Nordic Combined: Kokslien Wins in Almaty
Today (Feb. 11) , Almaty, Kazakhstan held it’s first ever World Cup Nordic Combined; thousands of spectators attended. Norway’s Mikko Kokslien took the lead, his third career victory. Germany’s Bjoern Kircheisen came in second and Japan’s Akito Watabe finished third.
“This is a very good week for me..I jumped better and better, and my cross-country performance is stable. I’m really looking forward to the rest of the season.” said Kokslien. He remains in fourth place for the men’s overall World Cup standings.
France’s Jason Lamy Chappuis still remains the leader in the World Cup standings, two hundred and five points ahead of Watabe.
The Nordic Combined World Cup will continue tomorrow (Feb. 12) with a second competition in Almaty.
Image of Mikko Kokslien by GEPA
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | |
| 1 | 12 | 1149 | KOKSLIEN Mikko | 1985 | NOR | 25:12.7 | |
| 2 | 4 | 257 | KIRCHEISEN Bjoern | 1983 | GER | 25:19.6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1136 | WATABE Akito | 1988 | JPN | 25:23.3 | |
| 4 | 5 | 610 | LAMY CHAPPUIS Jason | 1986 | FRA | 25:37.0 | |
| 5 | 3 | 609 | LAHEURTE Maxime | 1985 | FRA | 25:40.6 | |
| 6 | 9 | 214 | DENIFL Wilhelm | 1980 | AUT | 25:43.3 | |
| 7 | 8 | 590 | RYDZEK Johannes | 1991 | GER | 25:50.2 | |
| 8 | 11 | 1650 | SCHMID Jan | 1983 | NOR | 25:55.6 | |
| 9 | 21 | 8 | STECHER Mario | 1977 | AUT | 25:59.4 | |
| 10 | 10 | 459 | LACROIX Sebastien | 1983 | FRA | 26:07.2 | |
| 11 | 13 | 467 | RIESSLE Fabian | 1990 | GER | 26:16.7 | |
| 12 | 27 | 100002 | GRAABAK Joergen | 1991 | NOR | 26:18.9 | |
| 13 | 25 | 1003 | DVORAK Miroslav | 1987 | CZE | 26:19.1 | |
| 14 | 30 | 1029 | PITTIN Alessandro | 1990 | ITA | 26:20.3 | |
| 15 | 19 | 606 | BRAUD Francois | 1986 | FRA | 26:29.4 | |
| 16 | 15 | 252 | GRUBER Bernhard | 1982 | AUT | 26:31.6 | |
| 17 | 7 | 111 | BIELER Christoph | 1977 | AUT | 26:46.6 | |
| 18 | 14 | 416 | SLAVIK Tomas | 1981 | CZE | 26:52.8 | |
| 19 | 6 | 1700 | WATABE Yoshito | 1991 | JPN | 27:00.3 | |
| 20 | 20 | 215 | CHURAVY Pavel | 1977 | CZE | 27:07.8 | |
| 21 | 24 | 643 | MICHIELLI Giuseppe | 1985 | ITA | 27:10.7 | |
| 22 | 17 | 727 | KATO Taihei | 1984 | JPN | 27:12.7 | |
| 23 | 23 | 715 | ORANIC Mitja | 1986 | SLO | 27:13.7 | |
| 24 | 38 | 1192 | DRUML Tomaz | 1988 | AUT | 27:23.5 | |
| 25 | 16 | 1418 | BERLOT Gasper | 1990 | SLO | 27:46.4 | |
| 26 | 37 | 1015 | PICHLMAYER Marco | 1987 | AUT | 27:48.2 | |
| 27 | 28 | 347 | BEETZ Christian | 1984 | GER | 27:48.7 | |
| 28 | 35 | 768 | MINATO Yusuke | 1985 | JPN | 27:49.7 | |
| 29 | 26 | 1434 | JELENKO Marjan | 1991 | SLO | 27:51.6 | |
| 30 | 33 | 1615 | SCHNEIDER Sepp | 1991 | AUT | 27:57.6 | |
| 31 | 29 | 1210 | KAMMERLANDER Carlos | 1989 | AUT | 28:02.0 | |
| 32 | 43 | 1464 | RUNGGALDIER Lukas | 1987 | ITA | 28:03.9 | |
| 33 | 22 | 100017 | YAHIN Ernest | 1991 | RUS | 28:16.1 | |
| 34 | 44 | 1486 | PIHO Kail | 1991 | EST | 28:22.2 | |
| 35 | 40 | 349 | HURSCHLER Seppi | 1983 | SUI | 28:24.5 | |
| 36 | 31 | 1479 | PANIN Ivan | 1987 | RUS | 28:37.8 | |
| 37 | 42 | 1410 | BAUER Armin | 1990 | ITA | 28:42.4 | |
| 38 | 36 | 694 | VODSEDALEK Ales | 1985 | CZE | 29:11.3 | |
| 39 | 32 | 1300 | DUENKEL Michael | 1989 | GER | 29:21.4 | |
| 40 | 34 | 1737 | MORWEISER Janis | 1991 | GER | 29:38.5 | |
| 41 | 46 | 164 | SAVILL Wesley | 1989 | CAN | 31:31.9 | |
| 42 | 39 | 1532 | SHARABAYEV Sergej | 1986 | KAZ | ||
| Disqualified | |||||||
| 18 | 973 | MOAN Magnus-H. | 1983 | NOR | |||
| Did not start | |||||||
| 45 | 1534 | POLUSHIN Vladimir | 1988 | KAZ | |||
| 41 | 1531 | SOKOLENKO Konstantin | 1987 | KAZ | |||
| Did not finish | |||||||
| 2 | 1050 | FRENZEL Eric | 1988 | GER | |||
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