Japan's Akito Watabe won his fourth straight Nordic combined World Cup on Saturday, after sweeping the men's event in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture.Watabe jumped 130.5 meters and finished the 10-kilometer race in 24 minutes, 14.6 seconds. Norway's Jan Schmid was 1:12.6 behind for second place, while Germany's Manuel Faisst was further back in third.Despite increasing his career World Cup win total to 14, Watabe said he has room for improvement ahead of next week's Winter Olympics in South Korea."My performance in the jumps and the cross-country portion still varies from day to day," Watabe said…READ FULL ARTICLE