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00:00 to win if she wants to win.

00:02 So Hedvig is here for nothing but first place

00:05 and so exciting to see Hedvig Vessel.

00:07 She's been on a little bit of a slow burn, creeping up.

00:10 We had Manon leading for a while, now Astrid's leading,

00:12 but Hedvig's been right there and now is her time to shine.

00:16 She's excited, she's nervous, we're excited for her.

00:19 Elizabeth, you have some history

00:20 of these championship battles with Hedvig.

00:23 - Oh man, I won't, yeah, I'm so nervous.

00:27 - So she is out of the gate, start one.

00:31 Eyes on the prize, looking up her first feature.

00:34 - Super powerful skiing.

00:35 - And taking it as a double, Hedvig Vessel

00:39 coming out with intention as she gets high on this pace.

00:43 This is the most aggressive pace we've seen so far

00:45 in the ski women's category as she's now

00:48 just managing her way through those old tracks.

00:50 There's another big one beneath her.

00:52 - Getting into that spicy zone there,

00:54 finding her takeoff, no hesitation,

00:57 taking it so long.

00:59 - Sailing over the bomb holes from the other riders

01:02 and connecting absolutely perfectly with the transition.

01:06 Hedvig Vessel now with a couple of control turns

01:09 and lining up this bottom feature right off the nose.

01:13 - Going huge.

01:14 - Incredible run from the peak performance athlete,

01:22 full throttle from Hedvig Vessel, top to bottom.

01:26 The speed and the intensity of that run.

01:28 - She wanted it.

01:30 - And she got it.

01:32 That was unbelievable.

01:34 - She's happy.

01:35 I think.

01:40 - Happy-ish.

01:41 We'll see what the judges had to do.

01:45 The two compatriots there, competitors for a moment,

01:49 but travel buddies and ski buddies.

01:55 All right, Elizabeth, the replay of this.

01:57 She was so intense right from the start.

02:00 - That double, I have to say,

02:01 that's a really tricky double to take

02:03 and she took it perfect.

02:04 Taking the first one kind of big and the second one smaller.

02:07 And then this was the move of the run, I would say.

02:09 - So big.

02:12 And her connection back to the snow was perfect.

02:14 She took that one long as well.

02:16 All those off-season squats and deadlifts coming into play.

02:20 You can see super direct.

02:22 There were no speed checks really in the entire run.

02:25 Full fluid, pinned, free ride at its best there from Hedvig.

02:30 So we'll see what the judges, she's now done her bit.

02:34 These are anxious moments as there's so much at stake.

02:38 And Hedvig Vessel has been second overall

02:41 three different times on the Freeride World Tour.

02:44 She wants that final step probably more than anybody

02:47 in all four categories here today.

02:49 As we see the score, the numbers up, up, up, 93-33!

02:54 The relief.

02:56 - Open your eyes, Hedvig.

02:57 Open your eyes, look at the score.

02:59 Does she know?

03:00 - I wish you the best, but don't beat me.

03:04 (all laughing)

03:06 - Well, that says it all.

03:10 - Thank you everyone who's been there.

03:11 I'm proud of my run.

03:13 I can't do anything more right now,

03:16 so let's just pray for the win.

03:21 (all laughing)

03:24 - I love that, she's so sincere.

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