Nordic World Ski Championships 2023: Jarl Magnus Riiber guides Norway to mixed team glory in Planica

Jarl Magnus Riiber extended his Slovenian weekend to savour by steering Norway to the maiden mixed team World Championship title in Planica. Riiber, 25, became just the second man to win three individual World Championship titles in a row on Saturday and followed it up 24 hours later by leading his country to glory in the normal hill mixed team event.

Ad Riiber joined forces with Jens Luraas Oftebro, Ida Marie Hagen and Gyda Westvold Hansen to beat Germany and Austria to the title. World ChampionshipsRiiber claims historic World Championship hat-trick in PlanicaYESTERDAY AT 17:35 The Norwegians racked up a total of 461.8 points in the ski jump to seize a five second advantage heading into the race.

And the quartet held their nerve on the skiing stage to clock a time of 37:38.2 and claim an inaugural mixed team title by 47.8 seconds. Italy missed out on a medal by 53.5 seconds as Japan finished narrowly behind in fifth.

Goggia wins Crans-Montana downhill in tricky conditions to close in on Crystal globe Sundling and Ribom win cross-country skiing team sprint for Sweden But it was all about the dominant Norwegians as Riiber grabbed his sixth overall world title in the Slovenian mountains. — — - Stream the 2022-23 winter sports season on discovery+, the Eurosport app and at eurosport.com.