Australia’s leading Cross Country skier Rosie Fordham has made history achieving Australia’s best ever induvial World Cup performance with a 13th place finish in the 10km freestyle event in Davos, Switzerland.
The result marks the first time an Australian has finished in the top 20 in an individual World Cup race, surpassing Jessica Yeaton’s previous best of 24th in 2017.
Fordham completed the course in 27 minutes, 27.5 seconds, finishing 52.6 seconds behind event winner Karoline Simpson-Larsen of Norway.
Reflecting on her historic achievement, Fordham said:
“I’m super stoked with the result today. I’ve been chasing a top 30 for a while now and I knew the day would come, but this is just way beyond what I ever thought was possible.”
“It feels pretty surreal. It’s so cool to be able to break through in a sport dominated by Europeans.”
Results for Australian’s competing in Davos included:
Women’s Team Sprint
- 18th (Rosie Fordham and Phoebe Cridland)
- 23rd (Maddie Hooker and Ellen Soehol Lie)
Men’s Team Sprint
- 28th (Phil Bellingham & Bentley Walker-Broose)
Women’s Individual Sprint
- 55th Phoebe Cridland
- 59th Ellen Soehol Lie
- 70th Maddie Hooker
Men’s Individual Sprint
- 53rd Hugo Hinckfuss
- 55th Lars Young Vik
- 72nd Bentley Walker-Broose
- 87th Seve de Campo
Women’s 10km Interval Start Free
- 13th Rosie Fordham
- 50th Phoebe Cridland
- 54th Ellen Soehol Lie
- 64th Maddie Hooker
Men’s 10km Interval Start Free
- 66th Seve de Campo
- 78th Hugo Hinckfuss
- 85th Lars Young Vik
- 98th Bentley Walker-Broose
Rosie Fordham racing in Davos
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The result marks the first time an Australian has finished in the top 20 in an individual World Cup race, surpassing Jessica Yeaton’s previous best of 24th in 2017.
Fordham completed the course in 27 minutes, 27.5 seconds, finishing 52.6 seconds behind event winner Karoline Simpson-Larsen of Norway.
Reflecting on her historic achievement, Fordham said:
“I’m super stoked with the result today. I’ve been chasing a top 30 for a while now and I knew the day would come, but this is just way beyond what I ever thought was possible.”
“It feels pretty surreal. It’s so cool to be able to break through in a sport dominated by Europeans.”
Results for Australian’s competing in Davos included:
Women’s Team Sprint
- 18th (Rosie Fordham and Phoebe Cridland)
- 23rd (Maddie Hooker and Ellen Soehol Lie)
Men’s Team Sprint
- 28th (Phil Bellingham & Bentley Walker-Broose)
Women’s Individual Sprint
- 55th Phoebe Cridland
- 59th Ellen Soehol Lie
- 70th Maddie Hooker
Men’s Individual Sprint
- 53rd Hugo Hinckfuss
- 55th Lars Young Vik
- 72nd Bentley Walker-Broose
- 87th Seve de Campo
Women’s 10km Interval Start Free
- 13th Rosie Fordham
- 50th Phoebe Cridland
- 54th Ellen Soehol Lie
- 64th Maddie Hooker
Men’s 10km Interval Start Free
- 66th Seve de Campo
- 78th Hugo Hinckfuss
- 85th Lars Young Vik
- 98th Bentley Walker-Broose
Rosie Fordham racing in Davos
© BILDBYRÅN
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