Germany romped home to gold in the Nordic combined large hill event at the 2018 Winter Olympics, winning by almost a minute in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Vinzenz Geiger, Fabian Riessle, Eric Frenzel and Johannes Rydzek set a time of 46 minutes, 9.8 seconds, ahead of Norway at the Alpensia Cross-Country Centre.
Austria took bronze, having started the cross-country section of the race first.
Here are the podium times:
Germany (Vinzenz Geiger, Fabian Riessle, Eric Frenzel, Johannes Rydzek)—46:09.8
Norway (Jan Schmid, Espen Andersen, Jarl Magnus Riiber, Jorgen Graabak)—47:02.5
Austria (Wilhelm Denifl, Lukas Klapfer, Bernhard Gruber, Mario Seidl)—47:17.6
Here is the live medal table:
Austria topped the ski jump portion of the race with a total score of 469.5, with Germany close behind as they set a score of 464.7.
Germany's Johannes Rydzek produced the best individual jump of the round, scoring 129.3 points after jumping the second-farthest distance of 138 metres.
The results gave Austria a six-second head-start on Germany, while third-placed Japan were 19 seconds back, per FIS Nordic Combined:
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