This made it triple Norwegian in the men’s first discipline in the Kollen weekend.
– Today it was so easy to shoot a full house. I thought it had been a long time since I shot 20 out of 20. It was about time, smiles Lægreid to NRK.
– I felt like an animal on the trail today. It was a joy to go skiing. I go grinning and feel completely raw, he continues.
The 27-year-old thus took his twelfth individual World Cup victory. The Bærumsgutten also won the sprint in Holmenkollen in 2022.
– You don’t get tired of it. I felt I had the day on the trail. When it also works on a stand and you have your head in the right place, it works very well. It was very nice, says Lægreid to VG.
– What he does here is impressive. It’s a very good portrait series, commented Ola Lunde on NRK after Lægreid’s last shooting.
By then he had just hit 20 out of 20 in total, and went into a solid lead before the last round of the Kollen trails.
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Tarjei Bø was close to doing the same – going 20 kilometers without a barrier – but the last shot on standing was absolutely decisive.
– It’s a really rough boom, said Lunde about Bø’s last shot at NRK.
– It’s so typical, but it can still be brilliant. There are so many times the last shot has been wide. He was really close there, screamed NRK commentator Jann Post.
Photo: Jostein Magnussen / VG
– It was a perfect race in many ways. It stings a bit with the last shot, but when I get it a bit from a distance I am satisfied that I can still be in shape. I can only pay tribute to Sturla today, says Bø to VG.
Bø thus finished 28.5 seconds behind Lægreid, while Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen took third place and ensured a Norwegian triple. The latter had to dig deep to beat the time of French-Norwegian Eric Perrot, and did just that on the run.
– It was a very exciting match. I felt good. Today I knew from the last person standing that I had to go to the basement. I timed it well. It was perfect, says Christiansen to VG.
ON THE PODIUM: Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen ensured that there was a Norwegian triple in the normal distance when he took third place, 0.8 seconds ahead of Eric Perrot. Photo: MATHIAS BERGELD / BILDBYRÅN
– He led the last 50 meters and that holds. He squeezes out the very, very last, said NRK’s Jann Post about Christiansen’s final sprint.
Johannes Thingnes Bø was number five, Endre Strømsheim number seven and Johannes Dale-Skjevdal number ten.