Austria's combiners miss the podium - the German trio dominates!

Austria's combiners miss the podium - the German trio dominates!

On Saturday, the Austrian Nordic combiners in Otepää had to accept a new defeat. While the expectations were high, they did not reach a podium. Johannes Lamparter was the best among the Austrians with a narrow fifth place (+16.4 seconds). Thomas Rettenegger and Fabio Obermayer followed nine (+17.8) and ten (+18.0) in the race. Stefan Rettenegger improved to eleventh place due to the fastest term (+17.8). Nevertheless, they remain in the hunt for the last World Cup starting places for Trondheim, such as laola1.at reported.

It was particularly noteworthy that it was already clear in the jumping that the two German athletes, Vinzenz Geiger and Jarl Magnus Riiber, would fight for victory. Geiger finally prevailed 0.7 seconds before Riiber and secured his fifth win of the season. Third finished Jens Luraas often. In addition, Riiber missed his 100th World Cup podium as fourth, which added another nerve-wracking moment to his previous career. In Ruka it was also the German team that delivered the strongest performance with a triple victory, as krone.at reported.

The next chance for the combiners follows immediately on Sunday in the mass start, where they can fight for important points and front placements. After a bumpy start to the weekend, the team hopes to demonstrate their quality and strength and to secure the desired World Cup starting places.