Nadine Fähndrich is in a class of her own with her skating skis at the City Sprint in Tallinn. The Lucerne native celebrates her sixth individual victory in the World Cup in her special discipline.
19.03.2025, 19:37
19.03.2025, 22:00
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Fähndrich dominated the competition in Estonia's main stadium from A to Z. After setting the fastest time in the prologue, the 29-year-old Swiss athlete also won her run in the quarter and semi-finals. In the final, Fähndrich ran from the front to victory. In the absence of Swedish dominator Jonna Sundling, the podium was completed by her compatriot Maja Dahlqvist and Julia Kern from the USA.
Taking the World Championship momentum with her
Ten days after her victory in the Engadin Ski Marathon, Fähndrich seamlessly followed on from her strong sprint performances at the World Championships in Trondheim, where she won bronze in the individual and team events together with Anja Weber. Weber made it through to the semi-finals in Tallinn, while Lea Fischer and Alina Meier were eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Despite her fifth individual podium finish this season, her second victory after the one in Val di Fiemme at the beginning of January, Fähndrich will probably lose out again in the battle for the small crystal globe in the sprint. With two races still to go, the Swiss athlete is already 157 points behind the Finnish leader Jasmi Joensuu in third place. Last year, Fähndrich finished third in the discipline classification, and she even came second in 2023 and 2021.
Overall World Cup to Klaebo for the fifth time
In the men's event, victory once again went to record-breaking world champion Johannes Hösflot Klaebo. With his 96th World Cup victory, the Norwegian crowned himself winner of the overall World Cup for the fifth time ahead of schedule.
Janik Riebli (after setting the fifth-best time in the prologue) and Noe Näff were eliminated in the quarter-finals, while Valerio Grond and Isai Näff failed to qualify.
