Skiiing news - Nilsson gets gold in Dresden

The 25-year-old, the 2018 Olympic individual sprint champion, was in fine form on the German hills as she finished ahead of compatriots Maja Dahlqvist and Jonna Sundling.

Nilsson's time of 3:48.49 in the final was just 0.24 seconds quicker than Dahlqvist, who had to settle for silver, with Sundling edging out Swiss skier Nadine Faehndrich by 0.02 seconds to seal her place on the rostrum.

American Sophie Caldwell finished the final fifth with Slovenia's Alenka Cebasek sixth.

Nilsson's triumph extends her total atop the World Cup sprint standings to a commanding 386 points, 166 clear of nearest challenger Dahlqvist.