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Anikken Gjerde Alnæs (26) actually focuses on long-distance running. On Friday morning, he won the cross-country sprint at Lillehammer.
WINNER: Anikken Gjerde Alnæs cheers over the finish line in Lillehammer on Friday. Photo: Heiko Junge
– That she beat all the runners on the national team was a surprise, declared NRK expert Torgeir Bjørn.
– It’s been a long road. It’s been getting better and better in the last four years, Alnæs says on the NRK broadcast.
She believes that long-distance training also pays off in sprinting.
– You toughen up, you also need it in the sprint, through four heats. It’s tough, says Alnæs, who is betting on Team Ragde in long-distance races.
– Anikken is crude, she is not who you want to face, says Tiril Udnes Weng, who came third.
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– He showed good development throughout the race. This is very impressive, said NRK’s Fredrik Aukland.
Mathilde Skjærdalen Myhrvold came in second.
Lotta Udnes Weng, who was the best Norwegian sprinter at the opening of the World Cup, reached the semi-finals. She finished fourth in Ruka, but had to be defeated by both her twin sister Tiril and Magni Smedås in the semi-finals.
Kristine Stavås Skistad did not line up in the quarterfinals and Maiken Casper Falla continues to delay the start of the season. Helene Marie Fossesholm was eliminated in the semi-finals.
Due to the corona pandemic, the World Cup race planned for this weekend was postponed and replaced with the Norgescup.
