Chappuis claims combined gold, US skiers 5th and 6th

The Americans gave it a hard chase, but in the end were unable to overcome relatively poor jumping performances as Frenchman Jason Lamy Chappuis claimed the large hill Nordic Combined World Championship in Oslo, Norway Wednesday (March 2).

Second after the jumping leg, Chappuis quickly moved past jump leader Haavard Klemetsen of Norway in the 10k pursuit race then out legged silver medalist Johannes Rydzek and bronze medalist Eric Frenzel, both of Germany for the gold. Frenzel completed his cycle of medals by adding the bronze to a gold won on the normal hill and silver in the team event.

For Chappuis the gold marked a completed cycle as well, as a world championship was the last major crown he needed for a complete resume. He won the Olympic normal hill gold and the World Cup title last season.

The Americans showed the strength they have become known for but couldn't quite overcome the jump leads of the top group. Todd Lodwick finished fifth and Bill Demong, the defending champion, finished sixth.

Place	Oslo (NOR)	Discipline	Gundersen LH HS134/10.0 K
Date	02.03.2011	Category	World Ski Championships
Race codex	4030	Gender	M
		TD Name	Heilig John R. (CAN)

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Year	Nation	Result
1	2	610	LAMY CHAPPUIS Jason	1986	FRA	25:31.6
2	5	590	RYDZEK Johannes	1991	GER	25:38.3
3	6	1050	FRENZEL Eric	1988	GER	25:38.6
4	1	419	KLEMETSEN Haavard	1979	NOR	26:09.2
5	12	27	LODWICK Todd	1976	USA	26:10.4
6	20	222	DEMONG Bill	1980	USA	26:20.9
7	11	416	SLAVIK Tomas	1981	CZE	26:23.5
8	16	1464	RUNGGALDIER Lukas	1987	ITA	26:30.8
9	7	606	BRAUD Francois	1986	FRA	26:34.3
10	10	8	STECHER Mario	1977	AUT	26:39.9
11	23	1149	KOKSLIEN Mikko	1985	NOR	26:44.5
12	27	137	KREINER David	1981	AUT	26:46.2
13	15	1136	WATABE Akito	1988	JPN	26:50.4
14	17	1650	SCHMID Jan	1983	NOR	26:59.6
15	8	351	EDELMANN Tino	1985	GER	27:08.3
16	30	19	MANNINEN Hannu	1978	FIN	27:08.5
17	14	1152	RYYNAENEN Janne	1988	FIN	27:11.5
18	39	35	GOTTWALD Felix	1976	AUT	27:13.4
19	3	214	DENIFL Wilhelm	1980	AUT	27:22.2
20	22	1003	DVORAK Miroslav	1987	CZE	27:24.8
21	9	609	LAHEURTE Maxime	1985	FRA	27:31.3
22	36	247	SPILLANE Johnny	1980	USA	27:34.1
23	13	459	LACROIX Sebastien	1983	FRA	27:41.7
24	49	1029	PITTIN Alessandro	1990	ITA	27:49.9
25	31	727	KATO Taihei	1984	JPN	27:55.1
26	44	349	HURSCHLER Seppi	1983	SUI	28:00.6
27	25	203	HEER Ronny	1981	SUI	28:03.3
28	37	768	MINATO Yusuke	1985	JPN	28:05.1
29	19	1418	BERLOT Gasper	1990	SLO	28:07.0
30	41	1067	FLETCHER Bryan	1986	USA	28:29.2
31	4	1485	NURMSALU Kaarel	1991	EST	28:41.7
32	33	623	HUG Tim	1987	SUI	28:43.6
33	42	1486	PIHO Kail	1991	EST	29:06.8
34	21	216	TAKAHASHI Daito	1980	JPN	29:10.8
35	50	1439	FLETCHER Taylor	1990	USA	29:12.8
36	52	643	MICHIELLI Giuseppe	1985	ITA	29:13.3
37	34	215	CHURAVY Pavel	1977	CZE	29:25.4
38	40	1410	BAUER Armin	1990	ITA	29:25.8
39	29	1434	JELENKO Marjan	1991	SLO	29:36.3
40	47	1488	TIIRMAA Karl-August	1989	EST	30:04.3
41	46	1436	KAMENIK Joze	1991	SLO	30:09.5
42	45	1461	SLOWIOK Pawel	1992	POL	30:17.4
43	55	164	SAVILL Wesley	1989	CAN	30:18.8
44	35	1147	POCHWALA Tomasz	1983	POL	30:22.0
45	28	1479	PANIN Ivan	1987	RUS	30:37.0
46	32	1462	CIESLAR Adam	1992	POL	30:45.2
47	38	1482	VAEHAESOEYRINKI Eetu	1990	FIN	30:48.8
48	48	960	MASLENNIKOV Sergej	1982	RUS	30:58.6
49	26	1689	NABEEV Niyaz	1989	RUS	31:06.4
50	59	100046	PIHO Han-Hendrik	1993	EST	31:47.0
51	53	1548	HAERTULL Jim	1990	FIN	31:47.6
52	58	722	TRACHUK Volodymyr	1985	UKR	32:00.5
53	56	100017	YAHIN Ernest	1991	RUS	32:02.1
54	54	100052	MURAVITSKI Aliaksei	1992	BLR
Did not start
	51	715	ORANIC Mitja	1986	SLO
	43	694	VODSEDALEK Ales	1985	CZE
	24	257	KIRCHEISEN Bjoern	1983	GER
	18	973	MOAN Magnus-H.	1983	NOR
Did not finish
	57	1540	PARKHOMCHUK Andriy	1988	UKR

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