Silver for Poland's Skinder at Junior World Ski Championships in Norway

Poland’s Monika Skinder has won the silver in the women’s cross-country skiing sprint freestyle at the Junior and Under-23 World Ski Championships in Lygna, Norway.

Polish cross-country skier Monika Skinder.

Photo: EPA/GIAN EHRENZELLER

Sweden’s Moa Hansson took the gold, while Nataliya Mekryukova of Russia took the bronze on Saturday.

FIS U23 WSC results of todays Sprint day at Lygna Skicenter👏

Congratulations 🙌
1⃣ Moa Hansson SWE
2⃣ Monika Skinder POL
3⃣ Nataliya Mekryukova #fiscrosscountry #jwsc2022 pic.twitter.com/41yFcDZxwc

— FIS Cross-Country (@FISCrossCountry) February 26, 2022

Skinder, 20, is an up-and-coming cross-country skier from the eastern Polish town of Tomaszów Lubelski.

Last year, she won the women’s cross-country skiing sprint classic at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Vuokatti, Finland.

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Source: IAR, PAP