Norway beat Austria and Germany for mixed relay victory in Trondheim Nordic Combined World Cup

Norway won the mixed team crown at the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, as they were fuelled by a spectacular individual performance from Ida Marie Hagen on home snow in Trondheim. Austria and Germany completed the top three after the cross-country event, but the former had been in the ascendancy after posting a tally of 422.9 points in the ski jumping, but Norway came back in the cross-country.

Norway picked up the mixed team crown following a brilliant individual performance from Ida Marie Hagen on home snow in Trondheim.

Austria and Germany completed the podium in second and third as Norway sailed to a winning time following the cross-country.

Austria's Annalena Slamik, Stefan Rettenegger, Johannes Lamparter and Lisa Hirner took the lead after the ski jumping after collecting a total of 422.9 points.

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Hagen, Jens Luraas Oftebro, Joergen Graabak and Gyda Westvold Hansen started the race 16 seconds behind their opponents in third but emerged victorious thanks to a storming cross-country run.

A dominant performance from Hagen to close the gap on Slamik in the first kilometre set up Norway well in a tight 4x5km battle.

Austria finished 12.1 seconds back overall while Germany's Manuel Faisst, Nathalie Armbruster, Jenny Nowak and Johannes Rydzek took bronze 53.2 seconds back.

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