Nordic Combined at the FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships 2017

[dcro 10,211]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

What?  It's deserved after 15 years of being in the top of the world  

 

Losing it today wouldn't have been the most strange thing ever in the history of sports 

 

Well, it's not like he is the only athlete who never claimed gold. Actually, he did win gold eventually so boo-hoo.

 

Look at your own Ellen Bontje for example. Not to mention all those people with zillion 4th and 5th places, they are the real "sad stories"

[heywoodu 16,465]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

Well, it's not like he is the only athlete who never claimed gold. Actually, he did win gold eventually so boo-hoo.

 

Look at your own Ellen Bontje for example. Not to mention all those people with zillion 4th and 5th places, they are the real "sad stories"

Never heard of Bontje  

 

And nah, the real sad stories are those that missed out on participating several times due to injuries and stuff like that, those with 4th and 5th places at least got 4th and 5th places  

[Gianlu33 6,029]

1 hour ago, Quasit said:

 

Winter sport as a whole. Can't believe GB aims for a top 5 performance until 2030.

That investment had better been used for archery, fencing, badminton etc...

A small off topic, I read on an italian site that the Great Britain's NOC will not give any funds to the Federation of Badminton. It's true? If yes, you know why? If I remember good, GB won a medal in dubles (men's or mixed, i don't remember) in Rio... it's a joke remove all founds 

[Quasit 955]

1 minute ago, Gianlu33 said:

A small off topic, I read on an italian site that the Great Britain's NOC will not give any funds to the Federation of Badminton. It's true? If yes, you know why? If I remember good, GB won a medal in dubles (men's or mixed, i don't remember) in Rio... it's a joke remove all founds 

 

Yes, it's true and ridiculous. Five sports have been completely denied of funding: table tennis, weightlifting, fencing, archery and badminton.

 

Here you can find out about it: http://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/2016/12/08/goal-set-for-tokyo-2020-as-investment-figures-are-announced

 

And here are the current investment figures: http://www.uksport.gov.uk/our-work/investing-in-sport/current-funding-figures

 

Note how modern pentathlon still gets almost 7 million. But sure, a sport like badminton that is quite popular in the UK and delivered the target of 1 medal in Rio gets nothing. Also a big middle finger for the men's foil team. All the years of work for nothing.

[hckošice 16,629]

FIS NORDIC SKIING

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2017

 

 

 

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Men's Team Gundersen Normal Hill
Non-Olympic Event
Final Results

 

Germany
KIRCHEISEN Bjoern
FRENZEL Eric
RIESSLE Fabian
RYDZEK Johannes
47:57.3

 

Norway
MOAN Magnus Hovdal
KOKSLIEN Mikko
KROG Magnus
GRAABAK Joergen
48:39.0

 

Austria
GRUBER Bernhard
SEIDL Mario
ORTER Philipp
GERSTGRASSER Paul
49:01.1

 

 

Germany golden in Lahti 2017 Team Event

 

Team Germany has defended their team title from Falun 2015. In an impressive performance, Björn Kircheisen, Eric Frenzel, Fabian Rießle and Johannes Rydzek never left a moment of doubt about their victory. In the end, Rydzek finished the last leg 41.7 seconds ahead of Team Norway. Magnus Moan, Mikko Kokslien, Magnus Krog and Jørgen Graabak clinched the silver medal, bronze went to Austria after an intense fight with Japan and Finland on the last lap (+1:03.7). 

 

In the jumping round, Kircheisen, Rießle, Frenzel and Rydzek’s team effort brought the German team a head start of 44 seconds for the race. A total of 500.8 points after jumps of 91, 97, 100 and 96.5 metres had the Germans starting in the pole position for the 4 x 5 km race.

Team Japan and the French team were the first ones to pursue the Germans on the track. The brothers Watabe, Hideaki Nagai and Takehiro Watanabe collected a total of 468 points and started together with the French team, who had a point total of 467.7 points after jumps of 93.5, 90, 93.5 and 95 metres.

Team Austria and Team Norway had catch up one minute and five and one minute and seven seconds respectively and were eyeing the silver and bronze medals as well as the local heroes from Team Finland. Eero Hirvonen, Hannu Manninen, Leevi Mutru and Ilkka Herola were fighting hard and held their time disadvantage at one minute and 26 seconds.

In the cross-country race, there was never a lot of doubt about the German victory. All four athletes showed solid performances and the gap to the second placed team never got smaller than 45 seconds. As in the individual event, Johannes Rydzek had some time to wave to the crowds, take a flag and enjoy the moment when he crossed the finish line. For veteran Björn Kircheisen, this moment meant he finally had the coveted World Championship gold medal after chasing this dream for 14 years.

 

Behind the Germans, team Norway caught up with Japan, France and Austria quickly and on the second leg, Mikko Kokslien went away from the other pursuers. The gap grew to the chasing teams grew and grew until Jørgen Graabak finished for Norway, also undisputedly, 20 seconds ahead of the next wave of teams coming in.

 

The fight for the bronze medal was only decided on the last lap, with Austria and Japan skiing together for long stretches of the race. The Finnish audience went wild when veteran Hannu Manninen closed the gap to rank three to only a few seconds on the first of his two laps but Akito Watabe and Paul Gerstgraser worked together to keep the Finnish record athlete at bay. In the end, youngster Gerstgraser attacked on the last uphill and had a strong finish on his first big championship start and secured the bronze medal for team Austria, Japan took position four and Finland finished fifth.

 

The fastest team on the track was Italy, who improved their eleventh position of the jumping event into a final sixth position. The fastest individual skier was Alessandro Pittin, who needed 11:26.9 for the 5 km.

 

 

 

Full Results Here

 

Germany (Kircheisen, Frenzel, Riessle, Rydzek)

2017 Normal Hill Gundersen Team World Champion

Last Cross Country Skiing Leg

 

Race Replay

Ski Jumping Part

 

Cross Country Part

 

 

 

 

[OlympicsFan 860]

Crazy to see that Germany already has 17 gold medals in winter olympic sports ... with a realistic chance to get to 20 golds.

 

[hckošice 16,629]

Tomorrows Individual Gundersen Large Hill Start List  

[heywoodu 16,465]

Rydzek, what a phenomenal athlete 

 

The Austrians miss out on a medal after Denifl brought Rydzek, Braud and Akito back to leader Seidl, followed by Denifl and Seidl having to drop the pace.. 

[heywoodu 16,465]

By the way, what was that dude with bib 59 doing on the track (lapped by the three leaders in the final half kilometer or something), when there were only 54 starters?  

[Gianlu33 6,029]

Rydzek, what he do!