August 02, 2018 (Norway) – Norwegian star, Therese Johaug, was back in the news winning the Lysebotn Opp 7.5 km FR race at the 2018 Blink Festival on Aug. 2, her first FIS event since her doping sanction ended.

Johaug set a new course record en route to beating Charlotte Kalla of Sweden in second at 1:47.5 behind followed by fellow Swede Ebba Anderson in third. “I was unlucky at first and broke a pole but in the end things went well,” said Johaug at the finish.

Canada’s Alex Harvey finished 10th in the men’s race followed by the USA’s Ian Torchia in 13th. Simen Hegstad Krüger led a Norwegian sweep with Hans Christer Holund in second and Simen Andreas Sveen in third.

Results

Ladies’ 7.5 km F

1. Therese Johaug IL Nansen 31:46,3
2. Charlotte Kalla SWE +01:47,5
3. Ebba Andersson SWE +01:51,4
4. Ragnhild Haga Åsen IL +02:21,6
5. Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Gjøvik Skiklubb +02:48,9
6. Teresa Stadlober AUT +03:05,7
7. Yulia Belorukova RUS +03:52,4
8. Kari Øyre Slind Oppdal IL +04:05,0
9. Elena Soboleva RUS +04:14,1
10. Yana Kirpichenko RUS +04:26,2

Full results HERE.

Men’s 7.5 km F

1. Simen Hegstad Krüger Lyn Ski 27:53,2
2. Hans Christer Holund Lyn Ski +00:03,9
3. Simen Andreas Sveen Ring IL +00:16,0
4. Vebjørn Turtveit Voss IL +00:51,7
5. Martin Johnsrud Sundby Røa IL +00:52,6
6. Clement Parisse FRA +01:12,4
7. Henrik L’Abée-Lund Engerdal SP.kl. +01:21,1
8. Adrien Backscheider FRA +01:24,7
9. Artem Maltsev RUS +01:31,4
10. Alex Harvey CAN +02:02,1

13. Ian Torchia USA +02:17,2

Full results HERE.