Stadlober Knapp misses the podium at the World Cup final in Lahti!

Stadlober Knapp misses the podium at the World Cup final in Lahti!

Lahti, Finnland - Teresa Stadlober completed the World Cup season in the cross-country skiing run with an impressive performance. On March 23, 2025, she reached fourth place at the final in Lahti over 50 kilometers. According to Laola1.at , the Austrian was only 5.5 seconds on the third-placed Swede EBBA Anderson. The race was won by Therese Johaug in a time of 2: 14: 40.7 hours, which finished 1: 03.3 minutes ahead of Astrid Oeyre Slind. Johaug crossed the finish line with a remarkable lead of 3: 28.1 minutes to Andersson.

Stadlober fought until the end, but had to let Andersson go on the last kilometers. This season was not the first for her in which she just barely scratched past the podium in her last 50 km race. In an interview with ORF, she admitted that she was exhausted in the seventh round, but this did not cloud her positive record.

successful season with podium places

Overall, Stadlober had two podium places in this World Cup season: she took second place in Val di Fiemme and third place in Les Rouses. Her constant run led her to the top six several times, a performance that she sees as an increase compared to previous years. Despite her success, there is a drop of bitterness: in other competitions and at the World Cup she also ended up in fourth place, which is painful for an athlete with large ambitions. Overall, she has now reached fourth place in the World Cup and twice at World Championships, such as krone.at reported.

Stadlober looks with high expectations of the upcoming Olympic Games in Italy, especially the 50 km race in a classic style. She has already won an Olympic bronze medal from 2022 in Beijing, which underlines her ambitions for the future.

World Cup stand and rankings

In the overall ranking of the women's cross-country world cup, Stadlober now shows the 10th place with 101194 points. The current final ranking shows that Jessie Diggins (USA) took first place with 12197 points, followed by Victoria Carl from Germany and Kerttu Niskanen from Finland. The top 5 of the overall ranking is as follows:

These figures show the strong competition with which Stadlober will continue to struggle in the coming season. However, their performance and consistency in the current World Cup season give rise to optimism while preparing for the next competitions.