COC-M: Jakob Lange returns to his winning ways in Lahti
Mar 07, 2020·Nordic Combined
One week after the big Nordic World Cup weekend, Lahti hosts the Continental Cup for both Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined this weekend. One week after the World Cup competition, the hill and the tracks are in top conditions to compete.
Jakob Lange of Germany took a clear win in the Continental Cup Competition in Lahti on Saturday. He finished fourth in the ski jumping round, and started his cross-country race +0:20 seconds behind the winner of the ski jumping part, Ernest Yahin (RUS).
Lange took the lead in early in the cross-country skiing and kept his first position throughout the race. Lars Buraas form Norway was second, +31.8 seconds behind Lange. Buraas started the skiing from position 25 and with the fastest skiing time, he managed to climb to the podium. Raffaele Buzzi of Italy took the 3rd position, also after a strong cross-country performance in which he managed to topple Kasper Moen Flatla, who was third after the ski jumping part off the podium by 1.4 seconds.
Behind the four first athletes, a bigger gap opened before Paul Gerstgraser finished fifth, +1:01.6 after the winner. Aleksander Skoglund, Martin Hahn, Justin Moczarski, Samuel Mraz and Ben Loomis completed the Top Ten, jumping winner Yahin finished eleventh.
“Jumping was kind of a struggle in the trial round. I tried to do better in the competition and had a pretty good jump, 125,5 meters. I tried to start pretty fast to get clear of the other guys and then tried to reduce the speed in the last round to save some energy for tomorrow”, Lange said after his race.
With his fifth season victory, Jakob Lange continues to lead in the the Nordic Combined Continental Cup Standings before the seconds event in Lahti.
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