{"id":54686,"date":"2023-11-26T17:18:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T15:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rukanordic.com\/?p=54686"},"modified":"2023-11-26T17:56:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T15:56:30","slug":"ruka-nordic-world-cup-finished-in-cold-weather-at-mass-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rukanordic.com\/en\/ruka-nordic-world-cup-finished-in-cold-weather-at-mass-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruka Nordic World Cup finished in cold weather at mass starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Ruka Nordic Cross-country World Cup was finalized on Sunday with a 20km skate mass start.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The women\u2019s winner was Moa Ilar, with her first victory in World Cup competitions. After Ilar, podium places went to USA\u2019s <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jessie Diggins<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rosie Brennan<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Finnish performance was not as good, and the best ranking belonged to\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Vilma Ryytty<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, who placed 28th in the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI know I&#8217;m in good shape for freestyle competition here in Finland. Not as good of a start to the season as I\u2019d like, but still, I believe in myself and my chances to succeed.\u201d Ryytty said after the race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Krista P\u00e4rm\u00e4koski\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kerttu Niskanen<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> had a bad showing and didn\u2019t make the top 30. P\u00e4rm\u00e4koski placed 31. and Niskanen placed 32. <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rebecca Immonen<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0was better expected, placing herself 33, right after P\u00e4rm\u00e4koski and Niskanen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There was also drama in the last lap of the race when <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ebba Andersson<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> from Sweden kicked a stick from Jessie Diggins&#8217;s hands. Diggins also lost her glove and had to ski to finish without it in really cold weather.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the men\u2019s 20km competition, Jan Thomas Jenssen was a first-time World Cup winner<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The second place went to <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Michal Novak<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, which was also an excellent ranking for him.\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Harald Oestberg<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Amundsen\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was third at the podium. The best performance from Finland was\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Remi Lindholm<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, ranking 12.\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Iivo Niskanen\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was right after Remi, place 13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cSkiing was better than I expected from myself. Freestyle isn\u2019t my best style to compete.\u201d Niskanen commented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mass start was predicted to be a tough battle, but no significant crashes occurred.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">World Cup continues with cross-country competition in J\u00e4llivaara, Sweden 2.-3. 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