Norway's Graabak wins large hill gold

ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) - Norway's Joergen Graabak won the Olympic men's Nordic Combined individual large hill event on Tuesday, sprinting away from the rain-soaked pack 100 metres from the finish line to take gold.

Norway's Graabak wins large hill gold

(Reuters)

Graaback, who started the 10km cross-country course 42 seconds behind after coming sixth in the ski jump, won the event in a time of 23 minutes 27.5 seconds, pipping countryman Magnus Moan by 0.6 seconds.

Germany's Fabien Riessle took the bronze, crossing the line 1.6 seconds behind Graabak.

Eric Frenzel, who won the normal hill event, started first in the cross-country section after landing the biggest jump but could not shake off the after-effects of a virus and ended in 10th place.

(Reporting by David Ljunggren; editing by Peter Rutherford)


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