Three women among the top 10 and three men in the top 11 at the World Cup opener in Kuusamo (FIN) this weekend: Madshus racers are off to a good start to the season and looking promising for the World Cup mini-tour in Lillehammer (NOR) next weekend.
Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg (NOR) was fifth in the women’s 10km classic at the World Cup opener in Finland Sunday. She delivered a strong distance race after placing fourth in the classic sprint Saturday, a race she dominated right up until the final heat. Krista Parmakoski (FIN) – formerly Laehteenmaeki, was seventh, and Heidi Weng (NOR) was eighth in the 10km classic mass start event.
In the men’s 15km classic, Madshus racer Alexander Bessmerthnyk (RUS) was fifth, Paal Golberg (NOR) was ninth and Didrik Toenseth (NOR) was eleventh.