Part of the Temple of Holmenkollen the final challenge between Rydzek and Frenzel

Saturday, March 11 in Oslo will stage a competition of the Nordic Combined World Cup, as per tradition also inserted inside dell'Holmenkollen skifestival, historical event actually born in 1892.

Friday 10 March 2017 6 minutes reading time

NEWS 'Archived World Cup in Lahti, dominated far and wide from Germany like the rest of the season, it turns the struggle for the conquest of the Crystal Ball. Johannes Rydzek, true winner of the World Championship event, also leads the overall standings. However, his lead is only 36 points out of Eric Frenzel who, for his part, has no intention of abdicating after four consecutive World Cups won in the last four years and will be looking to extend his kingdom to become the first man to lead 5 times in the overall ranking. The Saxon task does not appear easy, since the inertia seems all to the Bavarian, much stronger rival from late January onwards. If the twenty-five Oberstdorf were to get its hands on the World Cup coronerebbe so perfect an authentic winter. There is also the fight for third place in the overall standings. Fabian RieÃŸle has 123 margin lengths of Akito Watabe. Whatever happens you write the story. He was to dull the German, for the first time a nation will monopolize the podium of the absolute ranking. If the Japanese were to replace, then it will become the first man to complete six years in a row in the top-three. HISTORY The Holmenkollen skifestival, or Holmenkollrennene, is an event established in 1892 consisting of a series of competitions belonging to all Nordic disciplines played on the hill near Oslo. The combination has been inserted in the program since the inaugural edition and since then has rarely missed the appointment. In 125 years of history there are only eight winters "holes" for Combiners, five of them due to World War II (1941-1945). Three more times there were insurmountable weather problems: in 1896 and in 1898 was missing the snow, while in 1954 there was too much wind. In fact in 2009 the event moved temporarily to Vikersund since nell''impianto near the capital there was intense work of modernization in view of the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2011. Notwithstanding the ultra-secular history of the event, the purpose of the presentation will be taken into consideration only the so-called top-level competitions, ie those included in the program of the Olympic Games, the World Cup and in the calendar of the World Cup. In 2017 the maximum of the combined circuit will stop in Oslo for thirty winter. In other words, the Temple of the Nordic disciplines was not included on the calendar only in 2008-'09 for the aforementioned force majeure. Altogether in Oslo they were held 43 individual races valid for the Crystal Ball to which are added 5 competitions coveted World Champion (1930, 1966, 1982, 2011) and one of the program of the Olympic Games (1948). Are 29 athletes to boast at least one success. The most successful nordic combined in absolute is the Norwegian Bjarte Engen Vik, capable of attracting attention 7 times dominating the scene in the late '90s. Even the Scandinavian has excelled in all competitions (except one) played between 1996 and 2000! Are 8 Combiners in business to having success on the bulletin board on the very prestigious Oslo snows. Eric Frenzel has 2 claims (world championship gold in 2011 and 2013) as well as Akito Watabe (2012 and 2016). Single hurray instead for Magnus Moan (2005), BjÃ¶rn Kircheisen (2006), Bernhard Gruber (2008), Bryan Fletcher (2012), Johannes Rydzek (2014) and Jarl Magnus Riiber (2016). In terms of nations it dominates Norway hostess with 19 victories followed at a safe distance (10) from Germany. Are then Austria (5), France and Japan (4), Finland (3), United States (2), Soviet Union (1). Italy, albeit fast success, boasts a podium two years ago by Alessandro Pittin third in the final won by Akito Watabe front of Johannes Rydzek.

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