Next gold gala by Johannes Hoesflot Kläbo: Together with Erik Valnes, the Norwegian also dominated in the classic team sprint and won his fourth gold medal in Trondheim. The German duo with Elias Keck and Jan Stölben made a respectable tenth place.
Kläbo and Valnes ran on Wednesday (05.03.2025) in their own league and won confidently in front of Ristomatti Hakola and Lauri Vuorinen from Finland (+4.10 seconds) and the Swedes Oskar Svensson and Edvin Anger (+ 4.11).
Kläbo on record hunt
For cross-country dominator Kläbo it was the 13th World Cup gold medal, with which he hired the previous record of his compatriot Petter Northug, who was also able to celebrate four victories in Falun in 2015. Kläbo has the chance to snap the best value in the season on Thursday and at the final mass start over 50 kilometers on Saturday. No cross -country skier has yet won five gold medals at a single World Cup.
The German team with Jan Stölben and Elias Keck had nothing to do with the podium as expected, but showed a solid appearance and ran in tenth (+ 38.44 seconds). “This is a good result, even if there is further air upwards“, said national coach Peter Schlickenrieder in the Sportschau interview. Above all, the only 21-year-old Keck had”Delivered a good race in difficult conditions.“
Keck and moles with a good appearance
In fact, the German cross -country skiers were very brave. Keck was able to stay in the top group on the first round. Stölen also kept his position afterwards, but lost a little time to the Norwegians, in which Valnes caused a first pace sharpening. However, the competition now made significantly more pressure. Keck fell back a few places, but a top 10 place was still possible on the second change to stolen.
At that time, the Norwegians had already torn the crucial gap and ultimately ran the gold medal home without any major problems. But the German duo also showed a courageous race on the last kilometers and was able to maintain its place in the top ten. “It was really cool to run in front of so many fans. I take this experience with me for the next few years“Shorted Keck afterwards.