Japan's Watabe wins 10km Nordic Combined World Cup in Oslo

BySportsbeat

Published 10/03/2018 at 22:43 GMT

Japan's Akito Watabe held off the challenge of German Fabian Riessle to win the International Ski Federation Nordic Combined World Cup individual gunderson 10 kilometres event in Oslo.

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The victory extended the Japanese star's overall lead in the World Cup to 101 points.

Watabe won Olympic bronze in PyeongChang in the 10km and was in second place after the ski jumping round.

Watabe jumped 129 metres and was second only to Norway's Jarl Magnus Riiber, who leapt 132m.

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Watabe was pushed hard by Riessle – who started 35 seconds behind – but the Japanese star kept him at bay and finished in 25 minutes 19 seconds, with Riessle 14.5 seconds behind.

Norway's Jan Schmid finished fourth on the day to remain second in the overall standings, on 949 points, in comparison with Watabe's 1,050.

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