Sundby lost the lead towards the finish and took the bronze. The silver took the Russian Aleksandr Bolsjunov in an intense showdown in towards goal between the three.
” I only have happy feelings, even if it smoke. I tried, says a after all, happy Martin Johnsrud Sundby to SVT.
the news that Sjur Røthe has suffered from rheumatism the past few years, and had thoughts to put down. In december, he took his second world cup victory, three years after the first. Now he has won his first individual world CUP gold medals as a 30-year-old.
” It matters very much, it is clear. It is the job until today, which I think is exciting. I wanted to go all in. I said to the friends and family that I’m going to work out very much now, so either it will be very good, or it will be very bad in the world CUP. Fortunately it looks to have been very good, ” he says.
when Bolsjunov drove up and went on Sundby, and praised the Norwegian laginsatsen, which is therefore ended up that he ”stole” one chance at a first mästerskapsguld in the career of Sundby.
“I was hoping that either Martin would keep up or that I would be able to be dragged in by the Bolsjunov and take a gold,” he says.
– The most important thing was the Norwegian victory in the day.
with The Røthes gold brought Norway a double on Saturday, when Therese Johaug won in the skiathlon.
Jens Burman in tenth place. Also he has had problems with his back, and made their best effort in the winter.
” I will be happy anyway, considering how the season has looked like. I think I still got what I had in the day. The skis worked well and the technology worked well, ” he says.
the Rest of the swedes was Daniel Rickardsson in fifteenth place, Oskar Svensson 29:a and Björn Sandström 47.
Ebba Andersson ready to start in milloppet
