Winter sports ticker | Ski jumping in the spirit of the Norwegians

A lot also happened on Sunday away from the big stage (Ski and Biathlon World Cup). In the SportNews winter sports ticker you can read everything in a compact and informative form.

March 10, 2024

From: sn

SKI JUMPING MEN: Johann Andre Forfang secured home victory in the second individual competition of the Raw Air Tour in Oslo with distances of 133,5 and 128 meters. The Norwegian scored a total of 261 points in front of his home crowd at Holmenkollen, beating the Japanese Ryoyu Kobayashi (260 points). The previous day's winner Stefan Kraft from Austria took third place with 254,9 points. Alex Insam came in 42nd place.

SKI JUMPING WOMEN: The women's jumping was also all about the Norwegians. Eirin Maria Kvandal also achieved a home win at the legendary Holmenkollen. With jumps of 125,5 and 125 meters and 242,2 points, she won the second competition as part of the “Raw Air”. Second place went to Nika Prevc from Slovenia with 240 points. Eva Pinkelnig from Austria came third with 1231,4 points. Best Azzurra was Jessica Malsiner. The woman from Val Gardena came 30th. Her sister Lara came 32nd.

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NORDIC COMBINATION: Serial winner Jarl Magnus Riiber once again took a dominant victory at his home Nordic Combined World Cup in Oslo and Johannes Lamparter was once again his first pursuer. The Norwegian won after 23:49,8 minutes, 1:10,6 minutes ahead of the Austrian. Third place went to Estonian Kristjan Ilves. Samuel Costa from Val Gardena once again achieved a good result and ended up in 15th place. Meanwhile, Aaron Kostner ranked 28th.

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CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING: The 50-kilometer race on Holmenkollen in Oslo is one of the great classics in the cross-country skiing World Cup. Now Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has also won this race. For the Norwegian it was the 80th World Cup victory and the first in a 50-kilometer competition. Klaebo led a Norwegian five-fold success on Oslo's local mountain: Martin Loestroem Nyenget, Paal Golberg, Harald Oestberg Amudsen and Didrik Toenseth crossed the finish line behind him. The best Azzurro was Federico Pellgrino in 7th place. Dietmar Nöckler from Bruneck landed in 31st place.