Today’s exercises, profiles and highlights.
10:00: COMBINED LAYER PRINT. LARGE GROUND + 2 x 7.5 KM
Germany has been brilliant so far, which means that the black and yellow are seen as favorites in this exercise. Johannes Rydzek won individually in normal ground while Ttskland won the team competition in the normal hill.
Austrian Bernhard Gruber won Gundersen, but who will step up as the team’s second husband, is unclear.
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Lagsprinten shift is done with two athletes on each team, both have to jump and go cross country afterwards. Norway has won both times this exercise has been passed in this year’s World Cup.
This is the exercise debut in international competition.
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Cross Country starts at. 16:00.
Norwegian teams: Magnus Moan and Håvard Klemetsen.
13.00: CROSS COUNTRY, 30KM CLASSIC WOMEN
After a convincing relay showed the Norwegian women that they are the best, especially with good skiing underfoot. That impression is they looking to repeat Saturday.
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Marit Bjoergen is the reigning champion. Rognes express has already won the World Cup, so this will be the season’s last important races. Therese Johaug seems to be the biggest challenger. Especially after Austrians Dole has impressed in Mördarbacken.
Behind the two Norwegians slinks Justyna Kowalczyk. Pole struggled in the relay, but showed promising trends during the sprint. Classic has always been her foremost character style. Finns Aino-Kaisa Saarinen and Kerttu Niskanen delivered good classic stages Thursday. Do not disregard that they are fighting for the bronze medal.
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We will of course do not forget Charlotte Kalla . Swede delivered an outstanding here relay leg in classical, although skating is her best character style.
Norwegian participants: Marit Bjoergen, Therese Johaug, Heidi Weng, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen and Heidi Weng.
17.00: team jumping event, LARGE GROUND
Norway, Germany, Austria and Slovenia will be vying for the three medals in this exercise. Neither team can boast four rock solid jumpers, but led by their respective ones. Rune Velta, Severin Freund, Gregor Schlierenzauer and Peter Prevc are the different teams guiding stars.
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Slovenia and Germany won the two team category in this year’s World Cup.
Norwegian team: Rune Velta, Anders Fannemel, Anders Bardal and Anders Jacobsen
HISTORICAL:
Combined:
Very first time this exercise is being held in championships. No history to display.
Cross Country:
Marit Bjoergen reigning champion in the exercise. This is the distance Therese Johaug got her real breakthrough – in Sapporo in 2007. The once took 18-year-old bronze, behind Kristin Stormer Steira and Virpi Kuitunen.
Four to later she won the distance, but then in skating . Marit Bjoergen also got a breakthrough when she won this distance during the World Cup in Oberstdorf in 2005. She had already gathered two gold medals in the championship, but turned out for the first time emerged as distance runner.
In the Vancouver Olympics in 2010 Bjoergen was close victory in classic style, but was defeated by Justyna Kowalczyk on stakeoppløpet in Whistler.
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Tremila was first passed for women in Val di Fiemme in 2003, then in free technique. Olga Zavyalova won. The Norwegian effort was lamentably after Bente Skari had gone home from the championship with disease. Kristin Stormer Steira was best Norwegian woman in 26th place. Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen and Joann Irene Ostby broke the race.
Jump:
The team competition in big hill was first held during the WSC in Oslo in 1982. When Norway won with Johan Sætre, Per Bergerud, Ole Bremseth and “style jumper from Røa” Olav Hansson. The time was just three of jumps counting.
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Only once since 82 has the gold was in Norwegian hands. It happened the last time the World Cup was held in Falun. 1993 big year for Bjørn Myrbakken, Helge Brendryen, Øyvind Berg and Espen Bredesen.
VM ON BBC1:
08.55: Press conference with cross-country team before femmila Sunday.
09.30: Combined team sprint, jumping large hill
12.55: 30 km cross country, women
15.55: Combined team sprint, 2 x 7.5 km cross
16.55: team jumping event, large hill
19.55: VM studio with medal ceremony from Falun center.
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