Johaug completes dominant Nordic World Ski Championships with mass start title Saturday, 6 March 2021
Norway’s Therese Johaug completed a hat-trick of cross-country victories at the International Ski Federation Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf.
Johaug headed into the women’s 30 kilometre mass start competition with gold medals already secured in the 10km individual and 15km skiathlon races at the German venue.
The Norwegian star ensured she would repeat her hat-trick of individual titles from the 2019 World Championships in Seefeld.
Johaug celebrated a dominant victory as she pulled away from her rivals to cross the line in a winning time of 1 hour 24min 56.3sec.
Nordic combined: Akito Watabe takes large hill bronze at world c ships
Japan s Akito Watabe took bronze in the Nordic combined large hill individual Gundersen competition Thursday to reach the podium at a third straight Nordic World Ski Championships.
Reigning junior world champion Johannes Lamparter from Austria won the event in Oberstdorf, Germany, ahead of normal hill world champion Jarl Magnus Riiber and Watabe.
Japan s Akito Watabe (L) and Jarl Magnus Riiber of Norway compete in the 10-kilometer cross-country leg of the men s large hill Nordic combined individual Gundersen competition at the FIS Ski World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, on March 4, 2021. (Nordic Focus/Kyodo)
Nordic combined: Akito Watabe takes large hill bronze at world championships
March 5, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Japan s Akito Watabe poses during a victory ceremony after winning a bronze medal in the Nordic combined large hill individual Gundersen competition at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, on March 4, 2021. (Kyodo)
Japan s Akito Watabe soars during the Men s WSC Nordic Combined HS137/10km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, on March 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Japan s Akito Watabe competes during the Men s WSC Nordic Combined Individual HS137/10km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, on March 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)