Norway's Lundby wins ninth ski jumping World Cup
BySportsbeat
Published 11/03/2018 at 19:33 GMT
Norwegian ski jumper Maren Lundby followed up her gold medal at the Winter Olympics by claiming her ninth victory of the World Cup season in winning the event at Holmenkollen in Norway.
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Lundby, who won the gold in the women's normal hill event at the PyeongChang Games last month, prevailed with a total of 262.7 points.
"I am happy with my jumps, especially the first one was very good," Lundby said following her win.
"There are two competitions left this season and I want to continue jumping on this level," she added.
Her first jump measured 134 meters, and her second 126, which gave her 137.5 and 125.5 points, respectively.
Austrian jumper Daniela Iraschko-Stolz and Japan's Yuki Ito were second and third, on 231.2 and 229.7 points, respectively.
"I couldn't set a good landing in the first round due to the wind, but I am happy with the second jump," the Austrian said.
For her part, Ito said she was "very happy with the result, but also a bit surprised" as she "didn’t think I could get on the podium."
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