Nordic Combined: Demong wins last race, Koivuranta takes title
American World Champion nordic combined skier Billy Demong ended the 2009 World Cup season with a gold medal around his neck today, winning a competition in Vinkersund, Norway.
The New York native finished today’s jumping portion in 17th then powered his way through the competition to beat second-place finisher, Norway’s Petter Tande, by 9.8 seconds. Tande’s teammate Mikko Kokslien added another medal for the home team today, pulling in the bronze.
The win marked Demong’s fifth win of the season, he added five more podiums to finish the season third in the overall standings with 1160 points.
Finn Anssi Koivuranta (eighth today) took home the crystal globe as the 2009 World Cup title holder. He won seven competitions this season and had 15 top-three finishes for a total of 1461 points. The 21-year-old had never won a World Cup competition before this year. He beat runner-up, Norwegian Magnus Moan by 111 points. Moan had seven wins of his own this year, his best year ever, bet fell short with five less top-three finishes than Koivuranta. He finished 13th today.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
DKB FIS NORDIC COMBINED WORLD CUP
Vikersund, Norway – March 15, 2009
Individual Gundersen Start – HS117
(jump rank, XC rank, time back)
1. Billy Demong, Vermontville, NY, (17/2) 26:31.6
2. Petter Tande, Norway, (12/7) +9.8
3. Mikko Kokslien, Norway (34/1) +10.3
4. Jason Lamy Chappuis, France, (17/4) +15.6
5. Janne Ryynaenen, Finland, (10/9) +22.9
American World Champion nordic combined skier Billy Demong ended the 2009 World Cup season with the “King’s Cup” in his hands, winning a competition in Vinkersund, Norway.
“It is a nice to finish the season with five podium places in the last five competitions,” said Demong. “These results give me a lot of motivation to start the training in view of the next season. In 2009/10, the focus is on the Olympic Winter Games, but I’d like to compete for the overall in two year’s time.”
The New York native finished today’s jumping portion in 17th then powered his way through the competition to beat second-place finisher, Norway’s Petter Tande, by 9.8 seconds. Tande’s teammate Mikko Kokslien added another medal for the home team today, pulling in the bronze.
The win marked Demong’s fifth win of the season, he added five more podiums to finish the season third in the overall standings with 1160 points.
Finn Anssi Koivuranta (eighth today) took home the crystal globe as the 2009 World Cup title holder. He won seven competitions this season and had 15 top-three finishes for a total of 1461 points. The 21-year-old had never won a World Cup competition before this year. He beat runner-up, Norwegian Magnus Moan by 111 points. Moan had seven wins of his own this year, his best year ever, bet fell short with five less top-three finishes than Koivuranta. He finished 13th today.
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | |
| 1 | 17 | 222 | DEMONG Bill | 1980 | USA | 26:31.6 | |
| 2 | 12 | 680 | TANDE Petter L. | 1985 | NOR | 26:41.4 | |
| 3 | 34 | 1149 | KOKSLIEN Mikko | 1985 | NOR | 26:41.9 | |
| 4 | 18 | 610 | LAMY CHAPPUIS Jason | 1986 | FRA | 26:47.2 | |
| 5 | 10 | 1152 | RYYNAENEN Janne | 1988 | FIN | 26:54.5 | |
| 6 | 5 | 606 | BRAUD Francois | 1986 | FRA | 26:56.6 | |
