January 11, 2009 (Val di Fiemme, Italy) – The Americans struggled in the jumps Sunday at the DKB FIS Nordic Combined World Cup #4 in Val di Fiemme. Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, CO) had the second fastest cross country time to finish ninth, after coming in 21st in jumping, to lead the USA. Norway’s Magnus Moan picked up the win to improve from his 7th place finish the day before.

Billy Demong (Vermontville, NY) was 14th, with Bryan Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, CO) scored again, finishing 26th. Brett Camerota’s (Park City, UT) 30th put all four U.S. athletes into the points. The NCombined World Cup now heads to North America for a pair of test events on the Olympic venues in Whistler, BC next weekend.

Complete results available here.

Results (brief) – jump rank, XC rank, time back

1. Magnus Moan, Norway, (13/3) 27:33.1
2. Jan Schmid, Norway, (7/9) +4.1 seconds
3. Pavel Churavy, Czech Republic, (7/10) +4.4
4. Mario Stecher, Austria, (6/12) +8.3
5. Ronny Ackermann, Germany, (1/19) +13.1

9. Johnny Spillane, Steamboat Springs, CO, (21/2) +24.5
14. Billy Demong, Vermontville, NY, (26/6) +1:03.5
26. Bryan Fletcher, Steamboat Springs, CO, (28/23) +2:26.6
30. Brett Camerota, Park City, UT (33/27) +2:52.1