Cross-country skiing: Jonna Sundling simply too strong in Switzerland
This time, Jonna Sundling didn’t let her chance slip through her fingers. Accustomed to great performances in the qualifying rounds, the Swede sometimes struggled to find a way through to the final stages. This Saturday, in the sunshine of the Engadine valley (Switzerland), the Swede finally found the solution in the sprint skate final of the cross-country skiing world cup.
A crushing winner of the prologue a few hours earlier, the Scandinavian gave her rivals very little chance in the various rounds of the day’s tournament. In total control, the 30-year-old cross-country skier wasn’t even troubled by her great rival Kristine Stavaas Skistad.
To claim her twelfth career victory, Jonna Sundling got the better of the Norwegian, crossing the line with a margin of over a second. Behind this duo, who quickly broke away from the rest of the pack, Maja Dahlqvist finished strongly to climb onto the podium.
Already second last Saturday in the classic sprint at Les Rousses (Jura), the Swede confirmed her current very good form. Behind her, the young Canadian Sonjaa Schmidt, U23 world champion in this format in Planica (Slovenia) last winter, impressed by taking fourth place against the very best.
In the French clan, only Léna Quintin had managed to reach the quarter-final stage earlier in the day. Long in the lead at this stage of the competition, the Frenchwoman lost ground towards the end. Finally third in her group, the Bornandine was only a few tenths away from being selected as a lucky loser.
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