Photo finish decides Nordic Combined lg hill team gold

By Published On: March 4th, 2011Comments Off on Photo finish decides Nordic Combined lg hill team gold

It took a photo finish to decide, but Austria won the large hill event over Germany to win both Nordic Combined gold medals at the Nordic World Championships today (March 4).

Mario Stecher edged Tino Edelmann at the line for the narrow margin of victory. Norway added a medal to their haul winning bronze.

France, which led after the ski jump, finished fourth, 51.9 seconds off the pace.

The result mirrored the small hill team competition: Austria-Germany-Norway, right down to Stecher out-sprinting Edelmann in the final leg.

The U.S. team of Bill Demong, Bryan Fletcher, Johnny Spillane and Todd Lodwick finished sixth.

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Place   Oslo
(NOR)
  Discipline   Team HS134/4×5 Km
Date   04.03.2011   Category   World Ski Championships
Race codex   4031   Gender   M
    TD Name   Heilig John R. (CAN)
       
  
Rank Bib Name Nation Result
 1 Austria      AUT 47:12.3
    GRUBER Bernhard     
    KREINER David     
    GOTTWALD Felix     
    STECHER Mario     
 2 Germany      GER +47:12.4
    RYDZEK Johannes     
    KIRCHEISEN Bjoern     
    FRENZEL Eric     
    EDELMANN Tino     
 3 Norway      NOR +47:52.9
    KOKSLIEN Mikko     
    KLEMETSEN Haavard     
    SCHMID Jan     
    MOAN Magnus-H.     
 4 France      FRA +48:04.2
    LACROIX Sebastien     
    LAHEURTE Maxime     
    BRAUD Francois     
    LAMY CHAPPUIS Jason     
 5 Japan      JPN +48:43.7
    WATABE Akito     
    KATO Taihei     
    MINATO Yusuke     
    KOBAYASHI Norihito     
 6 United States      USA +48:56.3
    DEMONG Bill     
    FLETCHER Bryan     
    SPILLANE Johnny     
    LODWICK Todd     
 7 Italy      ITA +49:57.9
    MICHIELLI Giuseppe     
    BAUER Armin     
    RUNGGALDIER Lukas     
    PITTIN Alessandro     
 8 Switzerland      SUI +50:17.1
    HEER Ronny     
    HURSCHLER Seppi     
    HUG Tim     
    SCHMID Tommy     
 9 Czech Republic      CZE +50:17.5
    DVORAK Miroslav     
    SLAVIK Tomas     
    VODSEDALEK Ales     
    CHURAVY Pavel     
 10 Slovenia      SLO +51:14.1
    ORANIC Mitja     
    JELENKO Marjan     
    KAMENIK Joze     
    BERLOT Gasper     
 11 Russian Federation      RUS +53:52.2
    PANIN Ivan     
    MATVEEV Dimitry     
    NABEEV Niyaz     
    MASLENNIKOV Sergej   

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About the Author: Hank McKee

In memoriam: The veteran of the staff, McKee started with Ski Racing in 1980. Over the seasons, he covered virtually every aspect of the sport, from the pro tours to junior racing, freestyle and World Cup alpine competition. He wrote the first national stories for many U.S. team stars, and was still around to report on their retirements. “Longevity has its rewards,” he said, “but it’s a slow process.”