Austria Finishes First in Nordic Combined Ski Jump, U.S. Places Seventh

Franz-Josef Rehrl of Team Austria reacts during the Ski Jumping portion of the Large Hill/4x5km event, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.
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Austria finished first in the team large hill ski jumping competition of the Nordic combined event on Thursday.

To seal first place, Austria scored 475.4, followed by Norway in second (469.4) and Germany (467.0) in third. Team USA finished in seventh place with a final score of 387.1.

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Team USA’s Jasper Good, Taylor Fletcher, Ben Loomis and Jared Shumate and the other nine nations in the field will compete in the large hill 4x5km, cross-country event, which will be held on Thursday at 6 a.m. ET.

The top three finishing nations will earn a spot on the podium.

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