Nordic Skiing - FIS Nordic World Ski Championships - Oberstdorf, Germany - February 25, 2021 Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo celebrates winning the Men's Cross Country Sprint Final REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
OBERSTDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo led a clean sweep of the individual sprint medals for Norway at the FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships on Thursday, and Jonna Sundling of Sweden stormed to victory in the women's race in unseasonably warm conditions.
Klaebo, who won gold in the individual sprint at the 2018 Olympics and the 2019 World Championships, put on a final spurt in the home straight to beat fellow Norwegians Erik Valnes and Haavard Solaas Taugboel in bright sunshine on a slushy course.
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