Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Individual large hill/10 km

The men's individual large hill/10 km Nordic combined competition for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on 25 February.2010 Winter Olympic Nordic combined schedule. - accessed 4 November 2009.

Austria's Felix Gottwald was the defending Olympic champion when the event was known as the 7.5 km Sprint.2006 Winter Olympics 7.5 km sprint results. - accessed 4 November 2009. Gottwald retired originally after the 2006-07 World Cup season, but came out of retirement in May 2009 to compete for the 2009-10 World Cup season including the 2010 Games.17 May 2009 CTV Olympics.ca article on Gottwald's announcement of coming out retirement to compete for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - accessed 4 November 2009. Bill Demong of the United States was the defending world champion in this event.FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 Individual large hill/10 km results. - accessed 4 November 2009.

Two test events took place at the Olympic venue on 16–17 January 2009 with Demong winning on the 16thWhistler Olympic Park 16 January 2009 Individual large hill/10 km results. - accessed 4 November 2009 and Norway's Magnus Moan, defending Olympic silver medalist in this event when it was the 7.5 km sprint, winning on the 17th.Whistler Olympic Park 17 January 2009 Individual large hill/ 10 km results. - accessed 4 November 2009. The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 10 January 2010 in Val di Fiemme, Italy and was won by Demong.FIS Nordic Combined world Cup 10 January 2010 HS 134/ 10 km results. - accessed 10 January 2010.

Results

Ski Jumping The ski jumping took place with a trial round at 09:00 PST and the competition round at 10:00 PST. One jump in competition was scored similar to that of ski jumping. With 28 skiers having competed their jumps, officials abandoned the competition to high winds. They were restarted at 11:00 PST (19:00 GMT)."Jumping to be restarted". - David Ljunggren 25 February 2010 Yahoo! Sports article accessed 26 February 2010. Jumping resumed despite complaints from co-test event winner Moan, defending Olympic champion Gottwald, and Lamy-Chappuis, the current World Cup leader and winner of the 10 km individual normal hill gold medal on the 14th."Demong wins as rivals cry foul". - David Ljunggren 25 February 2010 Yahoo! Sports article accessed 26 February 2010. Moan described the jumps as a "joke" while a French coach called the FIS's decision as a "scandal". Despite the complaints, Gottwald's teammate Gruber had the longest jump with 134.0 m.2010 Winter Olympics 25 February 2010 Nordic combined 10 km individual large hill ski jumping results. - accessed 26 February 2010.

Rank Bib Name Country Distance (m) Points Time Difference 1 27 Bernhard Gruber 134.0 127.0 +0:00 2 39 Johnny Spillane 129.0 118.5 +0:34 3 28 Janne Ryynänen 128.0 117.0 +0:40 4 30 Christoph Bieler 127.5 116.8 +0:41 5 18 Francois Braud 127.5 116.3 +0:43 6 37 Bill Demong 127.0 115.5 +0:46 7 10 Lukas Runggaldier 126.5 114.2 +0:51 8 40 Pavel Churavy 126.0 114.0 +0:52 9 31 Akito Watabe 125.0 112.5 +0:58 10 33 Petter L. Tande 123.5 109.8 +1:09 10 41 Mario Stecher 123.5 109.8 +1:09 12 38 Björn Kircheisen 123.5 108.8 +1:13 13 34 Todd Lodwick 122.5 108.7 +1:13 13 36 Alessandro Pittin 122.5 108.7 +1:13 15 12 Tommy Schmid 125.0 108.5 +1:14 16 32 Hannu Manninen 122.5 107.7 +1:17 17 19 Georg Hettich 121.5 106.3 +1:23 18 17 Tomas Slavik 120.5 104.7 +1:29 19 13 Espen Rian 120.5 104.2 +1:31 20 3 Ales Vodsedalek 119.5 102.8 +1:37 21 9 Sergey Maslennikov 118.5 101.2 +1:43 21 20 Sebastien Lacroix 118.5 101.2 +1:43 23 2 Armin Bauer 117.5 99.8 +1:49 24 26 Ronny Heer 115.0 96.0 +2:04 25 21 Jaakko Tallus 115.5 95.8 +2:05 26 1 Niyaz Nabeev 115.5 95.3 +2:07 27 16 Giuseppe Michielli 114.0 94.0 +2:12 28 43 Magnus Moan 112.5 91.7 +2:21 29 46 Jason Lamy-Chappuis 113.0 91.5 +2:22 30 29 Norihito Kobayashi 112.0 90.5 +2:26 31 22 Taihei Kato 112.5 90.2 +2:27 32 6 Gašper Berlot 112.5 89.2 +2:31 33 11 Mitja Oranič 111.0 88.5 +2:34 34 15 Yūsuke Minato 110.0 87.0 +2:40 35 42 Tino Edelmann 109.5 86.3 +2:43 36 24 Miroslav Dvořák 107.5 83.8 +2:53 37 14 Tim Hug 107.0 82.5 +2:58 38 23 Seppi Hurschler 107.5 82.3 +2:59 39 8 Maxime Laheurte 106.0 80.0 +3:08 40 45 Felix Gottwald 105.5 78.8 +3:13 41 44 Eric Frenzel 104.5 74.2 +3:31 42 5 Jason Myslicki 99.5 69.3 +3:51 43 4 Volodymyr Trachuk 99.5 68.8 +3:53 44 35 Anssi Koivuranta 97.5 66.3 +4:03 45 25 Mikko Kokslien 96.5 64.2 +4:11 46 7 Taylor Fletcher 82.0 38.0 +5:56

