In the women's short track race, it is Jenny Rissveds who dictates the race and, as she says at the end, "has a lot of fun". This regularly results in small leading groups that are caught up again, as the pace also collapses again and again. Among the favored riders, it was Evie Richards who dropped the chain a good three laps before the end and lost touch as a result.

Two laps before the end of the race, Jenny Rissveds rode to a preliminary decision and broke up the leading group with her attack. But on the final lap, world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot pulled away and caught her rivals off guard. Rissveds falls away, and while Ferrand-Prevot takes another short track victory, Sina Frei overtakes Rissveds and secures second place ahead of the reigning Olympic champion.
"I'm super happy with second place. I tried to ride smart and not do too much, which worked out great in the end. Now I'm looking forward to Sunday and hope to be able to deliver my performance again.

In fourth and fifth place, Linda Indergand and Alessandra Keller secured places on the front row for the cross-country race. Also in the top 8 are Laura Stigger (AUT), the surprising Greta Seiwald (ITA) and Kate Courtney (USA).

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With suffering to victory

It is Nino Schurter and Mathias Flückiger who show where the hammer hangs right after the start, immediately tearing a gap. However, the gap is also no surprise and the Czech Ondrej Cink soon goes on the attack. Even though gaps are opening up now, the favorites are staying close, including Flückiger and Schurter. The latter almost falls as he has to avoid the fall of Brit Tom Pidcock.

The numerous increases in speed bring changes in position, but no preliminary decisions. Mathias Flückiger was looking for this shortly before the last lap, and he raged on his bike, leaving his opponents fighting to catch up. With the French fans cheering him on, world champion Jordan Sarrou slowly crawls up to Flückiger, but too late. The Swiss champion wins the World Cup short track race again. "I attacked, saw that I was opening up a gap and knew it was possible now. But I suffered extremely to ride to the finish," Flückiger admits to Protokol. Ondrej Cink finished third behind Sarrou.

Nino Schurter couldn't quite keep up in the final battle. He just missed out on the front row for Sunday in ninth place, but shows that he will soon be a force to be reckoned with again. Filippo Colombo is also performing well. It was his first big race after his injury and he immediately finished in a respectable 15th place - that means row two on the grid for the Ticino rider.

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