Sweden won gold in the sprint relay in the orienteering world championships.
Sara Hagström was able to calmly jog home the victory in the riot, 26 seconds ahead of Norway.
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Tove Alexandersson ran Sweden’s first leg. Stock Photography.
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Despite winning a World Cup gold in the sprint, 23-year-old Isac von Krusenstierna did not get the chance during Sunday’s sprint relay in the Czech Doksy.
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– It’s tough but I think he will be happy with this World Cup anyway, says national team captain Håkan Carlsson to SVT Sport.
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Instead, it was Tove Alexandersson, Emil Svensk, Gustav Bergman and Sara Hagström who chased medals for the Swedish part.
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And it did well.
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Sara Högström was able to run home the World Cup gold to Sweden without any major problems in the final round.
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– I am so very happy to be in a team with these, which makes it possible and that I can manage to keep it together, says Hagström.
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– Then I made a small mistake too, so then there were even more emotions at the end. But I’m so happy I kept it together and we’re right stamped.
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Alexandersson: “Not at all had flow”
Alexandersson started for Sweden and took as expected an early command with a big lead of 31 seconds after half the first leg.
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Then the Swedish world champion made a mistake when she ran wrong. A mistake she saved up quickly, but at the first change the distance down to Switzerland had decreased to 19 seconds.
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– It’s tricky out there. They had built up a lot of extra fences and it is very difficult when it is so unnatural to see everything on the map. So I have made very small mistakes and not had any fluency in the orientation, says Alexandersson in SVT.
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– It has been a bit frustrating.
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It was not long after that before Emil Svensk lost the lead and Swiss Joey Hadorn was side by side with the Swede. A mistake by Hadorn, however, meant that Svensk regained the lead at halfway.
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Embraced the riot
Then the drama failed.
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When Gustav Bergman took over, he did so 31 seconds ahead of his Swiss combatant. A lead he extended to 55 seconds when Bergman handed over to Sara Hagström on the last stretch.
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Hagström did the job and easily ran home the World Cup gold to Sweden. During the riot, she was embraced by her teammates with the Swedish flag.
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At the end, Norway had an impressive pick-up and finished second, 26 seconds behind Sweden.
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