FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Seefeld, Austria Women’s 4 x 5 k Relay
The race pack held together until the 3.5-kilometer mark of the scramble leg during the women’s World Championship 4 x 5 k relay in Seefeld, Austria. A bit over three seconds separated the top-six teams through the time check.
By the time the third leg began, Sweden and Norway had surged and defined the race as a two team competition for first. That fate began to change as Sweden’s third skier, Charlotte Kalla, surged to a 18.8 second lead over Norway as she tagged to the team’s anchor, Stina Nilsson.
With Norway’s anchor Therese Johaug, it appeared inevitable she would catch Nilsson. The high-turnover Johaug, mouth agape, churned up the hills and did eventually secure the Swede’s draft. But Nilsson’s long-gliding effort in the finish straight gave Sweden the edge and the win.
Ebba Andersson, Frida Karlsson, Kalla, and Nilsson of Sweden won in 55:21.0 minutes. Norway’s Heidi Weng, Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, and Johaug placed second (+3.1).
Russia’s Yulia Belorukova, Anastasia Sedova, Anna Nechaevskaya, and Natalia Nepryaeva skied to third (+2:03.8).
The U.S. foursome of Julia Kern, Sadie Bjornsen, Rosie Brennan, and Jessie Diggins placed fifth (+3:06.0). Canada’s Katherine Stewart-Jones, Emily Nishikawa, Cendrine Browne, and Dahria Beatty were 12th on the day (+5:02.7).
- 2019 Seefeld World Championships
- 4 x 5 k relay
- Anastasia Sedova
- Anna Nechaevskaya
- Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
- cendrine browne
- Charlotte Kalla
- Dahria Beatty
- Ebba Andersson
- Emily Nishikawa
- Frida Karlsson
- Heidi Weng
- Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
- Jessie Diggins
- Julia Kern
- Katherine Stewart-Jones
- Natalia Nepryaeva
- Rosie Brennan
- Sadie Bjornsen
- Stina Nilsson
- Therese Johaug
- women's 4 x 5 k relay
- Yulia Belorukova
