Nordic Combined: Moan wins in Lahti, Demong third
Magnus Moan of Norway won a World Cup nordic combined event today on the second day of competition in Lahti, Finland. He overcame finishing 20th in the jumping portion of the event to win the cross country section and the overall victory ahead of World Cup leader, Finland’s Anssi Koivurant in second and yesterday’s winner, American World Champion Bill Demong in third. Koivurant double his previous day’s result with another sliver.
The win was Moan’s seventh World Cup win of the season. Koivurant notched his 14th trip to a World Cup podium this year, while Demong celebrated his eighth.
Koivurant now leads Moan in the overall standings by 59 points. Demong is 349 back in third.
Two competitions remain on this year’s World Cup schedule, both at the finals in Vikersund, Norway, March 14-15.
Magnus Moan of Norway won a World Cup nordic combined event today on the second day of competition in Lahti, Finland. He overcame finishing 20th in the jumping portion of the event to win the cross country section and the overall victory ahead of World Cup leader, Finland’s Anssi Koivurant in second and yesterday’s winner, American World Champion Bill Demong in third. Koivurant double his previous day’s result with another sliver.
The exciting finish took place in front of ten thousand spectators as Moan came from behind to overtake Koivurant in a photo finish.
“This was the most important sprint of my entire career. I showed a good jump but had to start almost two minutes behind Anssi. Therefore, it was a hard and tough race,” said Moan. “I did not think to win the competition; I just wanted to earn as much points as possible. Today, the race showed that you never should lose hope; and that you should believe that everything is possible.”
The win was Moan’s seventh World Cup win of the season. Koivurant notched his 14th trip to a World Cup podium this year, while Demong celebrated his eighth.
After coming out of the jump in fourth place, Demong struggled early in the cross country race. “I had another really good day on the jump hill. I felt pretty good physically and I thought it was going to be a little bit easier, but I made the mistake of going out a little too hard and struggled in the second half of the race,” Demong said. “I just went dead trying to stay the last lap and a half. It wasn’t as good a tactical race as it was yesterday, but I’m still happy with third place.”
Koivurant now leads Moan in the overall standings by 59 points. Demong is 349 back in third.
“It was a great feeling competing in front of a home crowd, and they gave me the strength to attack Bill Demong in the last of the four laps,” said Koivurant. “Now, I have 59 points advantage, and I guess that the races in Vikersund will become very interesting. I know that I have to be really strong over there to win the overall World Cup because Magnus is like a bull on the track.”
Two competitions remain on this year’s World Cup schedule, both at the finals in Vikersund, Norway, March 14-15.
“I have a good feeling and I’m hoping to keep it rolling. I’ve been a little bit tired on the cross country course, but I’m hoping to turn that around a little next weekend by resting more,” Demong said. “I’m psyched. I’m definitely in a good fight now for third overall and it looks good right now. I’m just hoping to keep the hammer down through the end.”
