Norwegian skier Jarl Magnus Riiber celebrates winning the Nordic Combined World Championship race in Planica, Slovenia on February 25, 2023.
Planica (Slovenia) – Norwegian team player Jarl Magnus Riiber is the third consecutive world champion on the middle bridge. Ondřej Pažout finished twenty-first in Planica and confirmed the position of the domestic number one of the season. Jan Vytrval finished in 25th place, the 18-year-old debutant at the World Cup Jiří Konvalinka took 34th place. Tomáš Portyk was disqualified in the jumping part due to an unsuitable overall.
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Photo gallery: 2023 WC Classic Skiing in Planica
Riiber, the ruler of recent seasons, celebrated his return to racing by completing a golden hat-trick from the World Cup. After an illness, he was not at the start for a month, but today he stepped forward for another triumph already on the bridge. He performed a jump of 103.5 meters and was just as confident in the track. He was almost 20 seconds ahead of the silver German Julian Schmid at the finish line. Franz-Josef Rehrl from Austria finished third.
Pažout ran on the ten-kilometer course in sixteenth place, losing a minute and a half to Riiber after the jump. At the finish line, his distance from the former champion was two minutes and seven seconds. In the run, Pažout lost five places, but recorded the second best result of the season. He was nineteenth in Oberstdorf three weeks ago.
World Cup leader Austrian Johannes Lamparter buried hopes already on the bridge. After a jump of 93.5 meters, he was only seventeenth behind Pažout and in the end did not even make the top ten. She missed him by a rung. In a week on the big bridge, Lamparter will defend his title, meanwhile there will be team races in Planica.
Classic Skiing World Championship in Planica (Slovenia):
Running:
Women – skiathlon 2×7.5 km: 1. Anderssonová 38:11.8, 2. Karlssonová (both Swedes) -22.0, 3. Slindová (Nor.) -48.0, 4. Hennigová (German) – 53.3, 5. Niskanenová -56.3, 6. Pärmäkoskiová (both Finnish) -1:22.1, …13. Razýmová -1:46.3, 33. Janatová (both Czech Republic) -4:33.7.
Nordic combination:
Men – middle bridge/10 km: 1. Riiber (Nor.) 24:36.3, 2. Schmid (German) -19.4, 3. Rehrl (Aust.) -21.0, 4. Geiger -41.4, 5. Faisst (both German) -42.1, 6. Ilves (Est.) -45.1, …21. Pažout -2:07.4, 25. Persevered -2:29.3, 34. Konvalinka 3:59.8, Portyk (all Czech) disqualified.
Jumps:
Men – intermediate bridge: 1. Žyla (Poland) 261.8 b. (97.5+105 m), 2. Wellinger 259.2 (101+102), 3. Geiger (both German) 257.7 ( 100+101.5), 4. Kraft (Austria) 257.3 (102.5+99), 5. Kubacki 256.9 (97+102), 6. Stoch (both Poland) 256.3 (99 +102), …46. Koudelka 104.5 (90), 48. Rýdl (both (Czech Republic) 102.9 (91).
Women – teams: 1. Germany 843.8 b. (Ruprechtová, Görlichová, Freitagová, Althausová ), 2. Austria 831.1 (Kreuzerová, Mühlbacherová, Seifriedsbergerová, Pinkelnigová), 3. Norway 828.6 (Lundbyová, Kvandalová, Björsethová, Strömová), 4. Slovenia 819.1, 5. Japan 804.2, 6. Canada 705.2.
