It was messy during the women's mass start. Several riders fell and Ingvild Flugstad Östberg cracked the stick, among other things.
- It was the pole vault at the worst time of the entire race. Nobody does anything like that with diligence. When you get to the finish, you get annoyed at the event, but then you have to move on, she tells SVT Sport.
In connection with this, the scene was debated.
First the Norwegian was given a new stick by a leader from Russia - then a Norwegian leader came on the track and gave her a slight push in the back. Something that causes FIS to give an oral warning to the Norwegian leaders.
Flugstad Östberg tells Aftonbladet that she did not notice.
- I just heard someone talking about it, but I didn't know it myself. But I should not say that it did not happen, because you have a lot of adrenaline there and then. I get to look at the pictures afterwards.