Drammen - Cross-country skier Anamarija Lampič finished third in the women's classic sprint at a World Cup meet in Drammen, Norway, on Thursday. She was 1.97 seconds behind the winner, Maiken Caspersen Falla from Norway, and Swedish Jonna Sundling was second.

After finishing 12th at the Beijing Olympics, Lampič thus bagged her fourth bronze medal this season and the first one this year.

Sundling, Falla and Lampič maintained a strong lead for the entire race and Lampič was second, behind Sundling, just before the finish line, but then Falla came out strong to cross the finish line as the winner.

Lampič was the only Slovenian representative at the competition.