Two days after his serious turning point, combination superstar Jarl-Magnus RiiBer underlined his exceptional status. Norwegian, who was diseased by Crohn’s disease, won over ten kilometers in the mass start and can hope for his 77th World Cup victory when ski jumping.
In a quick and tight race in the Austrian Seefeld, Riiber prevailed against his compatriots Jens Luras Ausbro and Joergen Graabak and developed a small lead of 0.6 seconds for ski jumping from 3 p.m. (live on TV and stream of the sports show) .
German trio convinced
The German team also presented itself strongly, with Manuel Faißt is fourth (+2.0s), Julian Schmid on seven (+4.2s) and Vinzenz Geiger on eleven (+7.2s) within reach of the podest. Johannes Rydzek, on the other hand, is already a little further back (+19.9s).
Riiber with longer breath
Riiber, the Norwegian high-flyer of the past six years, had shocked the winter sports world on Wednesday with the news that he would end his career after the Saion. The record world champion has Crohn’s disease, a severe chronic bowel disease. Nevertheless, the 27-year-old also leads the overall ranking this winter.
And on Friday, too, Riiber once again impressively demonstrated his strength in the mass start, in which the committees do not jump together first, but start with the cross -country skiing over 10 kilometers. Together with Riiber and the other strong Norwegians, Schmid Geiger determined and faithed the pace, only at the last meters of riiber his interim success, which he wants to defend on the ski jump in the afternoon.