Therese Johaug missed the gold medal over 50 kilometers in her last race. At the top there is a fall drama that costs the medal to the previous World Cup dominator.
Norway’s cross-country skiing queen Therese Johaub also missed the desired gold in the last World Cup race in Trondheim, the Swedes taught the host nation the next painful defeat-but also experienced a bitter drama.
At the triumph by Frida Karlsson at the Hammer-hard world championship premiere of the 50 km race in the open style, 36-year-old Johaug had to be content with third place. The dream of the 15th World Cup gold of her career remains unfulfilled for the returnee. In her last race it was not even enough for her for silver. In the finish sprint, Johaug had to give up for her compatriot Heidi Weng.
In the “deep snow expedition” in the constant rain of Trondheim, the new world champion Karlsson prevailed after 2: 24: 55.3 hours in a gripping final ahead of Heidi Weng (+2.1 seconds) and won her first World Cup title in a single race. Johaug was 2.9 seconds behind. The race became the longest race in World Cup history with almost 2:25 hours.
Drama about gold queen
The Swede Ebba Andersson, on the other hand, missed her fourth gold in Trondheim after a fall shortly before the finish and landed fourth.
After 49 kilometers, Andersson was still in second place behind Karlsson before colliding with her compatriot. “Fall, fall of Ebba Andersson. What a drama. The three-time gold queen is out. What bad luck, ”suffered ARD commentator Jens -Jörg Rieck with the three -time world champion of Trondheim.
“This is so incredibly bitter. It is a normal racing accident. This will happen 15 times in the race that you drive someone on the back. It is indescribable that it then leads to the fall, ” ARD expert Janosch Brugger, even active German cross -country skier, summed up.
The 27-year-old ultimately reached the finish line with 18 seconds behind the top and waved off immediately. You noticed the Swede that she was completely frustrated after her mishap. Andersson sat on the floor for minutes after the finish line and stared into the distance incredulously. “She wonders a little bit here: Why I?” Sales commentator Rieck.
Ebba Andersson was very disappointed after her fall
The Swedish team was still able to look forward to their sixth gold medal. Gold went to Sweden in all six cross-country decisions of women in the land of the arch-rival.
Johaug wanted to say goodbye to gold
The traditional fifties of the men won Johannes Hösflot Kläbo on Saturday and wrote history with his sixth gold in the sixth race. Kläbo cracked the record of the Russian cross -country skier Jelena Wälbe, who had also won five gold at a World Cup in Trondheim in 1997.
Johaug, who had ended her career after the Olympics in 2022 and had returned for the home World Cup after the birth of her first child, had previously brought silver in Trondheim. Over 10 km and in the skiathlon, she had to give up almost Untersson, and in the season it was only enough for the Norwegians in a close decision only second behind the arch rival. It is questionable whether Johane will continue to Olympia in 2026.
The declared goal of Johaug was the success in Trondheim over 50 km. “This is my dream,” she said. For the first time, the women had started at a World Cup over 50 km. So far, the longest distance was 30 km, but now the race program of women and men has been adjusted.
The best German in a race under very difficult snow conditions was Pia Fink in 13th place with 11:14 minutes behind. Only two German runners were at the start. The Olympic champions Victoria Carl and Katharina Hennig did without. The currently runner-up Carl focuses on the fight for a top result in the overall World Cup, classic lover Hennig is not a friend of the long freestyle distance.