Akito Watabe wins 52th Schwarzwaldpokal in come-from-behind fashion | Highlights

The 2017/18 overall World Cup winner recovered from a 11th place in the Ski Jumping section to claim a seventh win this season and his first ever in Schonach. 1st round leader Jarl Magnus Riiber from Norway finished as runner-up with Austria's Bernhard Gruber in third place. Full results here: http://www.fis-ski.com/nordic-combined/events-and-places/event=41090/race=2127/?season=2018&discipline=&gender=all&race_id=2127§or=NK Nordic Combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the first Holmenkollen Ski Festival, an event still held annually. The sport was included at the 1924 Winter Olympics, and has been on the programme ever since. For further information about the event as well as the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup visit: http://www.fis-ski.com/nordic-combined/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fis.nordiccombined Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fisnc FIS: As the governing body of international skiing and snowboarding, FIS manages the Olympic disciplines of Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding, including setting the international competition rules. Through its 116 member nations, more than 6'500 FIS ski and snowboard competitions are staged annually.