Nordic Ski World Cup
Favorite becomes a sprint world champion-German falls dramatic
27.02.2025 – 2:33 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
With great ambitions, Jan Stölen started at the Ski World Cup. But his hopes came to an abrupt end.
The Nordic Ski World Cup in Trondheim has started bankruptcy and bad luck for the German cross-country team. Hope bearer Jan Stölben resigned in the quarter -finals after he had fallen over the rival Janik Riebli, who had fallen in front of him, immediately before the home stretch. “Then he flies 30 centimeters in front of me. We haven’t even ranked. I can’t blame him either. It was no longer time to react,” said Michelben.
In front of 22,000 spectators in the cross-country country of Norway, the 23-year-old was on a semi-final course after a strong race. “I think it would have been enough. But you can’t buy anything from the faith,” said Stölben, who described himself as “sad”. A start at the World Cup is even a “much greater dream” for him as a Norway fan than at the Olympics.
The women were just as unsuccessful, in whom it was not enough for the final run without Laura Gimmler, which was missing due to illness. Coletta Rydzek stayed without a chance in the semi -finals. The other starters Sofie Krehl, Victoria Carl and Helen Hoffmann were eliminated in the quarter -finals.
Before the impressive home backdrop, TopfAvorit Johannes Klæbo pulled his first big show. The Norwegian confidently won the men’s final in front of the Italian Federico Pellegrino and Lauri Vuorinen from Finland. After three gold medals in Seefeld, Oberstdorf and Planica, it was already Klæbo’s tenth World Cup title.
The Swede Jonna Sundling won gold for women ahead of Kristine Stavås Skistad from Norway and Nadine Fähndrich from Switzerland. Sundlings compatriot Linn Svahn failed at short notice after a fall. She suffered a concussion.