COC-M: Top spot on the podium in Planica goes to Leif Torbjørn Naesvold
Jan 26, 2019·Nordic Combined
Then Men’s Continental Cup continued with the first of two competitions in Planica, where 51 athletes from 14 nations fought for podium places and points. Norway’s Leif Torbjørn Næsvold continued with a series of great performances and claimed yet another win today.
After the ski jumping round on the 138-meter Bloudek giant hill, the classification was led by Christian Deuschl of Austria who landed at 132.0 metres and received a total 131.2 points. Continental Cup leader Leif Torbjørn Næsvold of Norway took the second place (134.5 m., 130.4 p.) with a lag of 3 seconds, while his teammate Sindre Ure Søtvik finished in the third position (130.5 m., 124.1 p.). The Norwegian trailed the leader by 28 seconds.
Næsvold continued with a series of podium finishes, although victory wasn’t easy today. He’s biggest challenger on the course was teammate Lars Ivar Skaarset, who finished fourth in the jumping part of the competition. He then managed to threaten Naesvold during the race but in the end had to concede defeat and crossed the finish line 5.8 seconds later. His first podium finish of the season went to Austria’s Thomas Joebstl who came in third with the fifth best cross-country time.
The competition in Planica resumes tomorrow at 9.30 with the jumping round and continues at 11.30 with the cross-country race.
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