Trondheim will enter the Nordic Combined history books as the first
organiser to host a winter FIS Youth Cup in Nordic Combined. In
addition, it will also host the first-ever international competitions
for Ladies Nordic Combined on snow.
Seven nations, over 50 athletes entered
A group of over 50 athletes, both male and female are entered to take
part in this next step of developing Nordic Combined. “We believe it
will be very exciting,” OC President Erik Andresen said. “There will be
athletes coming in from as far as USA and Russia to compete, in addition
to multiple European countries. We wanted to be a part of raising the
interest for Nordic Combined for both boys and girls.”
Seven nations are sending athletes to Trondheim to take part in the two
competitions on 11th – 12th March: Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia,
Finland, Russia, USA and Norway. Some of the names in the starting field
are already well-known from the Youth Cup in Oberstdorf (GER) last
summer.
The first-ever ladies champion Timna Moser (AUT) will be accompanied by
teammate Lisa Eder who also won one age category of the ladies’ premiere
at the OPA Games in Seefeld (AUT) just two weeks ago. Andreas Ilves
(EST) and Wille Karhumaa (FIN) have also been on the podium in
Oberstdorf before. For the Norwegian home team, Silje Opseth captured a
podium result in Oberstdorf last summer and will be in the fight for
more top results.
Training for all sides of the future of the discipline
The junior athletes can expect a big supporting crowd with over 2000
school children taking part in the scheduled activity day 12th March.
Additionally, a Mixed Zone will be installed at the competition site and
a press conference with young student journalists held to create a true
international competition feeling.
Wir gratulieren Lisa zu diesem tollen Erfolg und wünschen ihr alles Gute bei den Wettkämpfen!
Quelle: fis-ski.com