After a historic performance at the World Cup in Goms, Switzerland on Friday, when the U.S. took home its first-ever podium in the men's team sprint event, Team USA's Gus Schumacher decided he wasn't done with the fireworks.
On Saturday, Schumacher secured back-to-back World Cup podiums, after he earned a second-place finish in the men's sprint classic event.
"I am psyched, I'm really proud of adapting to a bit of a different sprint course and recognizing where my strengths were, which I think a lot of it was just not getting as tired as some other people on the hill. Historically, my sprint finishes haven't been amazing, but today I had enough speed on the backstretch," Schumacher said after the race.
The second-place finish for Schumacher was the 25-year-old's first classic World Cup podium, first sprint World Cup podium and third World Cup podium on the season.
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway cruised across the finish line for the 106th World Cup win of his illustrious career in 3 minutes and 19.23 seconds. After the second climb on the sprint course, Klaebo turned on the jets and quickly separated himself from the pack and proved he's still the best to ever do it. He remains the overall World Cup leader this season.
"I had some power left at the end," Klaebo said after the race. "It was amazing, I think the track is really cool, it's hard, but I think it's fair, and it's a lot of things happening all the time."
Schumacher took second after he crossed the line 2.64 seconds behind the Norwegian champ.
Sweden's Edvin Anger finished 2.13 seconds after the American and claimed the final spot on the podium.
In the women's field, Sweden's Linn Svahn sprinted to victory in 3 minutes and 50.65 seconds, after dealing with injuries much of the season. Svahn lunged across the line just ahead of Laura Gimmler of Germany in an adrenaline-pumping finish.
The victory for Svahn was the 14th sprint World Cup win of her career.
"It's so nice to be back and compete again, it's been like a rollercoaster year. It was tough, long sprint today," Svahn said after the race.
Gimmler crossed the line just 0.12 seconds behind the Swedish skier to secure second place. The runner-up finish is the second individual podium of Gimmler's career. The German skier won the team sprint on Friday alongside teammate Coletta Rydzek.
Swiss skier Nadine Faehndrich finished 0.14 seconds behind Gimmler to secure the final podium spot in front of her home crowd.
Team USA's Jessie Diggins remains the overall World Cup leader, after she placed seventh overall in the sprint.
The final day of cross-country skiing World Cup competition, before the 2026 Olympics, wraps up on Sunday in Goms with the men's and women's 20km start classic events.