Overview

• Nathalie Armbruster placed sixth and Jenny Nowak finished fifth in the Nordic Combined mass start event at the World Championships in Trondheim.
• Japan's Yuna Kasai won gold, followed by Norway's Gyda Westvold Hansen with silver and Haruka Kasai of Japan with bronze.
• Armbruster, a World Cup leader with three individual wins this season, struggled with her jump, managing only 89 meters, which hurt her podium chances.
• The rare mass start format, which begins with cross-country skiing followed by ski jumping, favored stronger jumpers and impacted Armbruster's performance.
• Armbruster, who is balancing her athletic career with completing her Abitur, has additional medal opportunities in the mixed team event and another individual competition later this week.