Olympic champion Maren Lundby jumps to World Cup crown in Rasnov
BySportsbeat
Updated 04/03/2018 at 16:56 GMT
Olympic champion Maren Lundby's outstanding season continues to gather pace after claiming the overall ski jumping World Cup title.
Maren Lundby lors des JO de Pyeongchang
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The Norweigan secured the first gold medal of her career at PyeongChang 2018, jumping to glory on the normal hill.
And she carried that form with her to Rasnov, Romania to not only take the event win, but also wrap up the global title.
Her 1120 points is now unassailable for second-placed Katherina Althaus, 300 points adrift despite coming second on Sunday to back up her opening victory of the weekend.
Lundby's eight wins this campaign means that, in the unlikely event she doesn't score in the last three competitions, she would also prevail in the tie-breaking scenario.
That was thanks to jumps of 100m and 97m on the normal hill, her points tally of 257.8 ahead of Althaus, while bronze went 17-year-old Nika Kriznar of Slovenia.
The teenager was actually within 0.1 points of silver behind the German Althaus, still doing enough to secure her maiden finish in the World Cup.
Lundby said: "It feels very good to back on top of the podium. My jumps were much better today so I'm happy with the competition.
"I hope I can continue like that until the end of the season and I'm looking forward to jumping on the Holmenkollen next weekend," said the 23-year-old.
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