European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday february 15,1987 yanks Lynch takes nordic Silver medal Oberst Dorf. Germany a Norway s Torbjorn lock Ken came from far behind in win inc nordic combined Lille saturday at inc work nordic skiing championships. Lock Ken the current world cup Leader won the 15 Kilometre Cross country race and made up enough ground on ill of Friday s leaders after the ski jumping portion. He finished Wanh 423,80 Points. Kerry Lynch of Silver Creek Colo was a surprising second with 422.75  bred Csc of Norway was third Wilh 422,48  Champion Hermann Weinbuch of West Germany was fourth. He led most of inc Way in the Cross country race before being overtaken by Loek Ken Wilh Aboul two Kilometres  s finish was the Best Ever american finish in the nordic combined no other american Ever placed in inc top id of any world or olympic nordic combined championship. Lock Ken started in a the position Over two minutes behind Hans Peter Pohl of West Germany who led the ski jumping. The 24-year-old from Oslo gradually overtook the Early leaders and caught Weinbuch at the 13-Kilomclcr Mark to finally take Over firs place and win going  the nordic combined event the a sculls of Fri Day s ski jumping portion Are totalled together with the Cross country race. The competitors arc sent off at approximate intervals relative to Friday s . Winner of Friday s ski jumping went off first Wilh a margin of 37 seconds Over East Germany s Thomas Franz cd who was second in the ski jumping. Pohl and Prinz cd finished the nordic combined event ninth and 10th, respectively. A photo Kerry Lynch of the is. Skis 15-Kllomcler race to place second i world nordic combined at Obers Darf Germany. First . Medal Winner in nordic combined cons Szency finally pays off for Colorado skier Oberst Dorf Germany a Kerry Lynch finally put it together. In the pal his ski jumping was poor while his performance was Strong in the crass country race of inc nordic combined. But Ai this year s world nordic ski championships Lynch was Consi Lenl in Boih portions to gain the Silver medal after 10 years on the United Stales ski team. It was the first medal Ever for any Amer ican in inc nordic combined event. It was Only the fourth medal Ever for any member of the . Nordic ski team in a world or olympic championship. Only Andora Haugen and Bill Koch had received medals before in nordic skiing events for the United Stales. 1982 world championships both in the 30 Kilometre Cross country. After a Long time i finally achieved a medal said Lynch 29, from Silver Creek colo., a suburb of Denver. Lynch was seventh after the ski jumping portion on Friday. Thai was great for him considering he is usually far Down in the placing. Bui he usually comes Back Strong in the Cross country event Al the 1982 world championships he finished second in inc Cross country race to pull up to 14th Overall. Al the i9s4 Winter olympics in Sarajevo he was 13th in tic final standings after a third in the Cross country race. So when he was in a challenging Post lion following the ski jumping Friday he Felt a medal was within reach Norway s Tor Bjorem lock Ken moved up from i9lh place to win the Cross country event and Lake the Gold medal. Lynch had Only the i Lih Best time in he 15-Kilometer race saturday bul combined with his ski jumping results that was enough to give him second Over All. On the last Lap 1 did t think i could do ii said Lynch bul i saw the others were tired  coach said i did t have to Sony Aboul anyone catching me from behind and thai made me feel better. Then Yah Pulli fell  s Jukka Yli Pulli was battling Lynch for second place. The finn had passed the american and was Clear of him when he slipped on a downhill por Tion and crashed into a to camera an broke his wrist. He was taken to a Hospi Tal for  course was very hard and the Snow was fast and in was perfect for me said Lynch. Heidelberg from Page 25 dominated his weight class in flattening tour opponents in a total of 12 19, including a final round decking of ans Bach s Robert Ballin with a half Nelson body press at the 3 45 Mark. Earlier sat urday he had taken 5 22 to dispose of Kaiserslautern s Lee Zinn in the semifinal round. For All of Gray s heroics however in tournament s outstanding wrestler was judged 10 be Wuerzburg s Tony Jackson who won the 167-Pound Lille Wilh a 20-3 technical fall demolition of Ramstein s Lough Mike Ghent at the 4 37 Mark. The technical was Jackson s third of he tournament and came against an opponent who had previously pinned the three men he faced on his Way to in final including a 5 57 Conquest of Nuernberg Grid Ace Zombie Martin in in semifinals. As happened to Kaiserslautern s Rich Ard Christian in saturday s semifinal. Jackson s upper body strength proved too much to Cope with. Jackson who throws a powerful Dou ble leg take Down move into a near fall body press unleashed his favorite weapon for Multi Point scores in the second and third periods against Ghent with a five Pointer at the beginning of the final stanza pulling him Over the 15-Pomtmargin required for a technical fall. Earlier Christiansen had been the Vic Tim of three straight five Point moves from Jackson. Jackson however was no the Only exponent of upper body strength in this year s Central europeans. Ramstein s Boris Graham who has the body you wish you did dominate things in the unlimited class with a string of three pins on his Way to a 14-1 rout of Baum older s Mai Sivc dash Dannie in the title match. Danzie who earlier saturday had de throned defending unlimited King Casey Duckman of shape Wilh a 15-6 suffocation found his 70-plus-Pound weight advantage of Little help against the muscular Graham. Heidelberg s Savage opened the finals for the champions with a 3 39 flattening of Ramstein s David Lockyer. The Fao was Savage s third successive pin follow ing an opening round Bye. Sandidge put things away for the Lions when he decked Fulds Jeff Maples at 3 00. In Between Frankfurt s Mike Crepeau grabbed the eagles Lone title Wilh his third pin of the meet a 5 40 number Over Heidelberg s Tom Farmer at 126, accents Ted Dewing routed Giessen s Leigh racist 14-4 before shape s Sean Bradshaw dubbed bit Burg s Sherman Howard 9-4 for the spar tans Onty individual title. In the balanced 138-Pound class of cents Mario Perez gained the final Ina dueling Buzzsaw semifinal Victory Over Pitburg s tyke mix. Neither Wres Tler had any qualms about ducking underneath As Perez finally put a 14-9 Deci Sion away with a late reversal As mix determinedly tried o turn him. Perez matched bal Effort in the final with a Gutsy last minute 7-4 Conquest of Heidelberg s Kris Lamoths. Perez struck for an escape and last second take Down for the winning margin. Other champions crowned saturday were Ramstein s Lance Koss at 145, a 7-3 Winner Over Nuernberg s inns Van Eck and the royals second individual King Heidelberg s Brad Cogswell who dropped Vilseck s Rich Solomon 9-4 ai155 and Stuttgart s David keys who claimed the 185-Pound Lille Over Brus Sels Todd Adams also 9-4. An sports television basketball Boston celtics it us Angeles lakers 9 30 . Sunday or Duke at notre Dame 9 30 . Sunday delayed pro hockey Washington capitals at Edmu num oilers 2 . Monday. Radio College basketball Duke at notre Dame 7 . Sunday. Auto racing conclusion of Daylou 500 joined in progress9 . Sunday