Sandra Näslund secured her ticket to the 2026 Olympics in the morning and then won the ski cross World Cup event in Arosa that evening. It marks her 42nd overall victory and third consecutive win this season. She led the race from start to finish.
Sandra Näslund, the reigning Olympic champion, dominated the final in Arosa, Switzerland, on December 16, 2025. She started strongly and held the lead all the way down the course, despite admitting she struggled to find her rhythm during the qualifiers. “In some way I couldn't find the rhythm but I did my best and made it to the final and there it was very good,” Näslund told SVT. The victory is her third in a row this season, following wins in French Val Thorens earlier in December. She now has 42 World Cup wins overall, a strong signal ahead of the 2026 Olympics in Milano and Cortina, where she received her ticket confirmed earlier that day.
Germany's Daniela Maier finished second, with Switzerland's Fanny Smith in third. On the men's side, David Mobärg claimed his first podium of the season with third place in the final, won by Canada's Reece Howden. Näslund's performance highlights her unstoppable form since her comeback, where she has described feeling significantly lighter this year compared to before. The Arosa competition is part of the ski cross World Cup circuit, a discipline demanding both technique and physicality in tight turns and jumps.
