Previous Trondheim – FIS Nordic Combined World Cup Coverage

Yesterday we talked about how a strong jump by Bill Demong could put him in contention due to the US strength in the cross-country portion. A 20th place finish was a strong enough jump to put Demong into the mix and he overcame a full a second of deficit to finish in 10th, 19.1 seconds behind the winner and less than nine seconds behind third! Demong’s cross-country portion was fourth fastest in the field with fellow American Taylor Fletcher topping that with the fastest time. Unfortunately a 47th place finish on Fletcher’s jump meant he only rose as high as 23rd in the final standings.

Tomorrow the men will travel the nearly 300 miles South to Oslo to start the next World Cup event. The provisional competition round will be held to narrow the field down for Saturday’s main event. I’m expecting the same four men who began the PCR in Trondheim (Nick Hendrickson, Taylor Fletcher, Bill Demong, and Bryan Fletcher) to begin this event as well but no official start list has been released.

 Schedule:

• March 7th
  • 9 AM ET – Provisional Competition Round – Ski Jumping