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Eric Frenzel
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The German Nordic combined athletes won the silver medal in the team competition at the World Championships in Planica, Slovenia.
With Eric Frenzel, Vinzenz Geiger, Johannes Rydzek and Julian Schmid, the team headed by national coach Hermann Weinbuch was only beaten by the Norwegians, led by Jarl Magnus Riiber.
For anchor Riber, who won alongside Espen Andersen, Jens Luuras Oftebro and Joergen Graabak, it was already the third gold medal at this World Championships after the normal hill individual and the mixed.
Third place went to Austria with Johannes Lamparter, Martin Fritz, Lukas Greiderer and Stefan Rettenegger.
Olympic champion Frenzel got his 18th precious metal and is the only male record holder at world championships.
He had previously shared the record with Norway's cross-country legend Björn Dählie.
After the jump, the German team was 23 seconds behind Norway.
Starting runner Frenzel caught up the gap and made the exciting race possible.
In the end, Norway won thanks to Riiber.
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