Norway's Jarl Magnus Riiber defended his men's normal hill Nordic combined title in the individual Gundersen competition with Japan's Akito Watabe finishing fifth at the FIS Ski World Championships in Germany on Friday.Another Japanese, Ryota Yamamoto, led the standings in Oberstdorf after the ski jumping round with 143.1 points and headed into the 10-kilometer cross-country leg with a 20-second cushion over his second-placed compatriot Watabe and 22 seconds ahead of Riiber.But Yamamoto's advantage was quickly erased by a four-man group and Riiber went on to win in a dramatic three-way spri…READ FULL ARTICLE
