World Championship cross-country relay

Cross-country: 4 x 7.5 km relay men from 2 p.m. LIVE

Cross-country star Johannes Hösflot Kläbo made history with his fifth title at his home World Championships in Trondheim!(Bild: AFP/APA/Jonathan NACKSTRAND)

Norway won the men's 4 x 7.5 km cross-country relay in Trondheim at their home World Championships! The other places were fiercely contested, with silver for Switzerland and bronze for Sweden in the end. Austria's relay team of Benjamin Moser, Michael Föttinger, Tobias Ganner and Alexander Brandner performed well and finished in twelfth place.

Cross-country star Johannes Hösflot Kläbo made history with his fifth title at his home World Championships in Trondheim. The 28-year-old continued his triumphal procession on Thursday in front of tens of thousands of enthusiastic fans as the final skier of the Norwegian relay team and was crowned record world champion in the men's event. With his 14th World Championship gold, he surpassed his compatriot Petter Northug as the most successful cross-country skier in World Championship history, and on Saturday he can even go one better in the 50 km.

Kläbo was the first cross-country skier ever to win five gold medals at a World Championships. The local hero had already won the sprint, the 20 km skiathlon and the 10 km race in his home town, as well as the team sprint with Erik Valnes. "It feels incredible. It's always something special when we win as a team. It also means a lot to the waxers, the coaches and the support staff. It's a great day for everyone," said Kläbo.

Benjamin Moser(Bild: GEPA)

ÖSV team performs well
The Austrian quartet narrowly missed out on a top ten finish in the 4 x 7.5 km and finished twelfth (+2:31.5 min.) in the first World Championship relay since 2007. Starting runner Moser impressed and handed over in fifth place, after which Föttinger, Ganner and Brandner had to let go a little. "It was a really cool race, we had such good material. It's fun like this, especially with the spectators it was amazing," said Moser, looking at the backdrop of more than 30,000 frenetically cheering spectators at the Granåsen Skisenter.

"The goal was very ambitious with the top ten. But we weren't far away and all the guys delivered a great performance," said Alois Stadlober, ÖSV cross-country skiing boss. "Above all, the gap to Norway is manageable. It was an excellent start to the men's relay."