It's not easy being a giant on the track. But Edvin Anger shows that it's possible. There are probably many who have thought that I wouldn't be able to ski fast, says the Swedish cross-country skier – with the unusual body shape for the sport.
SportsIt was never any doubt about the matter, Therese Johaug won the Tour de Ski for the fourth time through a superior victory in the final stage. The best Swedish athlete became Ebba Andersson, who finished sixth overall.
SportsJohannes Høsflot Klæbo has now equaled Dario Cologna's record with four victories in the Tour de Ski. Edvin Anger became the best Swedish skier on ninth place. It's very good, but bitter since I could have been on the podium, says he.
SportsTherese Johaug won by a clear margin of half a minute. Ebba Andersson lost the sprint and finished fourth in the penultimate stage of the Tour de Ski, a 20-kilometer skiathlon.
SportsThree Swedish female cross-country skiers have already been forced to withdraw from the Tour de Ski in Italy due to illness – now a fourth withdrawal is coming. A few hours before the start of Friday's sprint stage in Val di Fiemme, the news arrives that Moa Lundgren has fallen ill.
SportsEdvin Anger has so far cleared all obstacles in the Tour de Ski and is second in the total. But the toughest test remains – the final stage up the Alpe Cermis ski slope. I will dig deeper in every way, says Anger, who can take the first Swedish men's podium place in the tour since 2015.
SportsNorwegian star skier and reigning champion Harald Østberg Amundsen is breaking off the Tour de Ski ahead of the decisive weekend. "He unfortunately woke up today with a sore throat and is on his way home", says national team doctor Ove Feragen, according to the news agency NTB.
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