The Swiss women's quartet finishes the 4x7.5 km relay drama in 7th place. Nadine Fähndrich finishes one minute behind bronze, gold unexpectedly goes to the Norwegians.
14.02.2026, 13:35
14.02.2026, 13:42
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Nadine Fähndrich was no longer involved in the battle for the medals in a turbulent race. The quartet of the Swiss, Italian, German and American skier was 40 seconds behind the medal places before the Lucerne native lost touch. This was a disappointing end to a race in which one could still dream of a medal after the first two classic detachments.
It was already clear from the start skier Anja Weber that the Swiss wax crew had found the right polish and klister wax for the rainy weather and that a bronze medal was possible if the race went perfectly. In the downhill, the Zurich skier even took the lead for a while. The 24-year-old lost ground slightly towards the end and handed over in ninth place.
Nadja Kälin initially had to make up seven seconds on the first chasing group. She succeeded. And even more. In the deep slushy snow, which split the field into individual parts, she advanced to third place. She clearly put in the best performance of the Swiss team.
This meant that Switzerland was halfway through the bronze race in the battle against Finland. However, Marina Kälin was unable to hold Vilma Ryytty's back on the first skating off and was punished for her initially offensive performance. She handed over to the final skier Nadine Fähndrich in 7th position, 36 seconds behind a podium place. An exploit like the Olympic bronze medal in 2002 was no longer possible.
Sweden's women surprisingly lost the duel for gold and had to settle for silver behind Norway but ahead of Finland. Ebba Andersson had a bad day on the second run. She had to let the Norwegian catch up, crashed twice, broke her bindings and finished in 8th position 1:18 minutes behind at the halfway point. Frida Karlsson and Jonna Sundling were only able to reduce the gap to 50 seconds.
