Lundby takes top honours in Rasnov
BySportsbeat
Updated 28/01/2017 at 14:45 GMT
Maren Lundby clinched her third World Cup win of the season with victory in Rasnov, Romania.
Winners of the women's ski-jumping World Cup competition, first placed Maren Lundby of Norway (C), second placed Yuki Ito of Japan (L), and third placed Katharina Althaus of Germany (R) celebrate during the award ceremony in Sapporo, Hokkaido prefecture o
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The Norwegian recorded jumps of 97.0 and 99.0 metres to finish with an overall score of 259.0 points.
That was enough to edge out current World Cup leader Sara Takanashi on 249.8 and her Japanese compatriot Yuki Ito on 249.8.
Lundby said: "It was a very good day for me, I am really happy with my jumps. But still it was not perfect. There are always a few little things to improve."
The Norwegian is third in the World Cup standings on 617 points but she still trails the Japanese jumpers with Takanashi and Ito on 895 and 792 points respectively.
For Takanashi, it is a ninth World Cup podium of the season with nine rounds of competition left.
She said: "I am working on very many little details to get my jumps back to the best performance. But the result is very good form and a step in the right direction."
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