LAMY-CHAPPUIS CLOSES IN ON WORLD CUP LEADERS

BySportsbeat

Published 21/12/2014 at 16:02 GMT

Jason Lamy-Chappuis clinched his first Nordic Combined World Cup victory of the season on Sunday to move within touching distance of the overall top three.

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The Frenchman crossed the line on the 10km course in a time of 25:58.2 to see off both Mikko Kokslien and Fabian Riessle in a tight finish in Austria.

Norway's Kokslien, who sits second in the World Cup leaderboard, was 0.2 seconds back while leader Fabian Riessle was just half a second further behind.

Riessle's fellow German Eric Frenzel, the two-time reigning World Cup champion, finished fourth and currently sits third in the standings but Lamy-Chappuis is now on his tail, just 23 points behind.

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