NORDIC COMBINED: Riiber finishes with 12 wins out of 21 events to dominate World...
There was no doubt about the winner of the Nordic Combined World Cup going into the final weekend of the season in Schonach (GER),...
NORDIC COMBINED Preview: Season concludes in Schonach, with Riiber the star
The final two competitions of the 2018-19 World Cup season come this weekend in Schonach (GER), with Gundersen-style events off a 106 m hill...
NORDIC SKIING: Bolshunov leads a Russian sweep, while Johaug remains perfect at Holmenkollen in...
The amazing story of Therese Johaug added another chapter on Sunday as she won her 11th straight distance race at the World Cup or...
NORDIC SKIING Preview: Famed Holmenkollen Ski Fest starts in Oslo
The high point of the 2018-19 seasons in Cross Country, Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping was the World Championships in Seefeld (AUT). But there...
NORDIC SKIING: Johaug sweeps distance races at World Championships in Seefeld
The amazing comeback story of Norway’s Therese Johaug reached its peak in Seefeld (AUT), with her sweep of the distance races at the 2019...
NORDIC SKIING: Johaug continues unbeatable run at World Championships in Seefeld
The amazing comeback story of Norway’s Therese Johaug continued at the Nordic World Championships in Seefeld (AUT) with her second win, this time in...
NORDIC SKIING: Amazing Johaug routs the field for eighth Worlds gold in Nordic Worlds
The FIS Nordic World Championshuips in Seefeld (AUT) will continue for another week, but the amazing comeback story of Therese Johaug has to be...
NORDIC SKIING Preview: World Champs in Cross Country, Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping start...
The worlds of Cross Country Skiing, Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping have come together in Seefeld (AUT) for the 41st FIS World Nordic Championships,...
NORDIC COMBINED: Graabak wins by less than an inch in Lahti!
The seasonal king of the Nordic Combined has been established and Jarl Magnus Riiber took the weekend off in Lahti (FIN), but the race...
NORDIC COMBINED Preview: With Riiber the champ, the fight is for second in Lahti
The 2018-19 Nordic Combined World Cup champion has been decided: Norway’s Jarl Magnus Riiber. With four events left, including the Gundersen 130 m hill...
NORDIC COMBINED: Jarl Magnus Riiber clinches the Crystal Globe with two wins in Klingenthal
The 2018-19 Nordic Combined World Cup season was supposed to be up for grabs, but not by a 21-year-old from Norway. But Jarl Magnus...
NORDIC COMBINED Preview: Riiber can just about wrap it in Klingenthal
While he may not able to mathematically clinch the 2018-19 World Cup title, Norway’s new sensation, Jarl Magnus Riiber, can come close this weekend...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Monday, 28 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened over the last 72 hours in Olympic sport … and a lot happened: LANE ONE Monday: The International Paralympic Committee impressively and decisively dealt with the anti-Semitic stance of the Malaysian government by removing July’s World Para Swimming Championships […]
NORDIC COMBINED: Riiber back on a roll, sweeps both Trondheim races
Norway’s Jarl Magnus Riiber, the 21-year-old star of this year’s World Cup tour, regained his edge with two impressive wins in front of his...
NORDIC COMBINED Preview: Is Riiber still rolling, or slowing to a stop?
With 13 of 21 World Cup events completed, the question is still open: is this Jarl Magnus Riiber’s year?
The 21-year-old Norwegian ran away with...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Monday, 21 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened over the last 72 hours in Olympic sport: LANE ONE: Monday: Part two of our early-on look at what a Congressional commission reviewing the status of the United States Olympic Committee and the U.S. National Governing Bodies might turn […]
NORDIC COMBINED: Rehrl and Seidl take titles in World Cup Triple
It looked for a moment like the first Nordic Combined Triple held outside of Seefeld (AUT) might be swept by one athlete for the...
NORDIC COMBINED Preview: Is Riiber ready for the Nordic Combined Triple?
The sixth Nordic Combined Triple is on this weekend in Chaux-Neuve (FRA), held for the first time outside of Seefeld (AUT) due to the...
NORDIC COMBINED: The return of Germany’s Johannes Rydzek
The 2018-19 Nordic Combined World Cup season has been dominated by Norway’s Jarl Magnus Riiber, who won six of the first eight competitions of...
NORDIC COMBINED Preview: Will Riiber stay on a roll?
The Nordic Combined World Cup lands in Val di Fiemme (ITA) this week, with Norway’s Jarl Magnus Riiber having won six of the eight events this season. Can anyone stop him? He’s not unbeatable: he was second to Mario Seidl (AUT) in the season opener in Ruka (FIN) and countryman Jorgen Graabak won in Ramsau […]
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