Coming up: World Cup returns to traditional Holmenkollen
Mar 02, 2022·Nordic Combined
After Oslo (NOR) had to cancel last year’s event, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Viessmann FIS Nordic Combined World Cup returns to one of the most traditional venues of Nordic sports this year.
From 4.-6. March 2022 two Individual Gundersen competitions are scheduled in the home of overall World Cup winner 2020/21, Jarl Magnus Riiber.
The Norwegian top favorite, who faced some difficult times due to a back injury in January and a Covid-19 infection during the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing (CHN), will be glad to return to home ground and the place of his first-ever World Cup victory in 2016.
In addition to full spectator stands and the incomparable atmosphere in the home of Nordic winter sports, every winner of a Nordic Combined event can also look forward to the honor of receiving the "Kings Cup" out of the hands of King Harald V or a member of the royal family.
Usually handed out at national championships in a wide variety of different sports, Nordic Combined is an exception in which, upon the King's special request, also foreigners, namely the annual Holmenkollen winner can take home the King’s Cup.
More information about the King's Cup: The King's Cup | FIS Nordic Combined
Riiber has a collection of three, from his victories in 2016, 2019 and 2020, while Japan’s Akito Watabe, who won the Olympic bronze medal in Beijing, calls four of the precious cups his own already.
In addition to Riiber, Olympic champion Joergen Graabak will do everything to get his first "King's Cup" presented in front of his home crowd.
From a German point of view, Vinzenz Geiger is one of the favourites, while overall World Cup leader Johannes Lamparter, who currently has a 107-point lead over Riiber, will do everything in his power to defend the yellow bib.
