Anze Lanisek delivers historic Slovenia team gold as country wins first ever World Championship

04.03.2023 - 23:37 eurosport.com

Slovenia made ski jumping history with their first ever team World Championship gold medal on home snow in Planica. Lovro Kos, Ziga Jelar, Timi Zajc and Anze Lanisek delivered a seismic victory, with Lanisek landing the last jump of the competition to seal the title.

Ad The foursome finished with 1178.9 points from their combined eight jumps, all of which were between 131 and 138 metres. World ChampionshipsZajc wins Slovenia's first large hill world title since 1991A DAY AGO Norway's Johann Forfang, Kristoffer Sundal, Marius Lindvik and Halvor Egner Graenerud won silver, 12.9 points back from Slovenia, while Austria's Daniel Tschofenig, Michael Hayboeck, Jan Hoerl and Stefan Kraft won bronze.

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Eurosport expert Adam Blythe says he was “shocked” by Mathieu van der Poel’s (Alpecin-Deceuninck) attack that saw him win Milano-San Remo for the first time. Van der Poel was part of a high quality quartet that consisted of himself, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers). Ad It was Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates who did most of the damage to the rest of the peloton, before Van der Poel went for a big attack of his own just before the crest of the Poggio climb and held on to win by 15 seconds from Ganna and Van Aert.

Switzerland off to winning start in World Championship title defence

Swiss skip Silvana Tirinzoni says her team are loving life on the Swedish ice after getting their World Championship title defence off to a winning start on Saturday. Switzerland beat the USA 7-5 in the afternoon session as the annual showpiece got underway in Sandviken. Ad The Swiss were far from their usual fluent best but experienced Tirinzoni, who steered her rink to glory in Canada last year, insists they're now firmly up to speed with the Scandinavian conditions.

Golberg wins men's 50km mass start gold in World Championships to follow wins in 4x10km relay and team sprint

Paal Golberg won World Championship gold in the 50km mass start in Planica, Slovenia. The Norwegian concluded an incredible 2023 World Championship by edging out compatriot Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo to the top of the podium.

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Cornelius Kersten wins Great Britain's first speed skating distance World Championships medal

Cornelius Kersten won Great Britain's first-ever medal in the speed skating distance World Championships with bronze in the men's 1000m. Kersten went from 12th after the first lap to third on the final lap, while USA's Jordan Stolz finished first with a time of 1:07.11.