Nordic SkiingNordic Combined - Lahti
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Archived Olympic Games in Sochi, back the World Cup which will end in Northern Europe. Over the weekend the Combiners will be engaged in Lahti, in all respects one of the great classics of the discipline.
Wednesday 26 February 2014 4 minutes reading time
The Finnish resort located in the southwest of Finland, about 100 km north-east of the capital Helsinki, is preparing to host events of the maximum circuit for the twenty-sixth season.
Overall in Lahti were held as many as 34 individual races counting towards the crystal ball to which must be added with a value of 7 World Championship competitions from 6 different editions of the World Championships (1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989, 2001) which, however, return a seventh localtà time in the Päijät-Häme in 2017.
There are 25 athletes to have at least one success in representing 8 different countries (including East Germany and West Germany). The Combiners most successful of all are the Finn Hannu Manninen and German Bjoern Kircheisen, both capable of commanding height of 3 to 4 volte.Seguono Bjarte Engen Vik, Samppa Lajunen and Magnus Moan.
In addition Kircheisen and Moan between Combiners still in business have a'' statement in Lahti Bill Demong (2), Johannes Rydzek (1), Jan Schmid (1) and Eric Frenzel (1).
'' In fact, this last could mathematically win his second consecutive World Cup already in the weekend as it boasts 352-point margin over Akito Watabe and 366 of HÃ¥vard Klemetsen. In other words, the German can afford to lose by 52 points and 66 Japanese from Norwegian to be sure to win over Crystal Ball.
In terms of controls the nations Norway with 14 wins followed at 8 by Germany and Finland. They are then West Germany and Japan (3), Austria and the United States (2), East Germany (1)
Podiums to voice control the Finnish Hannu Manninen and the'' Austrian Felix Gottwald, both accredited by 9 placings in the top-three. Follows at 9 German Ronny Ackermann, while the Finnish and German Samppa Lajunen Björn Kircheisen are 6.
Always stands out among the countries Norway, followed by Germany with 33 to 28. However, by adding to the top-three of those unified Germany'' s West (7) and those of the East'' (3) you will notice how the Germans put together 38 podiums, five most Norwegians. They are then Finland (21), Austria (14), Japan (6), France (4) and the United States (4) Soviet Union (2) and Sweden (1).
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