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posted: 01/01/2000  KUUSAMO, Finland (USST report) - Hannu
Manninen of Finland had the fastest 7.5-kmrace Friday top win
the opening nordic combined World Cup event of the season in-15
F. (-25 C.) weather that forced organizers to make it a sprint
(one jump,7.5-km race) instead of the normal two-jumps, 15-km.
Johnny Spillane (SteamboatSprings, CO) was 10th and Todd Lodwick
(also Steamboat) 24th.  "It was the coldest event I've ever been
in. We were wearing sweat suits duringthe race," Lodwick said.
"You could throw your cup of coffee out the window andwatch it
freeze before it hit the ground."  Manninen, who is coming back
from a broken shoulder blade suffered in an earlyautumn
motorcycle crash, was 23rd in the one-jump round on the
120-meter hillbut overtook the pack to edge defending World Cup
champ Ronny Ackermann