Zhangjiakou (China): Therese Johaup Norway produced a surprising surge of delay to seize a gold medal in a classic 10 km race at The Beijing Games on Thursday by four tenthians Seconds from Finland Kerttu Nisattu.
The Krista Parmakoski took a bronze medal, 31.1 seconds behind Finnish teammate, but he never threatened the top two when Johaug secured the second gold medal from the game by thrilling fashion.
“Oh, it’s crazy,” said Johhaug who was happy to reporters.
“When you hear that you are fighting for a gold medal out there and they are very close, I try to give the best in the last part of the race.” The best is enough for the gold Olympics, but it’s just.
Even though he admitted that Nisfanen would also be worthy of being a gold medal, it was the raw power of Johaug, who missed the 2018 Olympics because of a doping suspension, which saw him secure the 50th Cross-Candidate Gold.
RAW, biting the cold of Sabi on Saturday was replaced with sunlight and the temperature was right below the freezing point, but the strong copper wind on the line began to remind the racer that the task in front would not be easy.
Johaug used his strength to build a 11.8 second advantage for 1.8 km first, but he quickly rolled by Parmakoski and Nissanen with Tatiana Sorina who represented the Russian Olympic Committee also in the mixture.
Johaugh dropped behind but quickly regained the neck and neck with Nissanen because the couple crossed a 3.6 km marker in exactly the same time as 10: 47.7.
Known for his compact classic technique, Nisfanen made him rest at the midpoint of the race to lead 11 seconds on a 6.3 km mark, but if he thought Johaugh came out of the dispute, he was very wrong.
Norway exploded past the penalty penalist in the middle of the fireplace Jessie Diggins despite starting one minute behind him when he interfered with late climbing, and knowing the victory in his reach, Johhaugh did not leave coincidence.
He rendled around the rest of the course, polling strongly raised the final directly in the extraordinary stamina display to get rid of the challenges to Nissanen.
Although Finn was excavated in, he could not match the intensity of Norway and the 33-year-old Nwiswen collapsed after crossing the line of only 0.4 seconds behind his winner to secure his first individual Olympic medal.
“I did my best and I was really happy that I was on the podium …
It’s like a victory for me,” Nissanen said.
After setting himself a target of one individual gold medal in Beijing, Johaug who was noisy and shouted when he reached for it in six days, and the sky is now the limit for the Norwegian ski queen.
“I know it’s possible to take more (medals).
You must be in good condition, have good skiing, and then everything can happen,” said Johaug.