The Nordic combined makes a stop in his temple. [Presentation Oslo]

La combinata nordica fa tappa nel suo tempio. [Presentazione Oslo]
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The Nordic combined makes a stop in his temple. [Presentation Oslo]

The penultimate round of the World Cup Nordic Combined will take place in what can safely be called the temple of the discipline, Oslo-Holmenkollen.

In fact, the Nordic Combined has always been included in the program'' s Holmenkollen skifestival, an event inaugurated in 1892 and that in the last 122 years did not take place only in seven seasons (1898, 1941 to 1945 due to World War II and in 2009 when there was intense in'' plant modernization work ahead of World Cup 2011). Here, we will consider only the races of the first level, or the Olympic Games, the World Championships and the World Cup in 2014 will make a stop in the Norwegian capital for the twenty-eighth winter. Overall in Oslo were held 39 individual races counting towards the crystal ball to which is added with value 5 competition champion (1930, 1966, 1982, 2011) and the Olympic Games (1948). There are 26 athletes to have at least one success in representing 9 different countries, including the defunct East Germany and the Soviet Union. The nordic combined most successful of all is the Norwegian Bjarte Engen Vik, able to impose itself over the years as many as 7 times. Among Combiners still in business have at least a'' statement in Oslo Jason Lamy Chappuis (4, is the second item on the successes behind Vik), Eric Frenzel (2), Todd Lodwick (1), Magnus Moan (1) Björn Kircheisen (1), Bernhard Gruber (1), Akito Watabe (1), Bryan Fletcher (1). In terms of countries Norway dominates with 18 wins followed at a safe room (6) from Germany. They are then Austria (5), France (4), Finland (3), West Germany (3), Japan (3) United States (2) Soviet Union (1). The voice command podiums in the dead heat Norwegian Bjarte Engen Vik and the German Ronny Ackermann, both credited to 9 placements in the top-three. Follows at 8 Finn Hannu Manninen, 7'' l Austrian Felix Gottwald and 6 Finnish Samppa Lajunen. Quest'' last incredibly has never imposed having placed five times a second and a third. Always stands out among the countries Norway with 48, followed by Austria (19), Finland (18) and Germany (18). They are then Japan (11), France (6) Germany (5), East Germany (5), United States (3), Switzerland (2) and Soviet Union (1).
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