Germany wins strolling the team competition in Lillehammer

In today's day it is staged in the first race in Lillehammer seasonal teams of Nordic combined. After the jump segment the outcome was pretty much already written, with Germany already in the lead. The Teutonic have confirmed the prediction clearly imposing, even sparing the bottom.

Friday 2 December 2016 5 minutes reading time

In the morning BjÃ¸rn Kircheisen, Fabian RieÃŸle, Eric Frenzel and Johannes Rydzek have recorded the best score on the HS 100 ski jump, with a constant and compelling evidence for the entire quartet. In second place with 9.4 points behind (at the exchange 13 '') it had set Austria, thanks to the excellent performance of Wilhelm Denifl and David Pommer, while fellow Philipp Orter and Mario Seidl have lost important points by opponents. To record the great leap of Akito Watabe of Japan, placed 3rd at the end of the morning, but already with a major departure from the Germans (36.2 points equivalent to 48 ''). Following Finland and Norway with more than 40 points behind, to return about 1 'to start at the bottom. Last position for Italy (11th), which confirms the great difficulty from the diving board. In the afternoon he raced in the bottom segment, with Teutonic always in control with the victory in his pocket. In fact in the first two Kircheisen and Frenzel fractions they have increased the advantage sull'inseguitrice Austria, continued to lead the race solo. From mid-race onwards RieÃŸle and Rydzek have quietly walked, saving energy for the weekend and leading Germany to success. Just Rydzek was involved in a curtain at the finish line, with a jump on the last off and landing with telemark. Behind the Teutonic she saw the comeback of Norway, already the third at the end of the first faction with Mikko Kokslien. During the second half Espen Andersen went to meet and exceed the Austrian Seidl, then taking off with Klemetsen and Graabak to reach the finish line seconds later. Third position for Austria, from which we expected more after the glories of last weekend in Ruka. Following Finland fourth, since 2009 never so high in a team competition. In fifth place came Japan, which in the end had the better of France. Italy will square 8th, thanks to a good performance on the narrow skis that has enabled it to raise money for street Russia, Estonia and the United States. In blue complex it took the same time the Germans in the fund, having started with a gap of 3'03 '' and 3'04 coming to ''. But it must be stressed as the Teutonic have really walked through the first half. Tomorrow plans to gundersen with jump from the normal hill and 10 km cross-country. LILLEHAMMER - RELAY 4 X HS100 / 5 KM 1. GERMANY (Kircheisen, Frenzel, RieÃŸle, Rydzek) 49'34''92. NORWAY (Kokslien, Andersen, Klemetsen, Graabak) to 31''53. AUSTRIA (Pommer, Seidl, Denifl, Orter) to 1'23''74. FINLAND (Mutru, MÃ¤kiaho, Hirvonen, Herola) to 1'44'95. JAPAN (Shimizu, Y. Watabe, Nagai, A. Watabe) to 2'06''06. FRANCE (Braud, Muhlathaler, Gerard, Laheurte) to 2'10''8 Click here for the full results.

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