– An entire career that has been ruined by bad openings, was Golberg’s gloomy verdict on his cross-country colleague Calle Halfvarsson after the Swede broke again in Falun. After 4.3 kilometres, Halfvarsson, whose birthday is on Friday, led by ten seconds over winner Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. In the end, it was still tough for the Swede, who ended up 36.4 seconds behind the Trønder at the finish line. Golberg, who finished fourth in Friday’s race, admits that he is puzzled by the Swede’s tactics. – Have you talked to him about it? – No. You can study start lists in recent years and it is something that people have improved drastically, but he continues with the same, so it is strange, he admits to news. Pål Golberg was not impressed by Calle Halfvarsson’s disposition in Friday’s race. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB Admits new tough opening After Friday’s 10-kilometer Halfvarsson put on a smile despite the crack at home. Nor would he disagree with Golberg’s judgment. – He is somewhat right about that. There are many races in my career where I have opened way too hard. I don’t have many years left, so I have to learn opening speed before I put my skis on the shelf, a laughing Halfvarsson announced to news. He otherwise describes the race as physically tough. – It was a bit hard, something you notice in the last round. I had nothing to go on. It went well halfway into the race, but when Klæbo and these boys set the pace, I can’t keep up, the Swede continued. Calle Halfvarsson was in a cheerful mood despite a hard day at home. Photo: JURE MAKOVEC / AFP – Should have been sent on a course Friday’s winner Johannes Høsflot Klæbo opened cautiously in the Swedish forests. After the race, the Norwegian chatted with a tired Halfvarsson. – I asked if he opened a little hard, and then he said that it got a little hard… It has become a bit of a regular occurrence. One day it will last, isn’t that what they say? At least it’s getting to be time, Klæbo joked to news. – I have cracked my code. We all have different ways of opening, and I have found my way, he continued. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won Friday’s 10 kilometers in Falun, Sweden. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB Norway’s national team coach Eirik Myhr Nossum, for his part, “understands” the Swede’s monster opening. – It’s not easy. He probably wants to win here and probably gets a little too hot in the first third instead of the last third, he says to news. More foreign dropouts With both classical specialist Iivo Niskanen and World Championship five-mile bronze winner William Poromaa among the dropouts in Friday’s 10-kilometer race, as expected there were many Norwegian entries among the best in Falun. Klæbo showed sparkling classic form and won by 10.7 seconds ahead of Martin Løwstrøm. Harald Østberg Amundsen secured the last podium place, thus ensuring an all-Norwegian podium for the tenth time this season. As many as seven of the top ten in Friday’s 10-kilometer were Norwegian. Close between Klæbo and Nyenget On the last pass before the finish, Martin Løwstrøm led Nyenget by 0.4 seconds at Klæbo, but the latter showed tremendous speed in the last kilometer and was finally clear ahead at the finish line. – A magnificent exercise for a Johannes Høsflot Klæbo in good classic form, said news’s Jann Post when the Trønder set his first poles in Friday’s 10-kilometer race. One of the big surprises on Friday was Ben Ogden. The American has never previously been on the podium in a World Cup race, but for a long time showed brilliant pace already from the first passing point in Friday’s 10-kilometer race. In the end, however, it was tough for Ogden, who in the last half of the race fell down the leaderboards. – He is doing well today Ogden, news’s Jann Post noted towards the end of the American’s race. Ben Ogden made a big surprise in Friday’s 10-kilometer race in Falun, Sweden. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB
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