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Reigning men’s Nordic combined world champion Jarl Magnus Riiber is set to miss his opening event of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics following a positive COVID-19 test, while several team-mates have been identified as close contacts.
© OC Nizhny Tagil / Ilia Khamov Much like Tara Geraghty-Moats on the women’s side, Germany’s Terence Weber proved to be unbeatable at the FIS Continental Cup Finals in Nizhny Tagil and also took the victory in the 2-jump, 15 km Final Individual Gundersen event on Sunday. The Germany crossed the finish line a clear 40.2 seconds ahead of closest pursuer Simen Tiller from Norway, who won the overall ranking. Julian Schmid, David Mach and Manuel Einkemmer fought for the third place with the best ending for Schmid, who claimed rank three by finishing +1:50.2 after his teammate Weber. David Ma...
Tara Geraghty-Moats and Terence Weber are the first winners of the Continental Cup Finals weekend in Nizhny Tagil. The American stormed to the win from position 10 and won by 22.6 seconds, while Germany’s Weber had to outsprint Lars Ivar Skaarset (+1.5) for the win. Skaarset was the best male jumper on the hill in a cold Russian morning that greeted the athletes with sun and temperatures of -18°C. The Norwegian showed a beautiful jump of 94 metres and claimed 111.2 points to take the pole position for the race. World Cup athlete and World Championship medal winner Terence Weber from Germ...
Sucessful Norwegian day at Continental Cup in Eisenerz © FIS / Romina Eggert After a windy day on Friday, the Erzberg Arena in Eisenerz presented itself with heavy snowfall for the second FIS Continental Cup competition on Saturday. Former ski jumper Svenja Würth was able to handle the conditions best and landed the longest jump to 96.0m (97.2p.). Second place after jumping went to Friday’s winner Gyda Westvold Hansen (94.5m, 95.5p.). A jump, which brought her 7 seconds behind the German. Third was Sophia Maurus with a jump to 92.5m (94.9p.; +9 ...
Simen Tiller wins first Continental Cup event in Klingenthal Klingenthal presented itself as a perfect winter wonderland on the first day of the Continental Cup weekend, if only there had been no wind. After one trial round and the Provisional Competition Round on Friday morning, the competition round for the Individual Gundersen 5km had to be interrupted over and over again until the jury decided that jumping wasn’t possible anymore and PCR had to be used. Norway’s Simen Tiller was the lucky jumping round winner with a jump to 139.0m (137.5p.),...