Only two runners managed to be within a second of Sejersted’s time in what developed into a chaotic race due to the weather. The race is still going on, but the weather is about to cause so much trouble that it may be cancelled. For the competition to count, 30 runners must have started. They haven’t gotten there yet. The TV images showed a desperate Adrian Smiseth Sejersted in the leader’s chair, who asked the organiser: – Will there be 30 runners? He got no other answer than that they hoped so for him. – I have rarely seen so many top runners reach the finish line and be so dejected, concluded Viaplay’s alpine expert Marius Arnesen. Visibility became progressively worse throughout the race, causing problems for those driving after Sejersted. – Visibility is clearly a little worse up here now. The weather is changing, Arnesen thought when the big favorite Marco Odermatt set off. The Swiss lost enormously from the top, and was miles behind Sejersted at the finish line. Then he shook his head dejectedly and lashed out with his arms, before sending a sour jab into the camera. – Wonderful run, he said, apparently disappointed, and was over two seconds behind Sejersted. Soon after, the snow began to fall, and definitely secured the victory for the Norwegian. Taking advantage of an incident Sejersted may have taken advantage of a very special incident early in the race. After only seven runners, the race had to take a break for just over ten minutes when one of the ground crew fell in the middle of the course. The person lay on the ground for a while, and was eventually taken out on a stretcher. – There are coincidences now and then, which help to decide the results list, said Arnesen with regard to that situation. news’s expert also believes that the break may have been decisive for the victory. – It has gotten progressively worse after the break with damage to trail crew. I think that Kilde and Odermatt would be much like Adrian with similar relationships. They both had good races, says news expert Lars Elton Myhre. None of those who drove after the break were near Sejersted. The closest was actually Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, over a second and a half behind. One by one, a sea of people finished behind Sejersted, who could celebrate the first World Cup victory of his career.
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