Japan's Ryota Yamamoto took second for a career-best finish in the Nordic combined World Cup season opener in Finland on Friday, coming behind first-time winner Julian Schmid of Germany.Yamamoto led the ski jumping round after leaping for 143.5 meters and gained an eight-second advantage for the 5-kilometer cross-country leg, in which Schmid moved from second place to cross 5.9 seconds ahead.Jens Luraas Oftebro of Norway came third, 11 seconds behind Schmid."I got quite tired toward the end but it wasn't a bad run," said Yamamoto, Japan's anchor when it won the men's team bronze at the Beij…READ FULL ARTICLE