World Championship in Planica. Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Hosflot Klaebo is pictured in Slovenia on March 3, 2023.
Planica (Slovenia) – Norwegian cross-country skiers at the World Championships in Planica won the 4×10 kilometer relay and dominated her at the twelfth championship in a row. The Czech quartet Tomáš Dufek, Luděk Šeller, Tomáš Lukeš and Kryštof Zatloukal did not finish the race, the Norwegians caught up with them.
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Photo gallery: 2023 WC Classic Skiing in Planica
The Norwegian favorites were in first place from the start and gradually increased their lead. The quartet of Christer Hans Holund, Paal Golberg, Simen Hegstad Krüger, Johannes Hösflot Klaebo won by 46.9 seconds ahead of Finland. Third were the Germans, one minute behind.
Norway confirmed its supremacy in the men's relay, the last time it did not win at the championship was in 1999, and it has a total of twenty titles. Thanks to the bronze, the Germans received a medal from the relay at the championship after twelve years, the Finns ended a two-year wait.
The race did not go well for the Czech quartet and from the start they were at the tail of the starting field. The relay ended for him already on the third section, where star Norwegian finisher Klaebo overtook Lukeš. He hit the mark before he even started on the track.
World Championship in Classic Skiing in Planica:
Running:
Men – 4×10 km relay: 1. Norway (Holund, Golberg, Krüger, Klaebo) 1:32:54.7, 2. Finland (Hakola, Niskanen, Hyvarinen, Anttola) -46.9, 3. Germany ( Kuchler, Brugger, Dobler, Moch) -59.8, 4. France -1:00.5, 5. Canada -1:22.5, 6. Sweden -1:36.7, …Czech Republic (Dufek, Šeller, Lukeš, Zatloukal) reached.
Jumps:
17:30 big bridge men.
