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Team Norge: Relay-victory followed by double triumph

Created at: 08.01.2012 13:29/ mo
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Like already in the relay-event on the day before, there were also some similarities to the World Championships in Oberstdorf 2005 in today's individual competition. Back then local hero Ronny Ackermann defeated many competitors in the final downhill to the finish and crowned himself World Champion. In the year 2012 Norwegian Mikko Kokslien did the same thing. At the end of the final climb he was third, he then defeated his teammate Magnus Moan and leader Bjoern Kircheisen and captured his second individual World Cup victory in the final sprint.

But until the 26-year-old could achieve this success he had to run a difficult and exciting race. Kokslien was over a minute behind of the winner of the jumping portion, Christoph Bieler from Austria, but in a good position together with his strong teammate Magnus Moan. But it took about half the race until a leading group consisting of 14 athletes, including the two Norwegians, formed.

 

In an exciting final lap, Magnus Moan, Bjoern Kircheisen and Mikko Kokslien were leading the group. No wonder that they wanted to decide the race in the final climb. On top, the three broke away of the rest of the group.  Unlike Ronny Ackermann seven years ago, Bjoern Kircheisen took the lead and allowed the others to gain speed and use the slipstream. "I tried to get away in the climb, but I couldn't. But that wasn't because of the equipment, that was great", explained the third-placed, who did not participate in the relay-race the day before. "It was a difficult race under difficult conditions, but I'm happy that my jump was better again."

 

So it was an advantage for the Norwegians that they were not the fastest on the climb but could keep up with the German. After his home victory in Lillehammer 2010, it was the second victory for Kokslien. French Jason Lamy Chappuis, seventh today, is still leading in the overall World Cup with 590 points, ahead of Akito Watabe from Japan (411) and Germany's Tino Edelmann (405). The next stop of the nordic combined World Cup is Chaux-Neuve in France, where two individual events will be held next weekend.





Tags:  moan kokslien kircheisen bieler


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