Cross country skier won the sensational sprint



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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.

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