First World Champion title for Alexander Bolshunov

Alexander Bolshunov (RSF) celebrates his well deserved victory at a World Championships competition. After leading the front group throughout most of the race, his point of attack happened in the last uphill on the “Egli” hill, leaving no chances to his successors to catch him. Alexander Bolshunov takes his first title of World Champion in todays Skiathlon before Simen Hegstad Krüger and Hans Christer Holund from Norway.

Simen Hegstad Krüger, the reigning Olympic Champion in Skiathlon was driven and supported by the leading Bolshunov and his Norwegian team colleagues of Holund, Roethe, Iversen and Klaebo. In the final attack of Bolshunov, he managed to react on time to stay on his heels and cross the finish line in second position.

Hans Christer Holund held up the fort in the front until he gave way in the last tight turnaround where Bolshunov spectacularly past him in the inner curve. As Krüger followed the turn of Bolshunov, Holund had to take the long way and could not push his way back to the lead after 30km of the Skiathlon. “I am very satisfied with todays race. Sharing it with those guys is amazing and the whole team did well so I am very happy.”

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