Nordic Combined: Demong wins in Klingethal
American nordic combined skier Bill Demong won his third World Cup event of the season in Klingethal, Germany today. The win marks the 28-year-old’s sixth career World Cup victory and puts him in fourth place in the cup standings. He finished seventh in the jump event, then sealed the win with a second place finish in the cross country portion.
Frenchman Jason Lamy Chappuis finished second, and the Czech Republic’s Pavel Churravy finished third.
American Johnny Spillane took the day’s final top-ten spot.
The win is a gives Demong good momentum heading into the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, which kick off this Thursday in Liberec, Czech Republic.
American nordic combined skier Bill Demong won his third World Cup event of the season in Klingethal, Germany today. The win marks the 28-year-old’s sixth career World Cup victory and puts him in fourth place in the cup standings. He finished seventh in the jump event, then sealed the win with a second place finish in the cross country portion.
“It was pretty windy, but it was an awesome competition. It was pretty intense – people were going really far, really short – some of it had to do with conditions and some of it had to do with confidence,” Demong said. “It was fun and it’s a good way to end the first weekend back in Europe.”
Frenchman Jason Lamy Chappuis finished second, and the Czech Republic’s Pavel Churravy finished third.
“Billy won today, which is great, but it’s still not even his best. We know that he can jump better,” U.S. nordic combined head coach Dave Jarrett said.
American Johnny Spillane took the day’s final top-ten spot.
“Today confirms we are on the right track not only with Billy, but with Johnny and we’ll see where Todd is when he gets here,” Jarrett said. “Johnny jumped much better than he has been and is closer to being where he’s capable of being.”
The win is a gives Demong good momentum heading into the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, which kick off this Thursday in Liberec, Czech Republic.
“It’s good for confidence, for sure, to finish on a victory here,” Demong said. “It doesn’t really change how I approach the competitions … than hopefully being able, even more, to be on auto pilot.”
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | |
1 | 7 | 222 | DEMONG Bill | 1980 | USA | 27:04.4 | |
2 | 2 | 610 | LAMY CHAPPUIS Jason | 1986 | FRA | 27:05.0 | |
3 | 1 | 215 | CHURAVY Pavel | 1977 | CZE | 27:06.1 | |
4 | 15 | 973 | MOAN Magnus-H. | 1983 | NOR | 27:16.1 | |
5 | 3 | 416 | SLAVIK Tomas | 1981 | CZE | 27:19.6 | |
6 | 5 | 1050 | FRENZEL Eric | 1988 | GER | 27:29.5 | |
7 | 6 | 1156 | KOIVURANTA Anssi | 1988 | FIN | 27:37.0 | |
8 | 9 | 351 | EDELMANN Tino | 1985 | GER | 28:07.8 | |
9 | 8 | 252 | GRUBER Bernhard | 1982 | AUT | 28:09.3 | |
10 | 17 | 247 | SPILLANE Johnny | 1980 | USA | 28:11.4 | |
11 | 21 | 1149 | KOKSLIEN Mikko | 1985 | NOR | 28:15.3 | |
12 | 19 | 606 | BRAUD Francois | 1986 | FRA | 28:56.6 | |
13 | 16 | 198 | TALLUS Jaakko | 1981 | FIN | 28:56.9 | |
14 | 18 | 590 | RYDZEK Johannes | 1991 | GER | 28:57.0 | |
15 | 11 | 683 | RIAN Espen | 1981 | NOR | 28:58.4 | |
16 | 13 | 609 | LAHEURTE Maxime | 1985 | FRA | 29:04.3 | |
17 | 12 | 727 | KATO Taihei | 1984 | JPN | 29:04.8 | |
18 | 10 | 214 | DENIFL Wilhelm | 1980 | AUT | 29:06.5 | |
19 | 25 | 1003 | DVORAK Miroslav | 1987 | CZE | 29:08.7 | |
20 | 23 | 768 | MINATO Yusuke | 1985 | JPN | 29:12.1 | |
21 | 4 | 604 | ZAUNER David | 1985 | AUT | 29:12.2 | |
22 | 27 | 1650 | SCHMID Jan | 1983 | NOR | 29:36.4 | |
23 | 31 | 1015 | PICHLMAYER Marco | 1987 | AUT | 29:38.9 | |
24 | 28 | 459 | LACROIX Sebastien | 1983 | FRA | 29:39.3 | |
25 | 22 | 981 | CAMEROTA Eric | 1985 | USA | 30:05.0 | |
26 | 32 | 1063 | WELDE Ruben | 1988 | GER | 30:21.1 | |
27 | 26 | 591 | KAMMERLANDER Tobias | 1986 | AUT | 30:24.6 | |
28 | 20 | 1215 | WEISS Johannes | 1989 | AUT | 30:31.8 | |
29 | 44 | 1192 | DRUML Tomaz | 1988 | AUT | 30:37.2 | |
30 | 41 | 1164 | FELISAZ Jonathan | 1985 | FRA | 30:48.6 | |
31 | 37 | 217 | HETTICH Georg | 1978 | GER | 30:52.7 | |
32 | 49 | 1136 | WATABE Akito | 1988 | JPN | 31:03.7 | |
33 | 36 | 1300 | DUENKEL Michael | 1989 | GER | 31:07.9 | |
34 | 51 | 1067 | FLETCHER Bryan | 1986 | USA | 31:44.9 | |
35 | 40 | 694 | VODSEDALEK Ales | 1985 | CZE | 31:55.9 | |
36 | 54 | 249 | MYSLICKI Jason | 1977 | CAN | 32:06.6 | |
37 | 34 | 653 | ENGLERT Toni | 1988 | GER | 32:12.3 | |
38 | 35 | 357 | SOBOLEV Ivan | 1983 | BLR | 32:24.5 | |
39 | 30 | 1689 | NABEEV Niyaz | 1989 | RUS | 32:49.1 | |
40 | 56 | 1151 | KAMENEV Anton | 1986 | RUS | 33:04.3 | |
41 | 48 | 1469 | MAKA Marcin | 1985 | POL | 34:03.3 | |
42 | 52 | 1485 | NURMSALU Kaarel | 1991 | EST | 34:29.1 | |
43 | 59 | 1548 | HAERTULL Jim | 1990 | FIN | 34:33.4 | |
44 | 55 | 1228 | LEETOJA Aldo | 1988 | EST | LAP | |
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58 | 349 | HURSCHLER Seppi | 1983 | SUI | |||
57 | 1531 | SOKOLENKO Konstantin | 1987 | KAZ | |||
53 | 257 | KIRCHEISEN Bjoern | 1983 | GER | |||
50 | 621 | HOLLENSTEIN Michael | 1984 | SUI | |||
47 | 291 | FIRN Johannes | 1990 | GER | |||
46 | 715 | ORANIC Mitja | 1986 | SLO | |||
45 | 960 | MASLENNIKOV Sergej | 1982 | RUS | |||
43 | 677 | TUSS Stefan | 1988 | GER | |||
43 | 216 | TAKAHASHI Daito | 1980 | JPN | |||
42 | 294 | GUENTER Andreas | 1988 | GER | |||
39 | 1147 | POCHWALA Tomasz | 1983 | POL | |||
38 | 1218 | BIERI Joel | 1989 | SUI | |||
33 | 1534 | POLUSHIN Vladimir | 1988 | KAZ | |||
29 | 205 | KOBAYASHI Norihito | 1982 | JPN | |||
24 | 1152 | RYYNAENEN Janne | 1988 | FIN | |||
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14 | 254 | MENZ Matthias | 1981 | GER |