Niskanen and Klaebo ease to distance victories in Falun

17.03.2023 - 19:49 eurosport.com

Kerttu Niskanen and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo prevailed in the 10km individual start classic races at the World Cup event in Falun.

Finnish star Niskanen was favourite for victory in the women's event with home stars, Sweden's Ebba Andersson and Frida Karlsson, absent due to injury and Maja Dahlquist opting to focus on Saturday's sprint race.

Ad And she justified her favourite tag with a commanding display, her winning time of 27:08.5 seeing her finish 15.9s ahead of silver medallist Katharina Hennig.

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