The Swedish ladies had a dream start at the ski WC in Planica.

When the sprint prologue was run on Thursday, all five Swedes easily advanced to the quarter-finals.

Fastest of all was the star Jonna Sundling, just over a second ahead of Emma Ribom.

Maja Dahlqvist, Linn Svahn and Johanna Hagström placed themselves among the top eleven.

The text is updated.