Japan's Akito Watabe missed out on his first World Cup victory of the season by only centimeters Sunday, when the Pyeongchang silver medalist finished runner-up in a neck-and-neck race with Norway's Jorgen Graabak in Finland.Watabe led off with a 124-meter jump on Lahti's large hill to start the cross-country segment in second place, and closed the 43-second gap between Austria's Mario Seidl after six kilometers.Graabak, who began the race 1 minute, 14 seconds behind, overtook the pair on the final lap, but Watabe -- careful to avoid causing a similar accident that resulted in his team's di…READ FULL ARTICLE
