Good morning from Tesero, when the first women are hitting the snow in the women’s cross-country skiing sprint.
It’s time-trial fashion, with the quickest 30 of 89 athletes going through to the quarterfinals.
Sweden has high hopes here, holding four of the top five spots in the sprint World Cup rankings, and its fans are out in force. I’ve also got my eye on if American Jessie Diggins, ranked first overall but sixth in the sprint, can improve on her 8th-place skiathlon finish.