The tops and flops of the Nordic World Cup in Trondheim

What is remembered by the World Cup, who was positive, who disappointed? The courier takes stock and presents the Tops und Flops.

Tops

Every Nordic athlete who one World Cup in the mother country of cross -country skiing and ski jumping can experience, lucky. With hundreds of thousands of fans along the cross -country ski runs, with full stadiums and cheering calls for the first to the last – Trondheim showed what is lived sports enthusiasm.

For a long time it was unsure whether the Nordic combined person would travel to the World Cup at all. One The young Styrian had slowed down autoimmune disease during the season. The appearances of Lisa Hirner, who wrote history, were all the more remarkable: as the first Austrian combined person to win a single medal (bronze).

With silver and bronze in the individual competitions, the Pongauer saved the honor of the Austrian ski jumpers, from which true miracle things were expected after the series success in the World Cup at the World Cup. “It was a mega World Cup for me with four medals in four competitions.”

For the Norwegian cross -country heroes Slowly go out of superlatives. A crown was handed over completely at the last award ceremony. Six gold medals at six starts-nobody will imitate the 28-year-old as quickly.

The Norwegian is no coincidence of his second name Magnus. With three gold medals The greatest Nordic combiner in history from the stage. Trondheim was the last World Cup of the eleven world champion, who ended his career at the age of 27.

Where Prevc says on it, there are Flight feeling and winning mentality inside. After the resignations of the older brothers Peter (24 World Cup victories) and Cene (1 victory), the younger siblings highly hold up the flags of the Slovenian ski jumping family.

Nika Prevc was the first jumper to win gold on both ski jumps, brother Domen fetched on the big hill and gold with the team.

Flops

This World Cup was not really an incentive for a trondheim vacation. Unless you are a sun -free or passionate rubber boot carrier.

During the World Cup it has either poured or stormedoften both at the same time. Maybe the weather god had already used up all sun rays for the Ski World Championship in Saalbach-Hinterglemm.

The combined mixed team competitions Farce. An hour after the narrow target between Johannes Lamparter and the Japanese Ryota Yamamoto, it was still not clear who wins bronze.

Video images were dissected and all kinds of people were asked, discussions and protests hailed. Those responsible for the Nordic combination have not served their sport with this Tamtam. By the way: Austria’s team won bronze in the end.

There is no interview in which Jan Hörl does not have his – sorry – sorry – stupid motto refers. Victory or coffin is neither original, let alone it is funny. Rather, this saying just sounds meaningless. It would be highly time to wear this motto.

It was not the World Cup of the tour winner and leaders in the World Cup. Tschofenig did not really fly on the World Cup ski jumps and already stumbled on the normal hill (21st). The Carinthian was not nominated for the mixed competition, and he landed in the beaten field again on the large hill. “I’m glad I get away here,” said the tour winner.

The ski jumping veteran from Upper Austria would have imagined his last World Cup differently. Jungpapa Hayböck, who ended the career after this season, was condemned to watch in Trondheim and was not used.