Piotr Zyla takes normal hill gold fis-ski.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fis-ski.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hansen crowned first women s Nordic combined world champion in Oberstdorf Saturday, 27 February 2021
Norway’s Gyda Westvold Hansen has been crowned the maiden women’s Nordic combined world champion as the discipline made its Nordic World Ski Championships debut in Oberstdorf.
Hansen placed second in the ski jumping discipline after a leap of 102.5 metres saw her finish with 127 points.
She would have only a minor three second deficit in the cross-country event to compatriot Mari Leinan Lund, who led the ski jumping on 127.8.
Hansen proved the dominant force in the five-kilometre cross-country section of the competition, with the world junior champion winning the inaugural senior event in 13min 10.4sec.
Halvor Egner Granerud strong in second training
Halvor Egner Granerud
The ski jumpers had three training rounds on late Thursday evening in Oberstdorf, and in the end, Norway s Halvor Egner Granerud has once again proven that he is the one to beat this winter, whether it is in the World Cup or now at the World Championships in Oberstdorf.
World Cup leader Halvor Egner Granerud was the strongest on the second training day on the normal hill. He jumped on 103 m, 103 m, and 100 m and is, as expected, among the top contenders for gold in Saturday s competition.
Besides Granerud, four Austrians showed convincing performances: Michael Hayboeck, Daniel Huber, Philipp Aschenwald, and Stefan Kraft made strong jumps and will fight for the medals.
Clear win for Norwegian mixed team fis-ski.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fis-ski.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ryoyu Kobayashi is back on top
Ryoyu Kobayashi
Ryoyu Kobayashi claimed his first Ski Jumping World Cup win after a long drought. The Japanese took his first win since December 29, 2019, when he won the 4-Hills opener in Oberstdorf, on Saturday in Zakopane (POL). Poland s Andrzej Stekala finished second, Marius Lindvik of Norway was third.
It was the 17th World Cup win for Ryoyu Kobayashi, the 24-year-old now tied with Noriaki Kasai. No male Japanese ski jumper has won more World Cups than these two. In heavy snowfall, Kobayashi came in just the tiny margin of 0.3 points ahead of Poland s Stekala. I m very happy that I could win today. The conditions were good despite the snowfall because there was less wind than in the last competitions. When I was jumping everything was okay. I hope that it will go that well for me again tomorrow , Kobayashi said after the competition.