DAVOS, Switzerland— After two laps of a tough five kilometer loop, Therese Johaug of Norway came out on top in Saturday’s World Cup classic race, by a lot. Liz Stephen led the U.S. women with 20th place, but North America packed a lot of racers into the points: American teammates Jessie Diggins and Sadie Bjornsen finished 21st and 22nd, and Canada’s Emily Nishikawa scored her first-ever World Cup points in 29th.
Here are some photos from the action.
Ida Sargent (right) racing to a frustrating 47th-place finish in the 10 k classic yesterday. What a difference a day makes: she was happy with a 16th-place finish in today’s skate sprint, and what she called her best skate qualifier ever.
Olga Kuziukova (RUS), 32nd place.
Eventual second-place finisher Marit Bjoergen of Norway warming up.
Charlotte Kalla of Sweden warming up. Kalla placed 15th.
Liz Stephen (USA), 20th place.
Sara Lindborg (SWE, 26th place, and Victoria Carl (GER), 50th place.
Claudia Nystad (GER), 24th place.
Jessie Diggins (USA), 21st place.
Anne Kylloenen (FIN), 8th place, and Kornelia Kubinska (POL), 34th place.
Sofia Bleckur (SWE), 5th place.
Anna Haag (SWE), fourth place.
Kateryna Serdyuk (UKR), 57th place.
Emily Nishikawa (CAN), 29th place.
Petra Novakova (CZE), 35th place and the Helvetia U23 points leader, and Giulia Stuerz (ITA), 51st place.
Aurore Jean racing in Davos in 2014.
Sadie Bjornsen (USA), cresting a hill as coaches look on. Bjornsen finished 22nd.
Masako Ishida (JPN), 12th place, and Ida Sargent (USA), 47th place.
Lea Einfalt (SLO), 44th place.
Natalia Korosteleva (RUS), 36th place.
Finns cheering from the windows of their apartment: prime spectating location!
Sofia Bleckur (SWE), 5th place.
Sofia Henriksson (SWE), racing to ninth in the Davos World Cup 10 k classic in Switzerland in December 2014.
Petra Novakova (CZE), 35th place and the Helvetia U23 points leader, and Giulia Stuerz (ITA), 51st place.
Alenka Cebasek (SLO), 43rd place.
Looking out towards Davosersee and Seehorn, it’s clear that most of the snow in Davos is on the ski course.
