Comments from Alessandro PITTIN after finishing fourth in the Nordic combined NH/10km event at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Centre on Wednesday.

On his performance after starting the cross country in 25th position: "I'm not happy with my jump. I had better feelings during training".

"I could have started a few seconds less from the leader (if I had jumped better), but I did my best".

"I had no great skis. Norway's skis were better prepared. I didn't think I was going to jump to fourth before the race. Until the last lap I was third, it's a pity I missed it". On his expectations for the large hill competition on 18 February: "This is my biggest goal (the NH/10km). I had more chances here. I haven't jumped a lot of big hills in training, but I'm going to see how it will be".