| 7 | 23 | 205 | KOBAYASHI Norihito | 1982 | JPN | 26:59.8 | |
| 8 | 4 | 1156 | KOIVURANTA Anssi | 1988 | FIN | 27:03.0 | |
| 9 | 29 | 257 | KIRCHEISEN Bjoern | 1983 | GER | 27:03.4 | |
| 10 | 14 | 1050 | FRENZEL Eric | 1988 | GER | 27:04.4 | |
| 11 | 3 | 252 | GRUBER Bernhard | 1982 | AUT | 27:07.1 | |
| 12 | 1 | 111 | BIELER Christoph | 1977 | AUT | 27:13.8 | |
| 13 | 43 | 973 | MOAN Magnus-H. | 1983 | NOR | 27:28.1 | |
| 14 | 26 | 1003 | DVORAK Miroslav | 1987 | CZE | 27:32.8 | |
| 15 | 11 | 215 | CHURAVY Pavel | 1977 | CZE | 27:34.6 | |
| 16 | 9 | 419 | KLEMETSEN Haavard | 1979 | NOR | 27:40.8 | |
| 17 | 41 | 200 | HASENEY Sebastian | 1978 | GER | 27:48.5 | |
| 18 | 30 | 351 | EDELMANN Tino | 1985 | GER | 27:52.1 | |
| 19 | 24 | 416 | SLAVIK Tomas | 1981 | CZE | 27:56.4 | |
| 20 | 7 | 216 | TAKAHASHI Daito | 1980 | JPN | 28:01.1 | |
| 21 | 32 | 349 | HURSCHLER Seppi | 1983 | SUI | 28:04.1 | |
| 22 | 48 | 1650 | SCHMID Jan | 1983 | NOR | 28:06.7 | |
| 23 | 25 | 590 | RYDZEK Johannes | 1991 | GER | 28:08.3 | |
| 24 | 38 | 8 | STECHER Mario | 1977 | AUT | 28:11.5 | |
| 25 | 2 | 727 | KATO Taihei | 1984 | JPN | 28:17.5 | |
| 26 | 13 | 198 | TALLUS Jaakko | 1981 | FIN | 28:21.5 | |
| 27 | 19 | 683 | RIAN Espen | 1981 | NOR | 28:31.3 | |
| 28 | 20 | 623 | HUG Tim | 1987 | SUI | 28:36.1 | |
| 29 | 8 | 214 | DENIFL Wilhelm | 1980 | AUT | 28:42.6 | |
| 30 | 54 | 1621 | STORLIEN Ole Martin | 1988 | NOR | 28:44.5 | |
| 31 | 15 | 294 | GUENTER Andreas | 1988 | GER | 28:49.6 | |
| 32 | 21 | 981 | CAMEROTA Eric | 1985 | USA | 28:53.1 | |
| 33 | 45 | 609 | LAHEURTE Maxime | 1985 | FRA | 28:58.3 | |
| 34 | 35 | 203 | HEER Ronny | 1981 | SUI | 29:01.8 | |
| 35 | 46 | 1015 | PICHLMAYER Marco | 1987 | AUT | 29:10.1 | |
| 36 | 36 | 768 | MINATO Yusuke | 1985 | JPN | 29:12.6 | |
| 37 | 42 | 459 | LACROIX Sebastien | 1983 | FRA | 29:14.9 | |
| 38 | 47 | 1660 | WENDEL Ole-Christian | 1992 | NOR | 29:16.5 | |
| 39 | 40 | 217 | HETTICH Georg | 1978 | GER | 29:19.8 | |
| 40 | 39 | 1474 | TUPPURAINEN Ville | 1988 | FIN | 29:25.2 | |
| 41 | 16 | 694 | VODSEDALEK Ales | 1985 | CZE | 29:27.6 | |
| 42 | 50 | 989 | CAMEROTA Brett | 1985 | USA | 29:36.7 | |
| 43 | 44 | 715 | ORANIC Mitja | 1986 | SLO | 29:39.5 | |
| 44 | 49 | 1067 | FLETCHER Bryan | 1986 | USA | 29:40.6 | |
| 45 | 53 | 643 | MICHIELLI Giuseppe | 1985 | ITA | 29:40.8 | |
| 46 | 57 | 1414 | NERMOEN Jonas | 1986 | NOR | 29:43.5 | |
| 47 | 37 | 1469 | MAKA Marcin | 1985 | POL | 29:47.6 | |
| 48 | 6 | 1479 | PANIN Ivan | 1987 | RUS | 29:54.9 | |
| 49 | 31 | 592 | KLAPFER Lukas | 1985 | AUT | 30:11.3 | |
| 50 | 58 | 1387 | AAM Torkild Rasmussen | 1986 | NOR | 30:12.0 | |
| 51 | 27 | 653 | ENGLERT Toni | 1988 | GER | 30:25.6 | |
| 52 | 56 | 1464 | RUNGGALDIER Lukas | 1987 | ITA | 30:42.0 | |
| 53 | 52 | 1164 | FELISAZ Jonathan | 1985 | FRA | 31:21.4 | |
| 54 | 59 | 1027 | PESELJ Felix | 1990 | ITA | 31:43.2 | |
| 55 | 28 | 1689 | NABEEV Niyaz | 1989 | RUS | 31:44.0 | |
| 56 | 33 | 1461 | SLOWIOK Pawel | 1992 | POL | 31:50.2 | |
| 57 | 51 | 1563 | RUNGGALDIER Mattia | 1992 | ITA | 32:14.3 | |
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| 55 | 1136 | WATABE Akito | 1988 | JPN | |||
| 3 | 1413 | KROG Magnus | 1987 | NOR | |||
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| 22 | 971 | BJOERN Jan Christian | 1984 | NOR | |||
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