Anna Odine Strøm takes Norwegian national title
Aug 31, 2018·Nordic Combined
Anna Odine Strøm can call herself the official Norwegian national champion in Nordic Combined. Strøm won at the Norwegian championships from the K 70 hill in Lierberg. Nine female athletes were on start and Strøm took a clear win over runner-up Hanna Midtsundstad, finishing 36 seconds earlier.
Strøm jumped to the lead in the jumping round with a total of 233.4 points and had a comfortable buffer of 48 seconds going into the race. Even though Midtsundstad, who is known as a strong skier, had the fastest time of 13:22 for the 5 km of cross-country skiing, it was not enough to endanger Strøm in any way.
Gyda Westvold Hansen took the third place after she and Midstundstad had passed young Thea Minyan Bjørseth on the track who had ranked second in the jumping event (205.9 p.). Bjørseth had to be satisfied with rank four after skiing a considerably weaker cross-country race.
Thea Øihaugen ended the competition on rank five, Marte Leinan Lund on six, followed by Mari Leinan Lund on seven and Mathilde Oustad on eight.
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