Planica – Austria’s quartet in the Nordic Combined World Championship team competition is in second place following jumping. At halftime of the competition, Martin Fritz, Stefan Rettenegger, Lukas Greiderer and Johannes Lamparter are 20 seconds behind the leading defending champion Norway, where the normal hill world champion Jarl Magnus Riiber marked the maximum distance of 139 m. The third-placed Germans are three seconds behind the Austrians for the 4 x 5 km cross-country event.
