The Sidelines : Austria Takes First Nordic Gold
From Times Wire Services
VAL DI FIEMME, Italy —
Austria won the Nordic combined team event today for its first gold medal at the World Nordic Ski Championships.
France was second and Japan, which had not won a Nordic medal in 21 years, finished third.
Austria had a virtually unbeatable lead going into the final cross-country relay.
The Austrian threesome of Gunter Csar, Klaus Ofner and Klaus Sulzenbacher finished 1 minute, 16.4 seconds ahead of France in the 3 x 10-kilometer freestyle relay on the Lago di Tesero high-altitude course.
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