A busy Friday in Planica
03. 03. 2023
Slovenian Timi Zajc won the qualification round for the individual ski jumping competition on the large hill at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Planica 2023. He was followed by two Polish ski jumpers, David Kubacki and Kamil Stoch, whilst defending champion Austrian Stefan Kraft came in fifth.
Timi Zajc topped the leaderboard with a distance of 136 meters and a score of 142.5 points. Zajc will go into the final round as one of the favourites for the gold medal in Planica's final individual ski jumping competition on Friday, starting at 17:30.
Salute the Norwegian women's team
At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Planica, the Norwegian women's team consisting of Tiril Udnes Weng, Strid Oeyre Slind, Ingvild Flugstad Östberg, and Anne Kjersti Kalvaa won the gold medal in the 4 x 5 km relay. With an excellent performance, especially in the third leg when Östberg tipped the balance in favour of the Norwegians, they gained a decisive advantage over the second-placed Germans to defend their title from Oberstdorf. The Norwegian quartet has now won a total of 20 medals in this discipline. For Norwegian women cross-country skiers, this is their sixth relay gold in the last seven World Championships. Only in 2019 in Seefeld they were beaten by the Swedes, who finished third this time around in Planica.
A busy Friday in Planica
There are still three days left until the end of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Friday will firstly see the men's 4x10 km relay race in cross-country skiing, where the Norwegians are expected to dominate. The race will start at 12:30.
The highlight of the day will be the ski jumping competition on the large hill, where Stefan Kraft will attempt to defend his title against a flock of hungry jumpers led by Slovenian Timi Zajc, who won the qualification round yesterday. The first round will start at 17:30.
You may not know...
- Norwegian cross-country skiers have won the gold medal in the men's 4 x 10 km relay at every World Championship since 1991, except for once in 1999 in Ramsau, where they were beaten by the Austrians.
- Stefan Kraft is the current world champion in ski jumping on the large hill, and he also won gold at the Championships in Lahti in 2017.
- Katharina Althaus, three-time world champion in Planica, watched the men's ski jumping qualifiers dressed in a flamingo costume.
Accompanying Programme
03.03. | 16:00 | Media Centre, Planica
- Sport education for young people
Guests:
Dr- Gregor Jurak, Full Professor at the University of Ljubljana – Faculty of Sport, Head of the SLOfit Research Group
Mirjam Bizjak, Headmistress of the France Prešeren Grammar School in Kranj, where students can also study in the sports department of the Grammar School
Cene Prevc, former ski jumper with a silver medal in the team competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, SLOfit ambassador
Entertainment & Ceremonies
03.03. | 12:00 | Fun Arena, Planica
• Animation & Smooth Band
| 20:23 | Medal Plaza, Kranjska Gora
Medal Ceremony
Cross-Country relay M & W
| 21:20 | Medal Plaza, Kranjska Gora
- Concert Pero Lovšin in Španski borci
04.03. | 12:00 | Fun Arena, Planica
- Animation & Veseli Begunjčani
| 20:23 | Medal Plaza, Kranjska Gora
Medal Ceremony
Ski Jumping Men HS138
Ski Jumping Men HS138 team
Cross-Country Women 30km C
Nordic combined Men HS138/10km
| 21:20 | Medal Plaza, Kranjska Gora
- Concert Siddharta