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | |
1 | 20 | 973 | MOAN Magnus-H. | 1983 | NOR | 26:34.5 | |
2 | 1 | 1156 | KOIVURANTA Anssi | 1988 | FIN | 26:34.5 | |
3 | 4 | 222 | DEMONG Bill | 1980 | USA | 26:37.0 | |
4 | 5 | 1050 | FRENZEL Eric | 1988 | GER | 26:46.9 | |
5 | 12 | 680 | TANDE Petter L. | 1985 | NOR | 26:52.8 | |
6 | 7 | 610 | LAMY CHAPPUIS Jason | 1986 | FRA | 26:53.3 | |
7 | 2 | 215 | CHURAVY Pavel | 1977 | CZE | 26:54.1 | |
8 | 13 | 1029 | PITTIN Alessandro | 1990 | ITA | 27:04.7 | |
9 | 6 | 111 | BIELER Christoph | 1977 | AUT | 27:12.7 | |
10 | 8 | 216 | TAKAHASHI Daito | 1980 | JPN | 27:16.8 | |
11 | 21 | 205 | KOBAYASHI Norihito | 1982 | JPN | 27:46.8 | |
12 | 29 | 1650 | SCHMID Jan | 1983 | NOR | 27:53.5 | |
13 | 19 | 416 | SLAVIK Tomas | 1981 | CZE | 27:54.4 | |
14 | 15 | 419 | KLEMETSEN Haavard | 1979 | NOR | 28:05.0 | |
15 | 30 | 257 | KIRCHEISEN Bjoern | 1983 | GER | 28:07.4 | |
16 | 10 | 609 | LAHEURTE Maxime | 1985 | FRA | 28:18.6 | |
17 | 43 | 1149 | KOKSLIEN Mikko | 1985 | NOR | 28:25.4 | |
18 | 39 | 200 | HASENEY Sebastian | 1978 | GER | 28:27.3 | |
19 | 37 | 203 | HEER Ronny | 1981 | SUI | 28:28.3 | |
20 | 11 | 294 | GUENTER Andreas | 1988 | GER | 28:29.0 | |
21 | 22 | 252 | GRUBER Bernhard | 1982 | AUT | 28:29.2 | |
22 | 14 | 198 | TALLUS Jaakko | 1981 | FIN | 28:37.0 | |
23 | 9 | 694 | VODSEDALEK Ales | 1985 | CZE | 28:43.9 | |
24 | 33 | 1015 | PICHLMAYER Marco | 1987 | AUT | 28:49.6 | |
25 | 28 | 606 | BRAUD Francois | 1986 | FRA | 28:51.3 | |
26 | 26 | 727 | KATO Taihei | 1984 | JPN | 28:53.4 | |
27 | 3 | 1473 | ASIKAINEN Lauri | 1989 | FIN | 29:04.2 | |
28 | 16 | 623 | HUG Tim | 1987 | SUI | 29:13.7 | |
29 | 24 | 1164 | FELISAZ Jonathan | 1985 | FRA | 29:17.6 | |
30 | 38 | 8 | STECHER Mario | 1977 | AUT | 29:17.9 | |
31 | 34 | 1660 | WENDEL Ole-Christian | 1992 | NOR | 29:34.4 | |
32 | 25 | 1410 | BAUER Armin | 1990 | ITA | 29:35.1 | |
33 | 40 | 590 | RYDZEK Johannes | 1991 | GER | 29:38.9 | |
34 | 31 | 217 | HETTICH Georg | 1978 | GER | 29:50.1 | |
35 | 42 | 1067 | FLETCHER Bryan | 1986 | USA | 29:52.5 | |
36 | 46 | 1003 | DVORAK Miroslav | 1987 | CZE | 29:58.3 | |
37 | 44 | 683 | RIAN Espen | 1981 | NOR | 29:59.6 | |
38 | 32 | 592 | KLAPFER Lukas | 1985 | AUT | 30:12.4 | |
39 | 18 | 604 | ZAUNER David | 1985 | AUT | 30:15.1 | |
40 | 36 | 247 | SPILLANE Johnny | 1980 | USA | 30:47.8 | |
41 | 51 | 643 | MICHIELLI Giuseppe | 1985 | ITA | 31:27.1 | |
42 | 35 | 1474 | TUPPURAINEN Ville | 1988 | FIN | 31:38.7 | |
43 | 27 | 1228 | LEETOJA Aldo | 1988 | EST | 32:13.9 | |
44 | 52 | 1486 | PIHO Kail | 1991 | EST | 32:19.8 | |
45 | 41 | 981 | CAMEROTA Eric | 1985 | USA | 32:47.0 | |
46 | 17 | 1553 | KUHLBERG Mikael | 1990 | FIN | 32:56.1 | |
47 | 48 | 705 | KAEHKOENEN Ville | 1984 | FIN | 33:24.7 | |
48 | 50 | 1548 | HAERTULL Jim | 1990 | FIN | 35:11.1 | |
Disqualified | |||||||
10 | 164 | SAVILL Wesley | 1989 | CAN | |||
Did not start | |||||||
53 | 349 | HURSCHLER Seppi | 1983 | SUI | |||
49 | 351 | EDELMANN Tino | 1985 | GER | |||
49 | 1152 | RYYNAENEN Janne | 1988 | FIN | |||
47 | 1136 | WATABE Akito | 1988 | JPN | |||
45 | 653 | ENGLERT Toni | 1988 | GER | |||
40 | 459 | LACROIX Sebastien | 1983 | FRA | |||
28 | 768 | MINATO Yusuke | 1985 | JPN | |||
24 | 715 | ORANIC Mitja | 1986 | SLO | |||
9 | 637 | BRESADOLA Davide | 1988 | ITA | |||
Did not finish | |||||||
23 | 214 | DENIFL Wilhelm | 1980 | AUT |