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Moan gets first Nordic combined season win
Dec 6, 2008, 12:58 GMT
Trondheim, Norway - Magnus Moan claimed his first World Cup season win in Nordic combined skiing on Saturday in front of a Norwegian home crowd.
Placed 20th after the morning jumping portion, Moan proved the strongest in the 10-kilometres cross-country pursuit, clocking 24 minutes 49.6 seconds for his eighth career victory.
Frenchman Jason Lamy Chappuis trailed by seven tenth of a second in second place. Third-placed Anssi Koivuranta of Finland was 2.2 seconds off the pace as the top six finishers were separated by less than five seconds.
Koivuranta retained the World Cup lead with 220 points from three races, of which he has won one and come third in the other two.
Another Nordic combined event is scheduled for Sunday in Trondheim.
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