In the last World Cup competition of the combiners, the distances after jumping are huge.
One day after the triumph in the team competition, the German combiners at the World Cup in Trondheim take up for another medal. On the penultimate day of the title fights, Julian Schmid, as the best of the Gold Quartet from SC Oberstdorf, is located in fourth place and goes 1:32 behind Norwegian Jarl Magnus Riiber, who is leading with great decency, in the final 10 km cross-country skiing from 2.30 p.m.
“I don’t want to be fourth. Immediately after the 50 km race of the cross-country skiers, it will be quite slow for us in the trail, “Schmid told the SID:” But I don’t rule out anything in the race and hope that I can reward myself. “
The ten-time world champion Riiber jumped 139.5 m at the last big championship competition of his career at a shortened attempt and is practically unable to get the second-placed Japanese Ryota Yamoto at a 1:14 minute lead. Third is Riiber’s compatriot Espen Björnstad (+1: 19), who, like Yamamoto, is not one of the strong runners.
Behind Schmid, who came to 127.0 m in bad wind, Vinzenz Geiger, as ninth (+2: 18), still had moderate chances of his fourth medal in Trondheim. “With two or three meters more I would be good, but it will be difficult,” said Geiger: “Gold is forgiven, but Riiber also deserves.”
Wendelin Thannheimer lies in tenth in his individual premiere at a World Cup (+2: 20). The seven -time world champion Johannes Rydzek is probably 15 (+2: 39) out of the medal race.
Jörgen Graabak, whose jump-disqualification due to a non-regular binding that Norwegians cost the gold chance on Friday, could get involved as a seventh (+1: 52) in the medal fight. His immensely strong country man Jens Luraas often, who had won silver from the normal ski jump, is already quite far back (+2; 23).