Anna Fernstädt won bronze at the World Skeleton Championships, the first medal for the Czech Republic in history. Norway's Johannes Hösflot Klaebo completed the historic championship with victory in the 50km, winning his sixth gold. Another Norwegian legend Jarl Magnus Riiber clearly won the Nordic combined race at the World Championships in Trondheim. He was deprived of his gold medal record by the disqualification of Jörgen Graabak and won a "mere" bronze. The Prague derby could have sent Slavia into a 16-point lead in the event of a win, but it didn't happen and Sparta is now down to ten points...
Twenty-eight-year-old Fernstädt, who races with type 1 diabetes, celebrated a lifetime achievement at the two-day championships in Lake Placid. She was beaten only by Dutch winner Kimberley Bos and American Mystique Roo. She held the silver position in the middle of the race, only to be overtaken by Roova at the end of the next two runs.
The native of Prague has lived in Germany since she was one year old. In 2015, she competed at the World Junior Championships for the first time, and a year later she won bronze in Winterberg. She took part in her first senior world championships in 2017, when she won bronze with the German mixed team and finished fourth in the individual race. She finished sixth at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
She has been competing for the Czech national team since autumn 2018, but in the 2018/2019 season she was unable to participate in SP races due to a transfer from the German national team. She competed in the lower Intercontinental Cup, which she dominated overall.
In March 2019, she finished just below the podium at the World Championships in Whistler. She is the first skeleton athlete in history to win three consecutive Junior World Championships (2018, 2019, 2020). Her goal is to qualify for the 2022 Olympics.
Women's Skeleton World Championships in Lake Placid:
1. Bosova (Niz.) 3:40,06 (55,63+55,24+54,49+54,70), 2. Roova (USA) -0,67 (55,53+55,67+54,60+54,93), 3. Fernstädt (BLACK) -0.75 (55.69+55.37+54.58+55.17).
Klaebo confirmed his invincibility at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim and dominated the 50 km free race. He won all the races he entered and in total won six gold medals at the championships, something no one had ever done before.
To the delight of most of the 30,000 spectators in the stadium and tens of thousands more along the course, Klaebo followed up his triumphs in the singles and pairs sprint, skiathlon, classic ten and relay. With his fifth title at a single championships in Thursday's relay, he equalled Russian Yelena Vjalbe's record from the previous World Championships in Trondheim in 1997 and broke it on Saturday.
Klaebo finished the championship on home soil by winning his 15th gold overall and confirmed his position as the most successful man in the history of the World Championships. Only his compatriot Marit Björgen is ahead of him in the overall standings with 18 triumphs.
Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim:
Men's 50 km free with mass start: 1. Klaebo (Nor.) 1:57:47,1, 2. Poromaa (Sweden) -2,1, 3. Krüger -8,5, 4. Nyenget -18,6, 5. Amundsen (all Nor.) -51,8, 6. Musgrave (Brit.) -2:01, ...11. Novák -4:54,0, 33. Fellner (both Czech Republic) -10:46,7.
Riiber clearly won the Nordic combined at the World Championships in Trondheim. He basically secured the win with his best jump, after which he started the 10 km course with a 74 second advantage. He easily held on to it and went on to win his third gold in his last championship.
Riiber has already won gold medals in Trondheim in the mass start events on the middle hill and with the mixed team. He lost another almost certain triumph in the relay.
The home defending champions had to settle for bronze after only three attempts in the jump counted. The favoured Norwegians unexpectedly complicated the fight for the medals in the jumping section, after which Jörgen Graabak was disqualified for a binding that did not comply with the rules. His performance did not count for the main gold medal contenders and they dropped from the first place to the fifth place with a 1:42 minute deficit to the gold.
The Norwegians overtook a slumping Japan on the third run and moved up to fourth place, with finisher Riiber overtaking his Finnish rival in the final section. To thunderous cheers from the packed stands, he led the relay to at least a bronze medal.
For Riiber, the holder of a record ten world championship titles, his streak of six consecutive wins at the World Championships came to an end, but it was the 14th time in a row that he was on the podium. On Saturday, he added one notch to both series - eleven titles (six in individuals and five in teams) and his fifteenth consecutive time on the "box".
But it won't go any further - in January Riiber surprisingly announced that he would retire at the end of the season despite the upcoming Olympics. The five-time World Cup champion and winner of a record 78 individual races is suffering from Crohn's disease and wants to spend more time with his partner and children.
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim: Nordic combined men (large hill/10 km):
1. Riiber 24:57,5, 2. Graabak (both Nor.) -1:10,7, 3. Geiger (Nem.) -1:11,1, 4. Oftebro (Nor.) -1:12,0, 5. Herola (Fin.) -1:15,4, 6. Schmid (Nem.) -1:27,6, ...22. Vytrval -4:03,6, 32. Kovalinka (both Czech Republic) -5:23,8.
The 313th derby between Sparta and Slavia was a classic battle for six points - it could have sent Slavia into a 16-point lead in the event of a win, but it didn't happen and Sparta is now down to ten points...
Although the decisive goals fell six minutes apart after six minutes of the second half, the match was set by six minutes between the 18th and 24th minutes. As early as the 10th minute, in fact - that's where Spartan's Emmanuel Uchenna sat on El Hadji Malick Diouf's leg during a tackle. He tried to continue, but was substituted after eight minutes. Then it was discovered that he had a fractured fibula...
The team from Eden lost their second important player in the 24th minute. Tomáš Chorý centred to Mojmir Chytil. However, goalkeeper Pete Vindahl was on the ball first and hid it in his gloves. Chytil skipped it in full flight, but his right foot caught Vindahl's head. Head referee Karel Rouček pulled out a yellow card, but three minutes after the VAR hit, he sent off the Slavia striker. The team from Letná then scored two goals in the subsequent power play.
Sparta Prague - Slavia Prague 2:0 (0:0)
Goals: 51. Green, 57. Haraslín. Referee: Rouček - Paták, Kříž - Všetečka (video). CK: 27. Chytil (all Slavia). Spectators: 18.207.
Sparta: Vindahl - Vitík, Panák (74. Ševínský), Sörensen - Uchenna (74. Wiesner), Sadílek, Kairinen, Zelený - Laci - Kuchta (85. Rrahmani), Haraslín (62. Birmančevič). Coach: Friis.
Slavia: Staněk - Holeš, Ogbu, Zima - Douděra (81. Pech), Moses (81. Kušej), Oscar, Diouf (18. Schranz) - Zafeiris (65. Botos) - Chytil, Chorý (65. Provod). Coach: Trpišovský.
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