the men's relay, a cluster formed behind – featuring Switzerland, Italy, France, and Canada, in addition to Sweden.
First medal in eight years
The quintet broke up a bit at the end of the third leg when Jens Burman had to struggle hard, but the blue-yellow finisher Edvin Anger quickly closed the gap, and once again there were five teams in the medal hunt.
When the sprint was drawn up on the way to the finish, Anger and the Swiss Valerio Grond quickly got a gap, and then the only question was whether it would be silver or bronze for Sweden.
It was bronze, after Grond was two tenths of a second ahead of the Swede at the finish line.
The World Championship medal was Sweden's first in a men's relay in eight years. Anger had hoped for silver, but:
You can be a bit disappointed about it, but at the same time, it's a bronze and our first medal in eight years. We'll enjoy this now and then take the next step in two years, he says to Viaplay.
William Poromaa, who skied the second leg:
It's been a long time coming. There have been a few times when it's been really close, and now it's a medal. It was about time and cool.
Swedish World Championship debutant Truls Gisselman made a great effort on the first leg, and was together with the Czech Republic's Michal Novak closest behind Norway's Erik Valnes.
But in a downhill section on the way to the exchange, Gisselman fell – and lost approximately 15 seconds on the fall.
When he handed over to Poromaa, Sweden was seventh, 22 seconds behind Norway.
Poromaa quickly brought Sweden back to the cluster closest behind Norway.
Klæbo makes history
In Norway's gold team, which led by more than a minute before easing off the pace, also skied Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget, Harald Østberg Amundsen, and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo.
Klæbo has now taken five out of five possible golds so far in the World Championship – and has the chance to complete a perfect championship in Saturday's 50km.
Thanks to the relay gold, he passes Petter Northug and is the most successful male cross-country skier in World Championship terms, with a total of 14 golds.
Gold - Jonna Sundling, sprint
Gold - Ebba Andersson, skiathlon
Gold - Ebba Andersson, 10 km classical
Gold - Jonna Sundling and Maja Dahlqvist, team sprint
Bronze - Jonna Sundling, skiathlon
Bronze - Frida Karlsson, 10 km classical
Bronze - Edvin Anger and Oskar Svensson, team sprint
Bronze - Truls Gisselman, William Poromaa, Jens Burman, Edvin Anger, men's relay
