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Monday, December 29, 1997
Manninen wins event
OBERWIESENTHAL, Germany (AP) -- Hannu Manninen of Finland edged Bjarte Engen Vik of Norway in a 7.5-kilometer race to win a Nordic combined World Cup event Monday.
Vik won the ski jumping portion of the event in the morning, so started just ahead of Manninen in the cross-country race.
Manninen defeated Vik by .1 second, earning his second victory of the season and sixth of his career. Manninen's total time was 19 minutes, 26.9 seconds.
The second-place finish enabled Vik to regain the lead in the World Cup standings after five events.
OBERWIESENTHAL, Germany (AP) -- Top finishers Monday of a Nordic combined World Cup event with ski jumping and 7.5-kilometer cross-country race rankings in parentheses:
1. Hannu Manninen, Finland, (2, 1), 19 minutes, 26.9 seconds.
2. Bjarte-Engen Vik, Norway, (1, 2), 0.10 seconds behind.
3. Urs Kunz, Switzerland, (13, 3), 52.2
4. Tapio Nurmela, Finland, (8, 8), 1:05.4.
5. Denis Tishagin, Russia, (10, 6), 1:06.2
6. Jari Mantila, Finland, (6, 13), 1:10.1.
7. Dmitry Sinitzyn, Russia, (9, 9), 1:12.7.
8. Matthias Looss, Germany, (4, 18), 1:15.6.
9. Felix Gottwald, Austria, (14, 7), 1:20.9.
10. Vladimir Lysenin, Russia, (3, 22), 1:26.7.
11. Samppa Lajunen, Finland, (14, 11), 1:39.8.
12. Robert Stadelmann, Austria, (18, 12), 1:50.0.
13. Milan Kucera, Czech Republic, (21, 15), 1:57.1.
14. Topi Sarparanta, Finland, (18, 16), 1:58.2.
15. Valery Stolyarov, Russia, (12, 23), 1:59.4.
World Cup Standings
(After five events)
1. Bjarte Engen Vik, Norway, 600.
2. Hannu Manninen, Finland, 537.
3. Mario Stecher, Austria, 514.
4. Samppa Lajunen, Finland, 421.
5. Jari Mantila, Finland, 327.
6. Ronny Ackermann, Germany, 303.
7. Felix Gottwald, Austria, 272.
8. Todd Lodwick, Steamboat Springs, Colo., 269.
9. Gard Myhre, Norway, 261.
10. Christoph Eugen, Austria, 244
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