Cross-country skiing | Kiruna: Jesper Persson and Evelina Crüsell win the 5 km skate event at the Swedish Cup

11:57. This Friday morning, the finals of the 2024/2025 Swedish cross-country skiing cup got under way in Kiruna (Sweden). To mark the occasion, a 5km individual skate race was on the programme.

In the men’s race, Jesper Persson won by 12.2 seconds over Gustaf Berglund and 15.3 seconds over Johan Haeggstroem. On the women’s side, Evelina Crüsell won ahead of Maerta Rosenberg (+16 sec 5) and Lisa Ingesson (+21 sec 6).

Full results

Men

Ladies

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