Norges Cup weekend in Oslo
Jun 24, 2019·Nordic Combined
The Norwegian Nordic Combined teams concluded a busy week with two Norges Cup competitions in Oslo, the last featuring the famous Sognsvann-test cross run as the cross-country part.
On the women’s side, Gyda Westvold Hansen continues her domination of the team. The 17-year-old won both events with great ski jumping efforts (104.5 and 98 m) on the HS 106 jumping hill in Midtstuen, which put her in the pole position for both races.
On the first day, Westvold Hansen started with a head start of one minute and 20 seconds on runner-up Marte Leinan Lund (94.5 m) and Thea Minyan Bjørseth (78.5 m) followed three minutes and four seconds later. Westvold Hansen extended her advantage on Leinan Lund to one minute and 30 seconds at the finish line of the 5 km roller-ski race. Mari Leinan Lund wrestled the third place from Minyan Bjørseth by finishing three minutes and 22 seconds after Westvold Hansen.
In the Sognsvann-testen, Westvold Hansen conquered the distance in 20:58, beating Mari Leinan Lund by one minute and 54 seconds in the end. Marte Leinan Lund was third that day and finished two minutes and 51 seconds after the winner.
On the men’s side, Espen Andersen was the clear winner of the jumping portion with 102.5 metres, 10 points ahead of Espen Bjørnstad, who reached 100.5 metres. Simen Kvarstad was third with 95 metres. Andersen defended his 40-second head start and took a start - finish victory on the first day. Einar Lurås Oftebro was the fastest man on the track and improved from position six to the final second rank. Espen Bjørnstad had to be satisfied with the third position, +0:48 seconds behind Andersen.
Ski Jumping Results
Final Results
Jens Lurås Oftebro was the best man on the jumping hill on the second competition day and showed 99.5 metres, followed by Sindre Ure Søtvik with 97 metres. Andreas Skoglund was third with 100 metres. Oftebro hung on to this lead also in the running part of the competition and finally finished first after a running time of 27:45. Simen Tiller advanced to the second place and finished only eleven seconds after Oftenbro, while Aleksander Skoglund stormed to rank three (+1:11).
Sander Kolberg won the junior class on both days.
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