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Vik leads after ski jumping in Nordic combined
 Tsugiharu Ogiwara of Japan |
9:30- Start
Norway's Bjarte Engen Vik took the lead after the ski jumping portion of the Nagano Olympics Nordic combined individual event Friday and will take a 36-second advantage into the cross country race to decide the gold medal.
World Cup leader Vik leaped 89.5 and 94.5 meters under sunny skies at the 90-meter normal hill in Hakuba for a total of 241.0 points and will start Saturday's 15-kilometer race 36 seconds ahead of second-place Valerij Stoljarov of Russia.
Stoljarov had jumps of 92.5 and 89.5 meters for 235.0 points.
Tsugiharu Ogiwara of Japan placed third with 232.5 points after traveling 87.5 and 91.5 meters on his jumps, putting him 51 seconds behind the leader for the start of the cross country race.
Japan's Junichi Kogawa followed in fourth place with jumps of 87 and 91 meters and will begin Saturday 3 seconds further behind.
Two-time world champion Kenji Ogiwara, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the team event, was ninth and lags 1 minute, 30 seconds behind Vik.
Kenji Ogiwara, who gave the athletes' oath at the opening ceremony of the 18th Olympic Winter Games last Saturday, will face an uphill struggle over the demanding Snow Harp course as he makes a bid for his first Olympic medal in the individual event. (Kyodo News)
Official results of Nordic combined individual after the ski jumping (K-90) leg Friday of the 18th Olympic Winter Games at Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture:
1. Bjarte Vik, Norway 241.0 points (first jump 116.0 points, second jump 125.0)
2. Valerij Stoljarov, Russia 235.0 (120.0, 115.0), starts 15-km cross country race 36 seconds back
3. Tsugiharu Ogiwara, Japan 232.5 (112.5, 120.0), 0:51 back
4. Junichi Kogawa, Japan 232.0 (112.0, 120.0), 0:54 back
5. Christoph Bieler, Austria 231.0 (112.5, 118.5), 1:00 back
6. Samppa Lajunen, Finland 230.5 (108.5, 122.0), 1:03 back
7. Mario Stecher, Austria 228.5 (106.0, 122.5), 1:15 back
8. Milan Kucera, Czech Rep. 228.0 (110.5, 117.5), 1:18 back
9. Kenji Ogiwara, Japan 226.0 (107.5, 118.5), 1:30 back
10. Jens Deimel, Germany 221.0 (113.5, 107.5), 2:00 back
11. Nicolas Bal, France 218.5 (110.0, 108.5), 2:15 back
12. Jan Matura, Czech Rep. 218.0 (104.5, 113.5), 2:18 back
13. Todd Lodwick, U.S. 217.0 (101.0, 116.0), 2:24 back
14. Tapio Nurmela, Finland 213.5 (110.5, 103.0), 2:45 back
14. Dmitrij Sinitzyn, Russia 213.5 (110.5, 103.0), 2:45 back
16. Sylvain Guillaume, France 212.5 (108.0, 104.5), 2:51 back
17. Jari Mantila, Finland 212.0 (101.0, 111.0), 2:54 back
18. Ronny Ackermann, Germany 209.5 (103.5, 106.0), 3:09 back
19. Bill Demong, U.S. 208.5 (110.5, 98.0), 3:15 back
20. Hannu Manninen, Finland 207.0 (101.5, 105.5), 3:24 back
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34. Satoshi Mori, Japan 195.0 (105.5, 89.5), 4:36 back
 Japan's Junichi Kogawa |
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