With his eighth place, IFK Umeå rider was the best of the Swedes on the women's ten kilometer classic in the Czech Nove Mesto.

Afterwards, it was a satisfied Lundgren who met SVT Sport in the mixed zone.

- It's a shame that I manage to do this race myself. I finished eighth in the mass start as well, but that was because I went with some others. This time I did it myself, she says.

What made it go so well today?

- I do not know. I've been pretty worried about how it would feel after the cold, but it just seems to have done me good.

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