The German won the Asse race after 6.8 km in 18:45.28 minutes, with Sebastian Frey, the best Austrian, coming in fourth place (+28.36 seconds).
The host country also took fourth place in the women’s 5.1 km race. Lotte Seiler was 43.50 seconds behind the German Elena Burkard, who beat the favored Ethiopian Axumawit Embaye (+1 in 15:57.41 minutes). 86) was left behind.
Florian Bremm prevailed over favorite Reynold Cheruiyot (+1.34), who competed for Kenya at the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. “On the last lap I noticed that the gap was getting smaller. I had a lot of respect for him. I’m proud of the fact that I was able to beat him, even if that wasn’t his main discipline,” said Bremm on ORF TV . Third place went to the German Niklas Buchholz (+27.45). Frey said: “Great! There are still three, two, one, but I’m happy.”
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