Jasmi Joensuu secures her sprint cup title – here's everything from the Tallinn World Cup

Jasmi Joensuu is the holder of the sprint cup red jersey until the end of the season. Picture: Getty Images.

The cross-country skiing World Cup continued on Wednesday in Tallinn, Estonia with a freestyle sprint. Yle covered the race in this article.

• Anu Karttunen
• Hanna Hanhinen

March 19, 16:02 • Updated March 20, 08:55

Tallinn World Cup – Sprint

In Tallinn, the freestyle sprint event of the cross-country skiing World Cup took place. Nadine Fähndrich from Switzerland clinched victory in the women's race. The top male finisher was Johannes H. Kläbo from Norway.

Jasmi Joensuu secured the sprint cup title already in Tallinn with her sixth-place finish.

The Tallinn competition was the fourth-to-last event in the World Cup season. The next races will take place in Lahti on Friday (sprint), Saturday (team sprint), and Sunday (50 kilometers) as mass starts.

Now it's certain! Jasmi Joensuu wins the sprint cup!

Now that the results are official, we can confirm: it’s official! Jasmi Joensuu has won the sprint cup, becoming the second Finnish skier to do so.

The first sprint cup was won by Virpi Kuitunen (now Sarasvuo) in the 2006–07 season. She also won the overall cup and the normal distance cup that year.

Here are the final results for the men's sprint:

The program is not available outside of the country.

1. Johannes H. Kläbo NOR 2.22,92
2. Jules Chappaz FRA +0,18
3. Harald Ö. Amundsen NOR +0,18
4. Federico Pellegrino ITA +0,6
5. Edvin Anger SWE +1,58

6. Erik Valnes NOR +23,54

7. Niilo Moilanen

8. Lauri Vuorinen
9. Joni Mäki
10. Emil Liekari
11. Wiljam Mattila
12. Verneri Suhonen

Chappaz challenged Kläbo but couldn’t beat the Norwegian phenomenon

In the men's final, Edvin Anger set the pace from the start, while Johannes Hösflot Kläbo was able to follow easily.

On the second lap, Jules Chappaz moved to the front uphill and did everything possible to keep the Norwegian behind. However, Kläbo struck again in the last corner and surged to victory.

Harald Östberg Amundsen rose alongside Chappaz at the end, and the finish camera review took a long time. In the end, the second place was shared. Federico Pellegrino finished fourth, Anger fifth, and Valnes sixth.

Correction at 20:42: The second place was shared, unlike what the update initially stated.

Joensuu's point gap, seemingly 129 points

Yle's commentator Kimmo Porttila has already calculated the standings for the women's sprint cup.

When the results and the sprint cup standings are still unofficial, Jasmi Joensuu’s point total is 767 points. The winner today, Nadine Fähndrich, has 638 points.

Since a maximum of 115 points can be gained in Lahti, and the gap between the two is 129 points, Joensuu is the top of the sprint cup.

Here are the final results for the women's sprint:

The program is not available outside of the country.

Nadine Fähndrich was the strongest in the Tallinn sprint.

1. Nadine Fähndrich SUI 2.42,37
2. Maja Dahlqvist SWE +0,98
3. Julia Kern USA +1,30
4. Gina Del Rio AND +4,19
5. Coletta Rydzek GER +8,42

6. Jasmi Joensuu FIN +10,42

7. Jasmin Kähärä

8. Kerttu Niskanen
9. Katri Lylynperä
10. Anni Lindroos
11. Amanda Saari

Fähndrich celebrates victory, Joensuu sixth

In the women’s final, Nadine Fähndrich shot out ahead like in earlier heats. Jasmi Joensuu was in fourth place during the descent.

The Swiss maintained the pace at the front, with Gina Del Rio eagerly following along with Maja Dahlqvist. In the uphill section of the second lap, Joensuu couldn’t respond to Fähndrich’s speed and the gap widened.

Fähndrich took the victory, Dahlqvist captured second place, and Julia Kern surged to third. Del Rio finished fourth, Coletta Rydzek fifth, and Joensuu crossed the finish line in sixth.

Here are the finals in the men’s category:

1. Johannes H. Kläbo NOR
2. Jules Chappaz FRA
3. Harald Östberg Amundsen NOR