Nordic combined: Watabe finishes 6th at world championships

Japan's Akito Watabe was in the hunt after a lap of the race Friday but could not close the gap on the leaders, finishing sixth at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Austria.Germany's Eric Frenzel won gold after leading all jumpers with 138.5 points in the men's individual Gundersen large hill event.He finished the race 4.3 seconds ahead of silver medalist Jan Schmid of Norway, while local favorite Franz-Josef Rehrl took bronze after crossing the line 8.7 seconds behind Frenzel.The 30-year-old Watabe started the race fifth, 38 seconds behind back-to-back Olympic champion Frenzel, aft…READ FULL ARTICLE