Victory in the first classic sprint. Third in the second - also on the Olympic track. Now Johanna Hagström is demanding a start in the Olympic sprint in a month. "If I don't get to race it now, I don't understand," says Hagström.
SportsMoa Ilar continues to show good form in the Tour de Ski and advanced to third place in the sprint qualifying at the upcoming Olympic course in Val di Fiemme, Italy. Promising talent Alvar Myhlback finished tenth, but for William Poromaa the competition is over.
SportsA big exclamation point on the women's side was Johanna Hagström. A lone source of joy among the men was Edvin Anger. It was a mixed bag of blue and yellow - and several shooting stars - when the Tour de Ski began on Sunday morning.
SportsThe Swedish cross-country ladies are terrible guests in Trondheim. Maja Dahlqvist and Jonna Sundling brought home the sprint relay and snatched yet another gold, the fourth in a row, ahead of the Norwegian home crowd. "Snott and snott, we've worked hard for them," says Sundling.
SportsSki star Linn Svahn has had a tough season, but was the fastest of all in the classical sprint qualifier in the World Cup competition in Falun. In the men's qualifier, Edvin Anger was third, but for two World Championship skiers, the day ended in a fiasco.
SportsOne day: an impressive podium finish. Next: fiasco. Oskar Svensson was eliminated already in the qualifying round in Saturday's World Cup sprint in Cogne.
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