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Germans control nordic combined at Worlds, Demong-Lodwick 7-8

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FrenzelThe Germans roared through the normal hill competition of the Nordic Combined at World Championships today capturing three of the top four places with Eric Frenzel earning gold, Tino Edelmann silver and Johannes Rydzek finishing fourth.  Breaking up the barrage was Austrian Felix Gottwald, earning his ninth career World title meet medal.

The U.S. squad had impressive placings with Bill Demong in seventh, Todd Lodwick eighth, Johnny Spillane 19th and Bryan Fletcher 22nd. Taylor Fletcher was 26th.

The win by Frenzel was a bit of a surprise. The 22 year old had been a steady top five finisher earlier this World Cup season but his results had tailed off a bit in January.

Not so in Olso as he jumped to an early lead, setting hill record, and took a 19 second margin into the cross country leg.

“I am very happy and would like to thank all coaches and especially the technicians,” Krenzel said. “The ten kilometers were very exhausting but in the end it was just super.”

German coach Andreas Bauer said he was hugely gratified with the result from a team so young. He said Frenzel's performance was “assessed particularly high because he had to serve as snowplow the entire distance.”

Demong won the cross country leg in a thick fog at the Holmenkollen cross country stadium. Spectators could barely see the big screen TV, much less the athletes on course.

Young Bryan Fletcher paced the US on the jumps, finishing 10th. But in the cross country race, Demong was on a mission. He paced himself out of the start. And as the race went on, he began picking off places – much like he did in the normal hill event at Vancouver a year ago. In the end, he moved up 22 spots to lead the USA but was still 28 seconds out of the medals.

"We certainly came here to win medals so that part is disappointing," said Head Coach Dave Jarrett. "We had a good streak going and now it's over and we need to look ahead to the next event."

Place   Oslo
(NOR)		   Discipline   Gundersen NH HS106/10.0 K
Date   26.02.2011   Category   World Ski Championships
Race codex   4028   Gender   M
    TD Name   Heilig John R. (CAN)
       
  
Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Result
 1  1  1050 FRENZEL Eric  1988  GER   25:19.2
 2  6  351 EDELMANN Tino  1985  GER   25:31.1
 3  15  35 GOTTWALD Felix  1976  AUT   25:37.6
 4  9  590 RYDZEK Johannes  1991  GER   25:42.1
 5  13  1136 WATABE Akito  1988  JPN   25:44.7
 6  24  1149 KOKSLIEN Mikko  1985  NOR   25:48.8
 7  29  222 DEMONG Bill  1980  USA   26:05.4
 8  16  27 LODWICK Todd  1976  USA   26:06.1
 9  2  419 KLEMETSEN Haavard  1979  NOR   26:06.2
 10  19  1464 RUNGGALDIER Lukas  1987  ITA   26:06.2
 11  12  416 SLAVIK Tomas  1981  CZE   26:08.2
 12  22  137 KREINER David  1981  AUT   26:18.0
 13  18  214 DENIFL Wilhelm  1980  AUT   26:18.6
 14  23  973 MOAN Magnus-H.  1983  NOR   26:21.9
 15  3  610 LAMY CHAPPUIS Jason  1986  FRA   26:22.5
 16  4  609 LAHEURTE Maxime  1985  FRA   26:24.1
 17  35  1029 PITTIN Alessandro  1990  ITA   26:50.5
 18  11  1152 RYYNAENEN Janne  1988  FIN   26:51.1
 19  34  247 SPILLANE Johnny  1980  USA   26:51.5
 20  5  606 BRAUD Francois  1986  FRA   26:52.2
 21  30  19 MANNINEN Hannu  1978  FIN   27:03.8
 22  10  1067 FLETCHER Bryan  1986  USA   27:09.0
 23  28  1003 DVORAK Miroslav  1987  CZE   27:15.3
 24  8  1650 SCHMID Jan  1983  NOR   27:27.1
 25  32  203 HEER Ronny  1981  SUI   27:33.2
 26  39  1439 FLETCHER Taylor  1990  USA   27:34.3
 27  7  1434 JELENKO Marjan  1991  SLO   27:37.7
 28  27  257 KIRCHEISEN Bjoern  1983  GER   27:38.4
 29  20  8 STECHER Mario  1977  AUT   27:39.4
 30  17  459 LACROIX Sebastien  1983  FRA   27:46.2
 31  46  643 MICHIELLI Giuseppe  1985  ITA   27:48.1
 32  48  349 HURSCHLER Seppi  1983  SUI   27:54.1
 33  43  768 MINATO Yusuke  1985  JPN   27:56.8
 34  45  1486 PIHO Kail  1991  EST   28:11.6
 35  47  205 KOBAYASHI Norihito  1982  JPN   28:24.1
 36  31  715 ORANIC Mitja  1986  SLO   28:29.6
 37  14  1418 BERLOT Gasper  1990  SLO   28:44.0
 38  42  1168 KARJALAINEN Joni  1987  FIN   28:58.9
 39  33  694 VODSEDALEK Ales  1985  CZE   29:08.8
 40  26  1689 NABEEV Niyaz  1989  RUS   29:15.7
 41  51  164 SAVILL Wesley  1989  CAN   29:16.2
 42  25  1462 CIESLAR Adam  1992  POL   29:23.2
 43  41  960 MASLENNIKOV Sergej  1982  RUS   29:29.5
 44  38  1488 TIIRMAA Karl-August  1989  EST   29:42.8
 45  37  216 TAKAHASHI Daito  1980  JPN   29:48.0
 46  44  1482 VAEHAESOEYRINKI Eetu  1990  FIN   29:54.9
 47  53  1562 COSTA Samuel  1992  ITA   30:09.0
 48  36  1461 SLOWIOK Pawel  1992  POL   30:26.9
 49  55  722 TRACHUK Volodymyr  1985  UKR   30:28.0
 50  50  1479 PANIN Ivan  1987  RUS   30:49.0
 51  49  1228 LEETOJA Aldo  1988  EST   30:56.6
 52  54  1147 POCHWALA Tomasz  1983  POL   31:22.3
 53  56  100017 YAHIN Ernest  1991  RUS   31:55.7
 54  52  1436 KAMENIK Joze  1991  SLO   32:31.8
 55  57  1540 PARKHOMCHUK Andriy  1988  UKR   32:42.1
Disqualified
   6  100052 MURAVITSKI Aliaksei  1992  BLR   
Did not start
   40  215 CHURAVY Pavel  1977  CZE   
   21  1485 NURMSALU Kaarel  1991  EST   
Did not finish
   58  100305 LAMBERT James  1965  GBR 

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