Nordic Combined at the FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships 2017

[hckošice 14,894]

8 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

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?  

 

it was BIB 39 Vid Vrhovnik of Slovenia

[heywoodu 15,174]

Who on earth is this (59)? 

 

 

 

[heywoodu 15,174]

Just now, hckosice said:

 

it was BIB 39 Vid Vrhovnik of Slovenia

Is that a 39? 

[heywoodu 15,174]

New suggestion

 

 

 

[hckošice 14,894]

6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Who on earth is this (59)? 

 

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Is that a 39? 

 

 

ah ok, I missed this...well, really strange, but looks possibly like a Canadian suit, so perhaps he just lost his BIB and got a new one or so

[hckošice 14,894]

FIS NORDIC SKIING

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2017

 

 

 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Men's Individual Gundersen Large Hill
Final Results

 

RYDZEK Johannes
26:41.6

 

WATABE Akito
26:46.4

 

BRAUD Francois
26:54.6

 

Johannes Rydzek is double World Champion

 

 

Johannes Rydzek is surfing on the wave of success and he he is not about to stop. The German won his third Lahti 2017 gold medal today by claiming the victory also in the second individual event. Rydzek finished 4.8 seconds ahead of Japanese Akito Watabe, who finally wins his first World Championship medal. The bronze went to Francois Braud from France. He finished 13 seconds after Rydzek.

 

Austrian Mario Seidl won the jumping round with a fantastic jump of 132 metres. 137.3 points gave him a head start of 46 seconds on teammate Willi Denifl. The veteran showed 125.5 metres (125.7 p.). The third intermediate position went to Akito Watabe who landed at 125 metres. 123.8 points meant a start time of 54 seconds behind Seidl, a position and starting time Watabe shared with France’s Francois Braud.

Reigning World Champion Bernhard Gruber had a decent job but no “Berni-bomb” and started into the race one minute and 16 seconds behind the leader. Also Eric Frenzel was not able to step up his game in the competition and landed at 121 metres already. He started the cross-country race with a delay of one minute and 29 seconds.

In contract, perpetual rival Johannes Rydzek kept his chances for the third gold medal in a row alive with 122 metres and the intermediate fifth position, +1:00 behind Seidl. Norwegians Magnus Moan and Magnus Krog were very satisfied with their jumping performances and had to contend with time disadvantages of one minute and 21 and one minute and 34 seconds respectively.

 

 

Full Results Here

 

Johannes Rydzek

Individual Gundersen Large Hill 2017 World Champion

 

 

Race Replay

Ski Jumping Part

 

Cross-Country Skiing Part

 

 

[hckošice 14,894]

Tomorrows Team Sprint Start List

[bestmen 2,827]

Norway lost at the finish line 

[hckošice 14,894]

FIS NORDIC SKIING

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2017

 

 

 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Men's Team Sprint Large Hill
Non-Olympic Event
Final Results

 

Germany
FRENZEL Eric
RYDZEK Johannes
28:45.8

 

Norway
MOAN Magnus Hovdal
KROG Magnus
28:46.8

 

Japan
WATABE Yoshito
WATABE Akito
28:56.0

 

 

Frenzel/Rydzek complete German gold medal sweep in Lahti

 

The duo of Eric Frenzel and Johannes Rydzek proved to be unbeatable again - completing the gold medal sweep of the German Nordic Combined team in Lahti. But this competition was won in an intense fight. In the end, it was one second that separated Rydzek and gold from Norway’s Magnus Krog and silver. Akito and Yoshito Watabe took the bronze medal for Japan, +10.2 seconds behind the winners. 

 

Francois Braud and Maxime Laheurte shone in the jumping part of the event. Both delighted the crowd with jumps of 125 metres and a point total of 264.2 points had the Frenchmen leaving the start line 16 seconds ahead of the German team. Frenzel/Rydzek accumulated 256.1 points after two jumps of 125.5 and 122 metres.

The brother pair Watabe put Team Japan on the third position after the jumping event. Two times 123 metres brought them 255.4 points and a time disadvantage of 18 seconds on Braud/Laheurte. Also still in the contention was Team Norway with 24 seconds to make up after Magnus Krog and Magnus Moan jumped 126.5 and 119.5 metres respectively. Bernhard Gruber and Willi Denifl followed 4 seconds later and were also still on course for a medal at the start of the race.

The local heroes from Finland, Eero Hirvonen and Ilkka Herola, had two slightly weaker jumps and started 48 seconds behind the leaders from France. Team Slovenia had a solid performance on the jumping hill with youngster Vid Vrovhnik holding up well under the pressure and Marjan Jelenko showing part of his jumping strength with 121.5 metres. The had to make up a time disadvantage of one minute and four seconds.

Even a crime writer could not have come up with a storyline with more tension and excitement than what the cross-country part of the race provided. The gaps between the first five teams were eliminated quickly into the race and from then on a true “formula one” feeling took over. With constant action in the stadium and fast interchanged between the athletes, the spectators were entertained at best. Germany, Norway, Japan, France and Austria stayed together in the leading group, even with Akito Watabe falling closely before an exchange at the halfway point of the race.

Willi Denifl hat lost contact to the top four on one of his laps but with the athletes in front playing tactical games, his teammate Berni Gruber was able to close the gap again. Ultimately, however, the Austrians, Frenchmen and Japanese were left behind again when Eric Frenzel and Magnus Moan attacked on the last uphill on their last lap.

Exchanging to Johannes Rydzek and Magnus Krog, the hunt for the medals was truly on on the last lap. In a nailbiter of a finish line sprint, which was made even more difficult by Russian athlete Samir Mastiev who was just overlapped in an inconvenient position before the finish strait, Rydzek got the inner lane and stormed to his fourth consecutive gold at Lahti 2017. Magnus Krog and Magnus Moan had to be satisfied with silver, while Akito and Yoshito Watabe won the first-ever Japanese Team Sprint medal at World Championships.

Austria claimed rank four, France finished on the sixth place, Italy was seventh and the Finnish team ended their home World Championships on place eight. The fastest team on the track was team Norway who needed 28:38.8. for the 2x 7.5 km, the fastest individual skier was Magnus Moan (13:53.0).

 

 

Full Results Here

 

Final Medal Standing Here

 

Germany (Frenzel/Rydzek)

2017 Team Sprint Large Hill World Champion

 

Race Replay

Ski Jumping Part + Cross-Country Skiing Part