Nordic Combined: Watabe Wins, Fletcher leads U.S. in Liberec
Japan’s Akito Watabe took the win at today’s (Feb. 26) World Cup Nordic Combined in Liberec, Czech Republic in front of France’s Jason Lamy Chappuis. In the overall standing, Chappuis leads, 183 points ahead of Watabe. Austrian Mario Stecher placed third.
“I’m very tired today. It was a difficult competition with the changing conditions at the Ski Jumping and a very deep and soft track.” Said Watabe, “It will be difficult to catch Jason Lamy Chappuis.”
American Bryan Fletcher scored a career best World Cup result, finishing fourth. At the midway mark, Fletcher stood in sixth with a 40 second deficit, and managed to ski strong to land one off the podium. Teammate Billy Demong broke into the top ten, finishing eighth.
“Bryan is getting closer and closer to the podium. It will come. He did a good job today but wasn’t quite as strong as Jason and Mario.” Said head coach Dave Jarrett
The men’s World Cup Nordic Combined will go on with an Individual Gundersen competition and a Team Sprint in Lahti next weekend.
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Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | |
1 | 4 | 1136 | WATABE Akito | 1988 | JPN | 26:17.2 | |
2 | 10 | 610 | LAMY CHAPPUIS Jason | 1986 | FRA | 26:35.4 | |
3 | 9 | 8 | STECHER Mario | 1977 | AUT | 26:44.3 | |
4 | 6 | 1067 | FLETCHER Bryan | 1986 | USA | 27:11.2 | |
5 | 2 | 419 | KLEMETSEN Haavard | 1979 | NOR | 27:14.4 | |
6 | 1 | 111 | BIELER Christoph | 1977 | AUT | 27:18.2 | |
7 | 3 | 351 | EDELMANN Tino | 1985 | GER | 27:20.5 | |
8 | 24 | 222 | DEMONG Bill | 1980 | USA | 27:22.2 | |
9 | 34 | 1149 | KOKSLIEN Mikko | 1985 | NOR | 27:27.1 | |
10 | 18 | 1464 | RUNGGALDIER Lukas | 1987 | ITA | 27:27.5 | |
11 | 8 | 606 | BRAUD Francois | 1986 | FRA | 27:28.7 | |
12 | 14 | 727 | KATO Taihei | 1984 | JPN | 27:34.8 | |
13 | 28 | 1650 | SCHMID Jan | 1983 | NOR | 27:43.5 | |
14 | 16 | 590 | RYDZEK Johannes | 1991 | GER | 27:47.1 | |
15 | 12 | 214 | DENIFL Wilhelm | 1980 | AUT | 27:50.0 | |
16 | 37 | 1410 | BAUER Armin | 1990 | ITA | 27:58.5 | |
17 | 19 | 1015 | PICHLMAYER Marco | 1987 | AUT | 27:59.1 | |
18 | 32 | 257 | KIRCHEISEN Bjoern | 1983 | GER | 27:59.8 | |
19 | 15 | 416 | SLAVIK Tomas | 1981 | CZE | 28:00.2 | |
20 | 38 | 1439 | FLETCHER Taylor | 1990 | USA | 28:02.7 | |
21 | 36 | 973 | MOAN Magnus-H. | 1983 | NOR | 28:03.6 | |
22 | 20 | 1669 | STORLIEN Gudmund | 1990 | NOR | 28:04.7 | |
23 | 17 | 252 | GRUBER Bernhard | 1982 | AUT | 28:06.7 | |
24 | 26 | 1050 | FRENZEL Eric | 1988 | GER | 28:15.6 | |
25 | 23 | 1192 | DRUML Tomaz | 1988 | AUT | 28:20.3 | |
26 | 25 | 759 | NAGAI Hideaki | 1983 | JPN | 28:21.5 | |
27 | 5 | 1700 | WATABE Yoshito | 1991 | JPN | 28:30.1 | |
28 | 44 | 1003 | DVORAK Miroslav | 1987 | CZE | 28:34.0 | |
29 | 45 | 1486 | PIHO Kail | 1991 | EST | 28:36.6 | |
30 | 13 | 1482 | VAEHAESOEYRINKI Eetu | 1990 | FIN | 28:45.8 | |
31 | 11 | 215 | CHURAVY Pavel | 1977 | CZE | 28:51.6 | |
32 | 40 | 1548 | HAERTULL Jim | 1990 | FIN | 29:04.3 | |
33 | 35 | 349 | HURSCHLER Seppi | 1983 | SUI | 29:05.2 | |
34 | 29 | 643 | MICHIELLI Giuseppe | 1985 | ITA | 29:07.7 | |
35 | 7 | 1413 | KROG Magnus | 1987 | NOR | 29:20.5 | |
36 | 43 | 592 | KLAPFER Lukas | 1985 | AUT | 29:22.2 | |
37 | 33 | 347 | BEETZ Christian | 1984 | GER | 29:23.6 | |
38 | 50 | 768 | MINATO Yusuke | 1985 | JPN | 29:37.8 | |
39 | 42 | 247 | SPILLANE Johnny | 1980 | USA | 29:44.8 | |
40 | 39 | 591 | KAMMERLANDER Tobias | 1986 | AUT | 29:58.6 | |
41 | 30 | 694 | VODSEDALEK Ales | 1985 | CZE | 30:02.4 | |
42 | 22 | 1737 | MORWEISER Janis | 1991 | GER | 30:15.5 | |
43 | 49 | 1424 | HAVRANEK Lukas | 1990 | CZE | 30:38.7 | |
44 | 47 | 1649 | HENDRICKSON Nick | 1991 | USA | 30:50.2 | |
45 | 41 | 100017 | YAHIN Ernest | 1991 | RUS | 31:08.2 | |
46 | 21 | 1488 | TIIRMAA Karl-August | 1989 | EST | 31:09.7 | |
47 | 55 | 1538 | DENNEY Brett | 1990 | USA | 31:34.8 | |
48 | 54 | 100020 | SEMENOV Sergei | 1989 | RUS | 31:54.8 | |
49 | 52 | 164 | SAVILL Wesley | 1989 | CAN | 31:59.5 | |
50 | 53 | 1617 | JANCIK Lukas | 1990 | CZE | 32:11.8 | |
Disqualified | |||||||
44 | 100002 | GRAABAK Joergen | 1991 | NOR | |||
Did not start | |||||||
56 | 609 | LAHEURTE Maxime | 1985 | FRA | |||
48 | 1418 | BERLOT Gasper | 1990 | SLO | |||
46 | 467 | RIESSLE Fabian | 1990 | GER | |||
Did not finish | |||||||
51 | 1619 | RYPL Lukas | 1991 | CZE | |||
31 | 715 | ORANIC Mitja | 1986 | SLO | |||
27 | 459 | LACROIX Sebastien | 1983 | FRA |