A Japanese annoys the Germans – Costa 20.

20 individual competitions have been held in the Nordic Combined World Cup so far this season. The winner came from Germany a whopping 18 times. The only athlete who sometimes overtook the Germans? The Japanese Akito Watabe. After the competition in Sapporo a month ago, he now also won the one in Oslo. On Saturday, after a thrilling finish sprint duel with Eric Frenzel, he prevailed by a measly 0,4 seconds. Björn Kircheisen came third, 14 seconds behind.

Since world champion Johannes Rydzek only managed fourth place, the battle for the overall ranking will be very exciting: Rydzek is in first place with 1440 points, but is only six points ahead of his teammate Eric Frenzel.

Alessandro Pittin of the “Azzurri” knew how to impress: after a mixed jump (place 36), he made up several places on the cross-country ski trail and ultimately ended up in 11th place. Job. Samuel Costa from Val Gardena was in a good 22nd place after jumping, but was unable to make a decisive attack forward on cross-country skis and ended the competition in 20th place.

On Wednesday the Nordic combined athletes have a stage in Trondheim before the grand finale takes place in Schonach next weekend.

FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Oslo (NOR): 1. Akito Watabe (JPN) 23.48,8 2. Eric Frenzel (GER) +0,4 3. Bjoern Kircheisen (GER) +14,1 4. Johannes Rydzek (GER) +14,2 5. Francois Braud (FRA) +16,4 6. Fabian Riessle (GER) +20,9 7. Eero Hirvonen (FIN) +25,6 8. Magnus Moan (NOR) +26,3 9. Manuel Faisst (GER) +26,7 10. Mario Siedl (AUT) +33,2

11. Alessandro Pittin (ITA) +35,7 20. Samuel Costa (ITA/Wolkenstein) +1.11,1

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A Japanese annoys the Germans – Costa 20.

The Japanese combined athlete Akito Watabe won the World Cup competition in Oslo and annoyed the German dominators once again.

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