Nordic Ski World Cup in Trondheim
Combers at the World Cup start without a medal
Favorite Nathalie Armbruster jumps too short, Jenny Nowak brings too much gap: The World Cup start fails to combine. Instead, Japan cheers gold.
Nathalie Armbruster and Jenny Nowak narrowly missed the hoped-for first German medal at the Nordic Ski World Cup. The 19-year-old crossbower took sixth place in the mass start format in the Nordic combination and ended up just behind Nowak, which was fifth. Yuna Kasai from Japan became world champion in front of Norwegian Gyda Westvold Hansen and Haruka Kasai (Japan).
Armbruster, which leads the overall World Cup after three individual victories, still took fourth place after the cross -country skiing. “I am completely satisfied with my race. I was very, very nervous before the start. It was something else at a World Cup and a little bit of the favorite role was put down,” said the German, who is stronger in the trail than on the ski jump.
Mass start favors good jumpers
Usually jumping in the combination and then walking. The mass start format rarely practiced in combination actually favors good jumpers. Armbruster had explained running winner Westvold Hansen as a favorite on gold.
“I hope that maybe I can also play a role,” she said. 89 meters were too little. The other two German women had nothing to do with the medals. Trine Göpfert (17th) and Maria Gerboth (21st) had no chance against the top of the world.
Armbruster will graduate from high school in the coming months and has a steep ascent in terms of sport. In combination, she has been part of the top of the world for years, but this winter wins the World Cup for the first time.
The athlete was recently present in public, so she visited the “current sports studio” shortly before the World Cup. Armbruster still has chances on a medal in the mixed on Friday and in the second individual on Sunday.
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Source: Stern
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