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Jarl Magnus Riiber continued his fine run of form as he won the first of two men’s large hill competitions at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined World Cup in Lahti, Finland.
© NordicFocus Lukas Greiderer and newly minted World Champion Johannes Lamparter were unbeatable also in today's Team Sprint and claimed the first-ever World Championship gold medal in the format for Austria. The crossed the finish line a clear 39.6 seconds ahead of Espen Andersen and Jarl Magnus Riiber of Team Norway, who claimed silver. Team Germany with Fabian Rießle and Eric Frenzel outsprinted Ryota Yamamoto and Akito Watabe of Team Japan for Bronze (+1:07.4). The fight already began on the jumping hill in the morning when Team Japan captured an expected lead. Two beautiful jumps of 1...
25 Feb 2021 © NordicFocus The first week of the Oberstdorf 2021 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is in full swing and the first three Nordic Combined competitions on the HS 106 normal hill are approaching fast. The men will begin with their Individual Gundersen event on Friday, while the Nordic Combined women will have their historic World Championship premiere on Saturday. The men’s Team Event is on schedule on Sunday and will conclude the normal hill events. Men’s Ind. Gundersen In the men’s event, it will be up to World Cup leader Ja...
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf are on our doorsteps and from 24th February to 7th March, a total of five sets of gold, silver and bronze medals will be looking for new owners. Five are one more than usual on the Nordic Combined programme during a World Championships and this is because finally the Nordic Combined women will make their highly-anticipated World Championship debut. After debuting on World Cup level in December, the women’s season has been woefully cut short due to Covid-19 pandemic-related cancellations and so the chance to shine on the big World Champio...
Andreas Skoglund celebrates first Continental Cup victory in Lahti © FIS/Romina Eggert Christian Deuschl seems to be able to deal with pretty much any hill. Also at the first Continental Cup event in Lahti the Austrian landed the longest jump of the day (97.0m, 127.3p) and started the cross-country race with bib number one, 15 seconds ahead of Norway’s Andreas Skoglund (96.5m, 123.5p.) and 20 seconds ahead of Matteo Baud from France (96.5m, 122.4p.). After having struggled a bit on the hill during the last few competitions, also Lars Ivar Skaarse...