Taylor Top USA in Season Finale
By U.S. Ski & Snowboard
March, 14 2015
OSLO, Norway (March 14, 2015) - Taylor Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, CO) had another strong cross country race but the time gap off the large hill was too much to overcome, finishing 21st. Akito Watabe of Japan picked up the win over Germany's Johannes Rydzek by nine seconds. Italian Allesandro Pittin moved up from 25th to third with the fastest cross country leg.
Two rides on the large hill jump at Holmenkollen were combined with a 15k cross country leg. Fletcher went 108.0 and 116.0 meters, but found himself in 27th - over four minutes behind the leader. Brother Bryan Fletcher was in 30th. In the cross country, Taylor cut a minute and a half off the margin.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Taylor Fletcher posted the fourth fastest cross country leg, moving up from 27th to 21st in the final FIS Nordic Combined World Cup of the season.
- Japan's Akito Watabe took the win while Germany's Eric Frenzel was awarded the crystal globe as World Cup champion.
- Bryan Fletcher finished 29th for the USA.