Cross-Country

The start for the 10 kilometre race was staggered, with a one-point deficit in the ski jump portion resulting in a four-second deficit in starting the cross-country course. This stagger meant that the first athlete across the finish line would be the overall winner of the event. Cross-country skiing's part of the competition was scheduled to take place at 13:00 PST that same day, but was moved to 14:00 PST in the wake of the high winds during the ski jumping part of the competition.

Finland's Koivuranta, who finished 44th in the ski jumping part of this event, did not start in the cross-county portion of this event. Defending Olympic champion Gottwald had the fastest cross-country skiing part of the event to move from 40th to 17th. Meanwhile, Spillane and defending World champion Demong caught ski jumping leader Gruber at the 4.0 km mark though all three skiers stayed together until 600 m was left in the event before Demong and Spillane pulled away to finish one-two in the event.2010 Winter Olympics 25 February 2010 Nordic combined 10 km individual large hill final results. - accessed 26 February 2010.Vancouver2010.com 2010 Winter Olympics 25 February 2010 Nordic combined 10 km individual large hill final results. - accessed 26 February 2010. Spillane won his third Olympic silver medal in this Olympics while Demong's gold followed his silver earned in the team event two days earlier. In the post-race press conference, Demong stated that Spillane's silver in the 10 km individual normal hill event was "a dream come true" on 14 February, the silver in the team event was "icing on the cake", and that his gold was "something extra". Spillane stated that if there was one person who he wanted to beat him, "...it would have been Bill"."Nordic Combined: Demong and Spillane go 1-2". - Yahoo! Sports 25 February 2010 online video accessed 26 February 2010. Bronze medalist Gruber commented that Demong and Spillane "...were just too strong"."Americans win gold and silver in Nordic combined". - 25 February 2010 Arnie Stapleton (AP) Yahoo! Sports 25 February 2010 article accessed 26 February 2010. It marked the first time an American won a gold medal in Nordic skiing (cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping) in the Winter Olympics.

After the medal ceremony held later that evening, Demong proposed to his girlfriend, Katie Koczynski, in front of teammates and coaches at the team headquarters near Vancouver."Hours after gold medal, U.S. skier proposes to girlfriend". - Chris Chase Yahoo! Sports 26 February 2010 article accessed 27 February 2010. Koczynski said yes. Also on that same day, Demong found out he was named the flagbearer for the American team at the closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics on 28 February. It was Demong's teammate, Spillane, who gave Demong the courage to propose to his now fiancée. Demong and his fiancée discussed how this happened on NBC's Today show the following morning."Olympic rings to engagement ring for skier". - Mike Celizic msnbc.com Today 26 February 2010 article accessed 27 February 2010.

