Defending last year’s gold with number 55 is the German Johannes Kühn, who without a day exactly one year ago won with a penalty round ahead of the Swede Ponsiluma (this year No. 2) and the Belarusian Smolsky , who will be absent due to the exclusion of his national team. Johannes Bø doesn’t have good memories of last year’s race, after three penalty loops he ended up at the bottom of the third dozen. Between Czechs and Slovaks, only Michal Krčmář scored in 39th place.
