Stadlober narrowly missed out on the podium at the World Cup final in Lahti!

Stadlober narrowly missed out on the podium at the World Cup final in Lahti!

Teresa Stadlober concluded the World Cup season in cross-country skiing with an impressive performance. On March 23, 2025, she reached fourth place in the classic 50-kilometer final in Lahti. Loud laola1.at The Austrian was only 5.5 seconds behind the third-placed Swede Ebba Andersson. The race was won by Therese Johaug in a time of 2:14:40.7 hours, finishing 1:03.3 minutes ahead of Astrid Oeyre Slind. Johaug crossed the finish line with a considerable lead of 3:28.1 minutes over Andersson.

Stadlober fought until the end, but had to let Andersson go in the last few kilometers. This season wasn't the first for her, where she narrowly missed the podium in her final 50km race. In an interview with ORF, she admitted that she was exhausted in the seventh round, but that this did not cloud her positive balance.

Successful season with podium finishes

Overall, Stadlober was able to record two podium finishes this World Cup season: She took second place in Val di Fiemme and third place in Les Rousses. Her consistent run has taken her into the top six several times, an achievement that she sees as an improvement compared to previous years. Despite her successes, there is one drawback: in other competitions and at the World Championships, she also came fourth, which is painful for an athlete with great ambitions. In total, she has now achieved fourth place eleven times in the World Cup and twice at the World Championships krone.at reported.

Stadlober has high expectations for the upcoming Olympic Games in Italy, especially for the 50 km classic style race. She has already won a 2022 Olympic bronze medal in Beijing, underlining her ambitions for the future.

World Cup standings and rankings

In the overall ranking of the women's cross-country skiing World Cup, Stadlober is now in 10th place with 101,194 points. The current final standings show that Jessie Diggins (USA) takes first place with 12,197 points, followed by Victoria Carl from Germany and Kerttu Niskanen from Finland. The top 5 overall rankings are as follows:

These numbers show the strong competition that Stadlober will continue to have to contend with in the coming season. However, her performance and consistency in the current World Cup season gives cause for optimism as she prepares for the next competitions.