Women 7.5 km Sprint Competition

The last step of this afternoon’s Oslo Holmenkollen Women’s 7.5 km Sprint was the difference in first and second place; Germany’s Franziska Preuss lunged across the finish line, grabbing a .2 second win over French rival Lou Jeanmonnot. Preuss and Jeanmonnot both shot clean and despite Jeanmonnot’s sizzling fast last loop, Preuss prevailed in 20:57.2, taking the World Cup Sprint Score title. She also widened the gap at the top of the Total Score standings ahead of a thrilling rest of the weekend.

This past weekend’s Pokljuka Single Mixed Relay was beyond special for Switzerland’s Aita Gasparin. It was the Swiss team’s first-ever World Cup relay win of any kind and the veteran of 259 World Cup starts first time atop the podium.