Nordic combined at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007

7.5 km sprint

February 23, 2007 at the Okurayama (HS134) jumping hill and the Sapporo Dome. The top three skiers after the ski jumping part of the competition were Kircheisen, Anssi Koivuranta of Finland, and Maxime Laheurte of France. Koivuranta would finish fourth while Laheurte would finish 10th. Manninen edged Moan at the line in a dramatic sprint to the finish. Defending champion Ronny Ackermann (Germany) finished eighth while Olympic Champion Felix Gottwald of Austria finished fifth. The race was marred by a crash during the ski jumping part of the competition that sent Daito Takahashi of Japan to the hospital. Takahasi would not return for the rest of the championships as a result.

HS134 hill

7.5 km

15 km Individual Gundersen

March 3, 2007 at the Miyanomori (HS100) jumping hill and the Shirahatayama cross-country course. The defending champion of this event was Ronny Ackermann of Germany. Leaders after the ski jumping part of the competition were Lamy-Chappuis (who would finish 17th), Koivuranta, and Bieler. (who would finish fourth). World Cup leader Hannu Manninen (Finland) had a disappointing ski jump part of the competition with a 24th-place finish. Manninen skied the fastest part of the cross country part of the competition (36:31.6) to finish sixth. The real star of the competition was Ackermann, who started fifth after ski jumping and would have the eighth-fastest cross country time to win the event by 8.5 seconds. American Bill Demong had the second fastest time in the cross country part of the competition to edge Koivuranta for the silver. Ackermann is the first person to ever win the event three consecutive times at the World Championships and the first person to win the event at a World Championships or Winter Olympics level since Ulrich Wehling (who was now race director of all Nordic combined events) did it at the 1972, 1976, and 1980 Winter Olympics.

HS100 hill

15 km

4 x 5 km freestyle team

February 25, 2007 at the Okurayama (HS134) jumping hill and the Shirahatayama cross-country course. The defending champions were the Norwegian team of Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan, and Kristian Hammer. Finland took the lead after the ski jumping section, having more than forty seconds on the other teams, and led until the third leg of the relay when Tino Edelmann caught up with Jaakko Tallus. Tallus remained on his trail for the entire race, sending Hannu Manninen and Björn Kircheisen out in the final leg. Like in the sprint, Kircheisen remained in the hunt for two thirds of the race, but lost contact on the final climb. Austria and Norway had already settled for bronze on the second stage, a battle eventually won by Norway. Later in the championships, Hannu's younger sister Pirjo would earn gold in the women's cross country 4 x 5 km relay, making them the first brother and sister to ever win gold at the same championship.

HS134 hill

4 x 5 km freestyle

References

References

1. [http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2007/NK/4149/2007NK4149RL.pdf Results list after ski jumping part of the competition] - Accessed February 24, 2007.
2. [https://www.eurosport.com/nordiccombinedskii/sapporo/2006-2007/sport_sto1095599.shtml Eurosport.com results on Manninen's win] - Accessed February 23, 2007.
3. [http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2007/NK/4149/2007NK4149ROF.pdf 7.5 km sprint final results] {{Webarchive. link. (2007-09-30 - Accessed February 23, 2007.)
4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpNDayPXQN4&mode=related&search= YouTube.com video showing Takahashi's crash (Eurosport.com)] - Accessed March 10, 2007.
5. [http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2007/NK/4174/2007NK4174RL.pdf Results after the ski jumping part of the competition.] - Accessed March 4, 2007.
6. [https://www.eurosport.com/nordiccombinedskii/sapporo/2006-2007/sport_sto1104404.shtml Eurosport.com news on Ackermann's threepeat victory] - Accessed March 4, 2007.
7. [http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2007/NK/4174/2007NK4174ROF.pdf Final results on 15 km Individual Gundersen] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-02-24 . - Accessed March 4, 2007.)
8. [http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2007/NK/4150/2007NK4150SLCC.pdf Results after ski jumping part of competition.] - Accessed February 25, 2007.
9. [https://www.eurosport.com/nordiccombinedskii/sapporo/2006-2007/sport_sto1098050.shtml Eurosport.com news on Finland's victory.] - Accessed February 25, 2007.
10. [http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2007/NK/4150/2007NK4150ROF.pdf Official results of 4 x 5 km team event.] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-02-24 - Accessed February 25, 2007.)