Luleå-born Hanna Lundberg, 19, went out first and kept the lead intact.
Much thanks to the fact that she did not get lost in the checks after bare scales, where many others missed.
- It is always important to keep right up to the finish line, it is still a medium distance and then you have to expect puzzles right up to the finish line, says the 19-year-old to SVT and summarizes the race as follows:
- I have done it safely and received all checks almost clockwise, so I am happy with it.
Then the question is how much faster it goes in the end.
In the end, when Tove Alexandersson among others started, it went much really faster.
But it was a precious miss for the big favorites.
Tove Alexandersson took over the lead already at the first check, eleven seconds ahead of Swiss world three Simona Aebersold, who went out just before the Swede.
But after a miss at the eleventh check, on just bare mountain, Tove Alexandersson lost precious seconds, which cost her the victory.
Simona Aebersold, who won the long distance, then had a golden opportunity to take home the middle distance as well.
But after a miss at the end, the Swiss had to settle for a second place.
So did 19-year-old Hanna Lundberg.
Tove Alexandersson followed up Thursday's third place with a fifth today, 2 minutes and 22 seconds behind Lundberg.
Third was the Russian Natalia Gemperle, before Karolin Ohlsson who finished fourth.
The article is updated!