Skier Lukas Bauer opens season with second-place in Norway

Czech cross-country skier Lukas Bauer has started his season by coming second in the 15k event at Beitostolen in Norway. The race is the first in this winter’s cross-country World Cup. Olympic silver-medallist Bauer came second only to German Alex Teichmann, whom he finished 6.3 seconds behind. Bauer, who spent a large portion of last season battling with injury, said that he was ‘extremely pleasantly surprised’ by the result.

Author: Rosie Johnston