Awesome Andersson storms to second World Championship gold

Ebba Andersson completed a World Championship double with a dominant gold in the 30km mass start in Planica. The Swede, who won the 15km skiathlon last week, crossed the line 53 seconds ahead of the rest of the field after she broke clear at the halfway stage and maintained a steady lead to the end.

Ad The 25-year-old, who also leaves Slovenia with two bronze medals in the 10km freestyle and 4x5km relay, is in the form of her life after also winning three World Cup golds in the past five weeks. Cross-Country SkiingRoiseland beats Tandrevold as Norway take podium one-two in Nove Mesto20 HOURS AGO Anna Kalvaa finished second and held off a charging Frida Karlsson by just 1.2 seconds down the final straight.

The Norwegian made a break with two kilometres to go and just pipped Karlsson to the line. Linn Svahn was the best of the rest in fourth, while World Cup Crystal Globe leader Tiril Weng was a disappointing ninth.