Combined: Ilkka Herola finished fifth, Minja Korhose had a wild finish

Star of the United Ilkka Herola was again responsible for the best Finnish performance of the day on Saturday in Austria in the Seefeld triple.

Herola, who jumped well, advanced in the pursuit for a longer time in the main group, but was eventually left out of the competition’s winning battle.

The Finn, who skied cheerfully at the end, nevertheless arrived at the finish line in fifth place, only 15 seconds behind the leader.

“Today was a really good day. I’m really satisfied with that, that I was able to correct the course on the hill from yesterday, now I’m relaxed and in a good race mood. It can be seen on the results list that it was both good and good skiing,” Herola sums up her race to the Ski Federation.

Germany’s Vincent Geiger rose magnificently to win the race. of Austria Johannes Lamparter led the pack until the last meters, but was second by 0.2 seconds. Norway showed a strong rise Jens Lurås Oftebro was the third.

Eero Hirvonen made it to the top 20 in the skiing section, but faltered a bit in the steeplechase. Hirvonen was 19 minutes and 17 seconds slower than the leader.

Remember the Finns Wille Karhumaa was the 42nd of the competition (+2.34,0). Representing the United States Niklas Malacinski again rose to 17th place (+1.15,6).

Women’s after getting used to the chase, went further Minja Korhonen went up five places in five kilometers. He was especially fast at the end and finished eighth in the final stretch.

“Kiri on the ski slope warms the mind a bit now, but you can’t really be satisfied with that hilly section. It’s not at the level you’d like it to be and what it should be,” commented Korhonen in the recording of the Hiihtoliito.

“Let’s still keep hope high in case tomorrow hits the bow.”

American-Finnish Annika Malacinski fell to Korhonen on the final straight and was ninth.

Well jumped Heta Hirvonen fell to 17th in the skiing section, Anna Kerko rose again to 21st place.

“I was able to improve on the hill from yesterday,” says Hirvonen.

“The course was also better. For the first four kilometers I kept up really well and managed to fight lightly, then I hit a wall.”

Norwegian Ida Marie Hagen returned to the highest podium with a clear difference to the following. On Friday, the American who achieved the opening victory of his career Alexa Brabec fought his way to the finish in second, 26 seconds behind Hagen.

Taking everything out of himself, Brabec wobbled tiredly on the final stretch, but avoided falling.

Germany’s Natalie Armbruster rose to the third Norwegian in the final straight Marte Leinan Lundin before.

The combined athletes protested the equality of the sport, as they did on Friday, before the start of the skiing section. Combined is the only sport in which women have not been allowed to participate in the Winter Olympics.

The athletes formed the letter X with their poles, which refers to the term “no exception”.

On Friday, the men also carried out the same protest before the start of the joint departure.

Seefeldin in the overall situation of the triple, Herola is only 3.8 points behind the leader. Herola loses a point on Sunday’s hill section, but is in a good position in the overall competition.

From Friday, Herola improved his standings wonderfully by five places.

“The day’s performances were even better than the place in the final results, because it includes yesterday’s differences. It’s good to start from that for tomorrow, the difference narrowed considerably,” says Herola.

Seefeld’s triple, one of the highlights of the World Cup season, will be decided in Sunday’s Gundersen races.

Both men and women will ski a longer distance than normal on Sunday. The distance is 7.5 kilometers for women and 12.5 kilometers for men.

The women’s hill section starts at 11:15 a.m. and the men’s at 1:35 p.m. The chases start at 15:45 and 16:35.