The experts disagreed on who should wear the favorite stamp before the start of the relay. Nevertheless, it was clear that Sweden was awarded the stamp by most. But as the cliché says: “A relay is a relay”. For Ingvild Flugstad Østberg delivered a monster stage, pulling away from Frida Karlsson and contributing strongly to Norway taking a somewhat surprising gold in the relay. JUBILEE: Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, Anne Kjersti Kalvå, Tiril Udnes Weng and Astrid Øyre Slind secured the gold for Norway. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB – It’s absolutely raw. It’s good that a few minutes have passed so not all sorts of strange things come here, but damn it, that was raw, says Østberg to news after the end of the race. – A small shock victory here in the WC, says news commentator Jann Post. Østberg was clearly marked in the interview zone after the race. – Now I’m not going to start laughing, but I know I’m close to it now. – It has been a long way here for me. Oh damn, now you have to ask someone else about something, because now it’s going to be a mess here, says Østberg as the tears press on. MOVED: Ingvild Flugstad Østberg moved on and contributed to Norwegian gold. Anne Kjersti Kalvå got a dream starting point on the anchor stage and delivered. Norway thus takes the WC gold on a day the Swedish favorites failed. It wasn’t just Karlsson who had trouble. Ebba Andersson fell and broke her pole on her second leg. – Boiling into me Just before Kalvå scored, Norway’s national team coach Stig Rune Kveen was in tears. Kveen looked shaky and barely managed to hold the phone while he watched the race.: – It’s bad, I don’t have much more to say. I cry quite often, but this is strong, he continued. There were big contrasts from earlier in the race. Then the coach was cursed. During the first stage, Emma Ribom and Tiril Udnes Weng could be seen on several occasions going on each other’s skis – for which the latter received a warning. – I can feel it boiling inside me when I see it, he said to news. Weng confirmed the incident afterwards. – Yes, she did. But I did too. We were close to each other. We could probably keep some distance between the two of us. There is probably a Swedish boss who is standing there and cooking because of me, she says to news. The first sign of the dark relay to Sweden was to come soon after – on the second leg. Perhaps the Swedes’ strongest card, Ebba Andersson, ruled the field and was in the lead for large parts of the stage. But just before the change, Andersson fell and broke the pole. – The nightmare continues for Sweden in the relay, exclaimed Jann Post. FALL: Ebba Andersson went well on the course, but was unlucky and fell. Photo: Matthias Schrader / AP This meant that Astrid Øyre Slind could alternate with Finland and Germany in the lead, with Sweden just over six seconds behind. Østberg praised Østberg was praised for his stage during and after the race. – We haven’t seen her fitter in four years than we have here. Goes straight from Frida Karlsson, said Post about Ingvild Flugstad Østberg. – Ingvild looks completely raw. Dream starting point for us and I think Kalvå has the speed to drive from Maja at the end. So if she gets time to get into the race a bit first, it’s absolutely perfect, Slind told news. – What Ingvild is doing is absolutely disgusting, exclaimed news expert Therese Johaug along the way and was clearly moved after the race: It was a proud dad Helge Østberg who was standing on the sidelines. – It was absolutely superb. I hadn’t even dreamed of it. She was certainly not unhappy with what has happened before in the championship, but she has said between the lines and a bit straight forward that she is in good shape but has not got the last punch. But today the last punch was there, at least as far as I could see, Han told news. JOYFUL SCENES: Kalvå was greeted by cheering teammates when she crossed the finish line. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB Østberg was 14.9 seconds ahead of Sweden and Maja Dahlqvist. Germany was closest by 6.2 seconds when Kalvå went out on the last stage. The Norwegian anchorwoman took advantage of the dream starting point and increased the lead. She was finally able to walk in solitary majesty across the finish line and Norway could cheer for gold. – It was an insane experience and something you only dream of since you are a little girl. Teaming up with these girls today, representing our country, all the other national team friends and the whole of Team Norway, it’s a great, great experience, Kalvå told news about the gold.
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