Germany's Eric Frenzel won the men's Gundersen event at FIS Nordic Combined World Cup stage in Lillehammer today ©Getty Images

Germany's Eric Frenzel continued his country's emphatic performance at the 2016-2017 International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined World Cup event in Lillehammer with a gold medal in the men's Gundersen event today.

The first individual event ended with a clean sweep for the Germans, who continued their impressive form from yesterday, where they claimed victory in the first men's team event of the season.

The quartet of Frenzel, Bjoern Kircheisen, Fabian Riessle and Johannes Rydzek clocked an overall time of 49min 34.9sec to comfortably win by 31.5 secondss.

Out of the foursome, it was Frenzel that returned to the top of the podium today.

The 28-year-old finished fourth in the ski jumping section before posting a time of 24:11.0 in the cross-country race which was enough to secure the gold medal in an overall time of 24:35.0.

Johannes Rydzek claimed the silver medal, despite winning the ski-jumping round, in a combined time of 24:50.0.

Completing the German dominance was Fabian Rießle, who crossed the finish line 25.8 seconds after Frenzel in 25:00.8 to secure the bronze medal.

Eric Frenzel took the gold medal with an overall time of 24:35.0 ©Getty Images
Eric Frenzel took the gold medal with an overall time of 24:35.0 ©Getty Images

Rydzek, winner of the opening leg of the World Cup in Ruka in Finland last week, was the surprise winner of the jumping round after his new technique was met with a small head wind, propelling him to a 104.5 metres jump.

As a result, Rydzek was in pole position ahead of the cross-country race and had a 14 second head start on Japan's Akito Watabe.

Initially it seemed that Rydzek would go on to win after he dominated the first three first laps but as the race wore on it became apparent that he did not have the required stamina to maintain his speed.

Frenzel, who had been skiing alongside Watabe and Norwegian Espen Andersen, increased his speed and eventually caught up with Rydzek before passing him on the last lap.

Refusing to slow down, Frenzel crossed the line ahead of the trailing Rydzek, who was forced to settle for the silver medal.

Rießle then finished in third place after he managed to pass Andersen, Watabe and Kircheisen in a final sprint for the finish line.

Watabe was forced to settle for fourth place in 25:01.6, while Kircheisen stole fifth place from local favourite Andersen, in 25:22.6, who still posted a career-best individual result of 25:23.2.