Norway appeals disqualification
March 10, 2021
Top Norwegian skier Johannes Høsflot Klæbo had mostly experienced victory, gold medals and admiration from fans all over the world, until last weekend. That’s when his controversial maneuver to get past arch rival Alexander Bolsjunov of Russia during the last race of the Nordic World Ski Championships ended with a disqualification, and cost them both the gold medal.
Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Høsflot Klæbo has topped the winner’s platform on many occasions, like here at the last World Championship in 2019. He was forced off it last Sunday, even though he crossed the finish line first in the men’s 50K race. PHOTO: NRK screen grab
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Nordic combined: Akito Watabe takes large hill bronze at world c ships
Japan s Akito Watabe took bronze in the Nordic combined large hill individual Gundersen competition Thursday to reach the podium at a third straight Nordic World Ski Championships.
Reigning junior world champion Johannes Lamparter from Austria won the event in Oberstdorf, Germany, ahead of normal hill world champion Jarl Magnus Riiber and Watabe.
Japan s Akito Watabe (L) and Jarl Magnus Riiber of Norway compete in the 10-kilometer cross-country leg of the men s large hill Nordic combined individual Gundersen competition at the FIS Ski World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, on March 4, 2021. (Nordic Focus/Kyodo)
Nordic combined: Akito Watabe takes large hill bronze at world championships
March 5, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Japan s Akito Watabe poses during a victory ceremony after winning a bronze medal in the Nordic combined large hill individual Gundersen competition at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, on March 4, 2021. (Kyodo)
Japan s Akito Watabe soars during the Men s WSC Nordic Combined HS137/10km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, on March 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Japan s Akito Watabe competes during the Men s WSC Nordic Combined Individual HS137/10km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, on March 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
NOR and RSF unstoppable in Relay, FIN and USA fight for bronze
Cross-Country 04 Mar 2021
Image by NordicFocus
The Norwegian womens Relay team performed at a high and was untouchable throughout any of the legs. Tiril Udnes Weng started off for team Norway and had Yana Kirpichenko, RSF and Katerina Razymova, CZE on her heels. The field of successors was stretched already in this first round along the Burgstall uphill. Especially the defending World Champions team Sweden struggled in the uphill and fell back.
In the first exchange, the leading trio had raced out a 20 second margin to the following teams of USA and Germany. In the front, Heidi Weng (NOR) and Yulia Stupak (RSF) set out and were not to be caught, despite strong effort of a high paced chasing group. With high intense “Klæbo steps” up the final Egli hill, Weng managed to claim a small gap to Stupak before the last exchange.