{"id":56414,"date":"2025-11-28T14:48:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rukanordic.com\/?p=56414"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:48:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:48:26","slug":"frida-karlsson-goes-back-to-back-as-ruka-nordic-starts-with-the-womens-10k-interval-start-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rukanordic.com\/en\/frida-karlsson-goes-back-to-back-as-ruka-nordic-starts-with-the-womens-10k-interval-start-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Frida Karlsson goes back to back as Ruka Nordic starts with the Women&#8217;s 10k Interval Start Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Frida Karlsson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> replicates her victory in the Women&#8217;s 10k Interval Start Classic. The race was way closer than last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; I think it was very fun. I was very focused on my own skiing. I felt good that I had some good push over the hills, Frida Karlsson commented after the race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Norwegian <\/span><b>Heidi Weng<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comes 10.5 seconds behind the winner. <\/span><b>Moa Ilar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> defeats her Swedish teammate <\/span><b>Ebba Andersson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to take the podium. Ilar has not been selected to the Olympics yet so this podium is huge for her. Ilar was 18.3 seconds behind the winner Karlsson. Andersson was 21.2 seconds behind Karlsson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Swedes are looking great as the Olympics are closing in. Three Swedes in top four today, if not for Heidi Weng&#8217;s great race it would have been a triple podium for Sweden.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year&#8217;s overall Crystal Globe winner <\/span><b>Jessie Diggins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had a great race. She finished fifth, being 27.5 seconds behind the winner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Krista P\u00e4rm\u00e4koski <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was the top Finnish skier of the day finishing ninth. She&#8217;s off to a good start to her last World Cup season before retirement. <\/span><b>Jasmi Joensuu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was only one spot behind her at tenth, she will be in contention for the sprint tomorrow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Text: Pietu Enne<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: Noora Luukkanen<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frida Karlsson replicates her victory in the Women&#8217;s 10k Interval Start Classic. The race was way closer than last year. 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