It took a photo finish to decide, but Austria won the large hill event over Germany to win both Nordic Combined gold medals at the Nordic World Championships today (March 4).

Mario Stecher edged Tino Edelmann at the line for the narrow margin of victory. Norway added a medal to their haul winning bronze.

France, which led after the ski jump, finished fourth, 51.9 seconds off the pace.

The result mirrored the small hill team competition: Austria-Germany-Norway, right down to Stecher out-sprinting Edelmann in the final leg.

The U.S. team of Bill Demong, Bryan Fletcher, Johnny Spillane and Todd Lodwick finished sixth.

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