Lundby seals Zao World Cup gold

In blustering winter conditions with visibility at a premium, the reigning Winter Olympic champion held her nerve to see off the challenge of her compatriot Stroem by just 1.3 points.

Topping the leaderboard with 104.1 points from her first effort, the 24-year-old mustered 94.6 points from her second attempt to clinch a sixth World Cup medal of the campaign.

Germany's Carina Vogt completed the podium line-up with an overall score of 195.2 to nudge Austria's Eva Pinkelnig out the medal places.

Despite only an eighth-place finish in the second World Cup event in Zao, Japan, Germany's Katharina Althaus remains top of the overall standings with 622 points – 34 points ahead of Lundby.

Sportsbeat 2019