The first surprise at the Nordic Ski World Cup is perfect. The Japanese Yuna Kasai is the world champion of the combiners in the mass start. Tophavoritin Gyda Westvold Hansen won silver. Haruka Kasai made the Japanese coup perfect as the third.
The German combiners around Nathalie Armbruster, on Thursday (February 27, 2025), missed the targeted medal on Thursday (February 27, 2025). After the 5 km cross-country skiing, crossbowers with fourth place was still within reach of precious metal. But the jump on the podium did not want to succeed.
“I was very satisfied with my run“, said crossbowers.”The crowbar was then there when the jump“But she was satisfied with sixth place. However, the Black Forest, who took the overall World Cup after three individual victories, admitted:”It is something else at a World Cup and if you got the favorite role a bit.“Teammate Jenny Nowak became a strong fifth.
Japan passes Norway
The medals were awarded in an exciting final. After the cross -country skiing, two Norwegians led the field. Westvold Hansen was able to fight with a small gap. Behind it was Marte Leinan Lund. Japanese Yuna Kasai ran in third place just behind.
Edgar Endres, Sportschau, February 27, 2025 6:12 p.m.
Gold for the successful West Vold-Hansen, who had previously won all possible World Cup titles of the combiners, seemed certain. In 2021 and 2023 she won in singles, in 2023 in the mixed team. But Yuna Kasai got the better jump and flew past the Norwegian with 96.5 meters. Haruka Kasai, the winner’s sister, who improved from sixth place in the run to the Bronze rank.
Nowak and crossbowers jump into the top ten
Nowak had come out of the trail as an eleventh and was still within reach for a good placement. At 95 meters, she also achieved a good sentence that should be enough for a place in the top ten. The 22-year-old from SC Sohland finally missed the podium as fifth.
Crossbowers, who went to the hill as fourth with medal hopes, was no longer able to make up for around half a meter and ended the competition as the sixth.
Co -favorite Hagen slips off
Ida Marie Hagen, overall World Cup winner from 2024, also missed the desired World Cup medal. In the race she had crossed the finish line as a fifth with seven seconds. The Norwegian had stumbled into the last climb and had lost important seconds.
Her deficit is 1.8 points. She could not catch it with a jump to 83 meters. In the end, there was a disappointing tenth place.
Young talent Göpfert is self -confident
Trine Göpfert, who had won three medals at the Junior World Cup, was 23. In total, it was 17th for the 19-year-old young talent. “I just wanted to have fun and I did it“, she beamed at the ZDF microphone.
For teammates Maria Gerboth, however, things didn’t go so well. With a good jump to 94.5 meters, she was able to improve from 30th place in the trail to 21st place. But she was not satisfied “It was a pretty difficult day for me today, I already had a hard time in the trail“, said Gerboth.
Source: MLA, ZDF, dpa