US EditionCross-country skiing: Kristine Stavås Skistad broke the bar in the comeback: "It's insane"
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Kristine Stavås Skistad made a comeback at the freestyle sprint in the Norwegian Championships in Hamar. It started dramatically with a broken pole.
The biggest gold favorite in the opening sprint of the Ski World Championships comes from Norway, says Swede Linn Svahn. Kristine Stavås Skistad doesn't disagree. – She's probably right, replies the 26-year-old home-grown athlete.
Reacting to NRK pictures of Skistad: — Looks weird HAMAR (Nettavisen): All eyes were on Kristine Stavås Skistad before the long-awaited comeback during the NM sprint at Gåsbu on Thursday. There the joy could have been extremely short-lived, as the pole went after only a few hundred yards. — It couldn't have started worse. It would have been absolutely critical to go out there. Fortunately, that didn't happen, so just sit back and think ahead. A…
Kristine Stavås Skistad had a very unfortunate start with a broken pole in the sprint prologue in the Norwegian Championships, but is ready for the elimination rounds.
The sprint star had trouble with the pole not just once, but twice in his comeback.
Kristine Stavås Skistad (25) was first out in the prologue. It immediately became dramatic.
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