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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RankBibFIS CodeNameYearNationResult
 1 4 1136WATABE Akito 1988 JPN  26:17.2
 2 10 610LAMY CHAPPUIS Jason 1986 FRA  26:35.4
 3 9 8STECHER Mario 1977 AUT  26:44.3
 4 6 1067FLETCHER Bryan 1986 USA  27:11.2
 5 2 419KLEMETSEN Haavard 1979 NOR  27:14.4
 6 1 111BIELER Christoph 1977 AUT  27:18.2
 7 3 351EDELMANN Tino 1985 GER  27:20.5
 8 24 222DEMONG Bill 1980 USA  27:22.2
 9 34 1149KOKSLIEN Mikko 1985 NOR  27:27.1
 10 18 1464RUNGGALDIER Lukas 1987 ITA  27:27.5
 11 8 606BRAUD Francois 1986 FRA  27:28.7
 12 14 727KATO Taihei 1984 JPN  27:34.8
 13 28 1650SCHMID Jan 1983 NOR  27:43.5
 14 16 590RYDZEK Johannes 1991 GER  27:47.1
 15 12 214DENIFL Wilhelm 1980 AUT  27:50.0
 16 37 1410BAUER Armin 1990 ITA  27:58.5
 17 19 1015PICHLMAYER Marco 1987 AUT  27:59.1
 18 32 257KIRCHEISEN Bjoern 1983 GER  27:59.8
 19 15 416SLAVIK Tomas 1981 CZE  28:00.2
 20 38 1439FLETCHER Taylor 1990 USA  28:02.7
 21 36 973MOAN Magnus-H. 1983 NOR  28:03.6
 22 20 1669STORLIEN Gudmund 1990 NOR  28:04.7
 23 17 252GRUBER Bernhard 1982 AUT  28:06.7
 24 26 1050FRENZEL Eric 1988 GER  28:15.6
 25 23 1192DRUML Tomaz 1988 AUT  28:20.3
 26 25 759NAGAI Hideaki 1983 JPN  28:21.5
 27 5 1700WATABE Yoshito 1991 JPN  28:30.1
 28 44 1003DVORAK Miroslav 1987 CZE  28:34.0
 29 45 1486PIHO Kail 1991 EST  28:36.6
 30 13 1482VAEHAESOEYRINKI Eetu 1990 FIN  28:45.8
 31 11 215CHURAVY Pavel 1977 CZE  28:51.6
 32 40 1548HAERTULL Jim 1990 FIN  29:04.3
 33 35 349HURSCHLER Seppi 1983 SUI  29:05.2
 34 29 643MICHIELLI Giuseppe 1985 ITA  29:07.7
 35 7 1413KROG Magnus 1987 NOR  29:20.5
 36 43 592KLAPFER Lukas 1985 AUT  29:22.2
 37 33 347BEETZ Christian 1984 GER  29:23.6
 38 50 768MINATO Yusuke 1985 JPN  29:37.8
 39 42 247SPILLANE Johnny 1980 USA  29:44.8
 40 39 591KAMMERLANDER Tobias 1986 AUT  29:58.6
 41 30 694VODSEDALEK Ales 1985 CZE  30:02.4
 42 22 1737MORWEISER Janis 1991 GER  30:15.5
 43 49 1424HAVRANEK Lukas 1990 CZE  30:38.7
 44 47 1649HENDRICKSON Nick 1991 USA  30:50.2
 45 41 100017YAHIN Ernest 1991 RUS  31:08.2
 46 21 1488TIIRMAA Karl-August 1989 EST  31:09.7
 47 55 1538DENNEY Brett 1990 USA  31:34.8
 48 54 100020SEMENOV Sergei 1989 RUS  31:54.8
 49 52 164SAVILL Wesley 1989 CAN  31:59.5
 50 53 1617JANCIK Lukas 1990 CZE  32:11.8
Disqualified
  44 100002GRAABAK Joergen 1991 NOR  
Did not start
  56 609LAHEURTE Maxime 1985 FRA  
  48 1418BERLOT Gasper 1990 SLO  
  46 467RIESSLE Fabian 1990 GER  
Did not finish
  51 1619RYPL Lukas 1991 CZE  
  31 715ORANIC Mitja 1986 SLO  
  27 459LACROIX Sebastien 1983 FRA  

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