Rank Bib Name Country Start timeCross country time Cross country rankFinish time 6 Bill Demong +0:46 24:46.9 2 25:32.9 2 Johnny Spillane +0:3425:02.97+4.0 1 Bernhard Gruber +0:00 25:43.7 19+10.8 16 Hannu Manninen +1:17 24:49.0 4 +33.1 8 Pavel Churavy +0:52 25:14.9 9+34.0 11 Petter L. Tande +1:09 25:02.2 6+38.3 13 Alessandro Pittin +1:13 25:00.6 5 +40.7 10 Mario Stecher +1:09 25:12.1 8 +48.2 9 Akito Watabe +0:58 25:23.7 11 +48.8 10 4 Christoph Bieler +0:41 25:40.7 18 +48.8 11 7 Lukas Runggaldier +0:51 25:40.6 17 +58.7 12 3 Janne Ryynänen +0:40 26:00.9 25 +1:08.0 13 14 Todd Lodwick +1:13 25:30.2 14 +1:10.3 14 5 Francois Braud +0:43 26:16.6 31 +1:26.7 15 28 Magnus Moan +2:21 24:48.9 3 +1:37.0 16 15 Tommy Schmid +1:14 26:11.7 29 +1:52.8 17 40 Felix Gottwald +3:13 24:29.4 1 +2:09.5 18 29 Jason Lamy-Chappuis +2:22 25:22.6 10 +2:11.7 19 21 Sebastien Lacroix +1:43 26:02.2 26 +2:12.3 20 12 Björn Kircheisen +1:13 26:33.5 37 +2:13.6 21 23 Armin Bauer +1:49 26:00.1 23 +2:16.2 22 24 Ronny Heer +2:04 25:45.5 21 +2:16.6 23 27 Giuseppe Michielli +2:12 25:38.3 16 +2:17.4 24 17 Georg Hettich +1:23 26:32.5 36 +2:22.6 25 18 Tomas Slavik +1:29 26:29.8 35 +2:25.9 26 34 Yūsuke Minato +2:40 25:30.0 13 +2:37.1 27 30 Norihito Kobayashi +2:26 26:00.1 23 +2:53.2 28 36 Miroslav Dvořák +2:53 25:36.7 15 +2:56.8 29 35 Tino Edelmann +2:43 25:52.0 22 +3:02.1 30 31 Taihei Kato +2:27 26:11.0 28 +3:05.1 31 38 Seppi Hurschler +2:59 25:44.9 20 +3:11.0 32 25 Jaakko Tallus +2:05 26:51.1 38 +3:23.2 33 37 Tim Hug +2:58 26:02.3 27 +3:27.4 34 20 Ales Vodsedalek +1:37 27:29.8 41 +3:33.9 35 19 Espen Rian +1:31 27:41.8 42 +3:39.9 36 22 Sergey Maslennikov +1:43 27:42.7 44 +3:52.8 37 32 Gašper Berlot +2:31 26:57.9 39 +3:56.0 38 39 Maxime Laheurte +3:08 26:24.2 33 +3:59.3 39 45 Mikko Kokslien +4:11 25:23.9 12 +4:02.0 40 41 Eric Frenzel +3:31 26:12.6 30 +4:10.7 41 33 Mitja Oranič +2:34 27:42.1 43 +4:43.2 42 43 Volodymyr Trachuk +3:53 26:25.2 34 +4:45.3 43 26 Niyaz Nabeev +2:07 28:35.6 45 +5:09.7 44 42 Jason Myslicki +3:51 27:02.4 40 +5:20.5 45 46 Taylor Fletcher +5:56 26:17.5 32 +6:40.6 44 Anssi Koivuranta +4:03

References

External links 2010 Winter Olympics results: Individual LH/10 km CC (individual LH) , from http://www.vancouver2010.com/ ; retrieved 24 February 2010. 2010 Winter Olympics results: Individual LH/10 km CC (10 km cross country) , from http://www.vancouver2010.com/ ; retrieved 24 February 2010.