Title: Comunicato Stampa del 8 gennaio 2020
Author: Daniele Mich
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Press release 10^th January 2020

JARL MAGNUS RIIBER, A YOUNG PHENOMENON
THE NORWEGIAN IMPRESSIVE ON SKIS AS WELL

Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping in Val di Fiemme until Sunday
Jarl Magnus Riiber won ahead of the German Vinzenz Geiger and the Norwegian Graabak
FIS Ski Jumping qualification round at the Ski Jump Arena of Predazzo this evening

The 22-year-old Jarl Magnus Riiber will soon become a father, but in the meantime he continues to win or rather to dominate the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup. The Norwegian easily won today’s Individual Gundersen in Val di Fiemme at the Cross-Country Stadium in Lago di Tesero, after a great jumping performance in Predazzo. In Lago di Tesero, Riiber skied a strong race and continued to gain ground on his rivals in the four 2.5km laps of today’s 10km Individual Gundersen. After just one lap, he had a 36-second lead on Joergen Graabak, who then was able to close the gap to 33 seconds at 3.8 km. Andersen was even 52 seconds behind Riiber at 6.3 km, the Austrian athletes were fighting for a place on the podium. The pursuing group didn’t accelerate, but Riiber's advantage was halved at 8.8 km as he skied slowly and in total peace until the finish line: “I’m very happy with how this new year has started. I’m having fun on the jumping hill, but I really like the thrilling of cross-country skiing too. I want to improve my jumping performance tomorrow”, he said. Behind the Norwegian, the German Vinzenz Geiger had the better of Norway’s Joergen Graabak. Geiger was satisfied: "I have to say I was a bit sick, so I’m even more pleased with this result”. As for the Italian team, Samuel Costa finished 19^th, Alessandro Pittin 25^th, Buzzi 38^th, Maierhofer 40^th, Bezzi 46^th. In the jumping session, the Norwegian phenomenon Jarl Magnus Riiber was able to get a time advantage of 23 seconds on of his teammate Espen Bjoernstad and 24 on the Austrian Franz-Josef Rehrl. The Norwegian athletes Oftebro and Graabak were fourth and fifth after the jumping.

For further information: www.fiemmeworldcup.com       

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Gundersen NH/10 km

1 RIIBER Jarl Magnus NOR 26:10.9; 2 GEIGER Vinzenz GER +26.6; 3 GRAABAK Joergen NOR +27.7; 4 RIESSLE Fabian GER +29.3; 5 RYDZEK Johannes GER +29.8; 6 GREIDERER Lukas AUT +31.8; 7 FRITZ Martin AUT +32.7; 8 HEROLA Ilkka FIN +32.9; 9 FRENZEL Eric GER +33.0; 10 OFTEBRO Jens Luraas NOR +33.3
19 COSTA Samuel +1:30.9; 25 PITTIN Alessandro +2:18.1; 38 BUZZI Raffaele +3:12.4; 40 MAIERHOFER Manuel +4:23.3; 46 BEZZI Giulio +6:10.6