Johannes Lamparter has won an extremely complicated Nordic combined competition. The final jumping in Ramsau on Friday (December 15, 2023) was interrupted several times due to the weather. Sad highlight: Jens Luras Oftebro, who was leading after the mass start, fell.
In addition to the Norwegian, Vinzenz Geiger particularly suffered from the problematic conditions. After placing third in the mass start, the DSV athlete botched his jump and also had major problems landing. 73.5 meters dropped him to 16th place. His comment due to the wind conditions: “A joke!“
Four DSV athletes in the top 10
But there were also athletes who coped quite well with the conditions – including a German. Manuel Faisst jumped 89.5 meters and secured a podium place in third place. Between him and day’s winner Lamparter was only Jarl Magnus Riiber, who moved up to second place after his ninth place in the mass start.
Terence Weber didn’t get along so well on the cross-country ski run, but things went better for him on the hill. Thanks to a strong flight over 94.5 meters, he came tenth. Julian Schmid (92 meters) was also in strong form in seventh place and behind him Johannes Rydzek (8th/84 meters).
Geiger and Rydzek with strong Starting position
Geiger and Rydzek went to the hill with bigger goals. “It was really hard. It gets a lot slower towards the end, but we had real bomber skis. That made it easier”, he said after his third place in cross-country skiing on ZDF. Geiger said about the following jumping: “Everything is possible. I’m just trying to make a really good jump and get the best out of it.”
Rydzek, who started the jumping with the sixth best time, also expressed confidence in view of the narrow gap: “With all my routine, I maneuvered well and stayed in the top group”, he said. His hope also lies in jumping, even if that’s not always the case.”my guard discipline” be. “But maybe today! I’m in good spirits.” But nothing came of this, especially in Geiger’s case.