The 23-year-old Eiduka started one minute and 22 seconds after Diggins. At most checkpoints, the Latvian was in 14th or 15th position, but in the last 1700 meters Eiduka increased the pace, which her direct rivals, Katarina Hennig from Germany, Eba Andeshon from Sweden and Rosie Brennan from America are not you can keep up. with. At the finish line the Swiss Nadine Fendrich and the Austrian Tereza Stadlober were eight tenths of a second behind the Latvian.
In previous stages of the “Tour de Ski”, Eiduka took tenth place in the free skiing in the 1.4 kilometer sprint race and 19th place in the ten kilometer classic style race with a joint start.
Among the top skiers, the 35-year-old Norwegian Astrid Eyre Slinda broke through, rising from 13th place to the top five, overtaking the Scandinavian champions Heidi Venga and Frida Karlsson in the last 400 metres. Only Slinda strengthened in the Norwegian national team in 2023.
In the future, skiers will travel to the Swiss city of Davos, where the fourth (January 3) and fifth (January 4) stages of the series are scheduled. The athletes will then return to Italy, where they will conclude the tour on June 7 with a distance of 15 kilometers in classic style and a ten kilometer climb on the alpine ski slope.
Third stage of the “Tour de Ski”, 20 kilometer pursuit race (Dobbiaco, Italy)
VSkier (nation) Time 1. Jessie Diggins (USA) 58:18.72. Viktoria Karla (Germany) + 46.53. Lynn Swann (Sweden) +48.24. Jonna Sundling (Sweden) + 48.25. Astrid Eyre Slinda (Norway) + 49.66. Heidi Veng (Norway)+51.77.Frida Karlsson (Sweden)+52.58.Kertu Niskanen (Finland)+52.69.Emma Riboma (Sweden)+55.710.Krista Permekoski (Finland)+1:18.011.Patricia Eidukas (Latvia)+1: 56.0
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