Norway's Jarl Magnus Riiber won yet another men's Nordic combined World Cup event on Sunday while the Norwegian women swept the podium as German star Fabian Rießle competed for the last time in front of home fans in Schonach. World Cup leader Riiber is soaring towards a fifth title at just 26 after beating compatriot Jørgen Graabak and Austria's Stefan Rettenegger, with second and third changing places from Saturday in the Black Forest. For the retiring Rießle, a 47th place finish did not matter
Germany's Nordic combined star Fabian Rießle, who won team Olympic gold and three world championship titles, will hang up his skis after the home World Cup event in Schonach on January 28. "I'm looking forward to celebrating my retirement with you all," the 33-year-old wrote on Instagram. He made his World Cup debut at the same venue in January 2009. Rießle won team gold at the Pyeongchang Winter Games in 2018 along with Eric Frenzel, Vinzenz Geiger and Johannes Rydzek. He has struggled for form
Olympic champion Eric Frenzel of Germany and world champion Jarl
Magnus Riiber of Norway are the two headline casualties in the Nordic
combined field at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, with both
having a race against time to compete.
Olympic champion Fabian Rießle has been left out of Germany’s
Nordic combined squad for next month's Winter Olympics in Beijing
after national coach Hermann Weinbuch selected his final three
athletes for the Games.
Olympic champion Fabian Rießle has been left out of Germany’s
Nordic combined squad for next month's Winter Olympics in Beijing
after national coach Hermann Weinbuch selected his final three
athletes for the Games.