Jessica Diggins surprisingly won ahead of Therese Johaug in Friday's 10 kilometer freestyle.
One who never got the chance to challenge for the podium was the Russian skier Natalya Neprjajeva.
She was forced to break the race after a fall and she injured her hand so badly that she had to be taken to hospital by ambulance, the Russian coach Markus Cramer tells Sportbladet.
- She fell on a patch of ice on the penultimate uphill before the finish line.
She screamed and cried, he says.
Can miss the World Cup
When asked if she will now miss the World Cup, which starts on February 23, the answer is hovering.
- I do not know exactly what bone fracture it is about. But it does not look bright