Folk festival crowned at Holmenkollen

The 50-kilometer race on the legendary Holmenkollen, the local mountain of the Norwegian capital Oslo, is one of the most important races in the cross-country skiing circuit, alongside the World Championships and the Olympic Games. Whoever wins here advances to the cross-country skiing Olympus and is honored by King Harald V himself. Norwegian gala performance at Holmenkollen Thousands of fans flocked to the track again and made themselves at home there with tents and barbecues. Compared to the dreary World Championships in Planica last week, the “Kollen” was sold out.

Spurred on by the electric atmosphere, the Norwegians dominated the action from the start. Above all, superstar Johannes Høsflot Klæbo ran ahead in an unusual manner and wanted to prove that he can win the long distance races even from the front. This plan backfired.

Simen Hegstad Krüger lived up to his role as favorite. © APA/afp / JURE MAKOVEC

After the two club colleagues Simen Hegstad Krüger and Hans Christer Holund turned off to change skis halfway through the race, they made the expected escape attempt after around 30 kilometers. The young Iver Tildheim Andersen, who celebrated his first World Cup victory in December, also joined the leading duo. As they increased the pace, the 25-man field was torn apart. The Norwegian Festival was open! Krueger with an incredible finish When world champion Krüger took over the reins on his home track, Andersen had to pay some tribute and tear it down. Behind them, the hunt for a podium place was on. On the last hill, the three-time world champion left Krüger, Holund standing and crowned his outstanding season with his debut victory on Holmenkollen.

Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget intercepted Andersen in the last kilometer and celebrated his podium finish. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo had to settle for seventh place. The 50-kilometer world champion from six days ago, Paal Golberg, came ninth.

With the best Swedish and Finnish athletes staying away, Briton Andrew Musgrave, who lives and trains in Lillehammer, narrowly missed out on the top ten as the best non-Norwegian. As the only Italian athlete at the start, Lorenzo Romano achieved his best career result with 14th place. The women's race starts on Sunday at 10.15:XNUMX a.m.

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Folk festival crowned at Holmenkollen

Tens of thousands of exuberant fans turned Holmenkollen into a cauldron on Saturday. The favorite home athletes contributed their part to the Norwegian folk festival and celebrated a historic ten-fold victory.

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