Ski jumping: Tande wins as Freitag extends overall lead
Norway's Daniel Andre Tande claimed his first win of the season in Willingen on Saturday in the penultimate World Cup event before the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Norway's Daniel Andre Tande claimed his first win of the season in Willingen on Saturday in the penultimate World Cup event before the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Slovenian Anze Semenic took advantage of fluctuating wind conditions to claim his maiden World Cup victory in Sunday's night event at Zakopane, as Richard Freitag regained the overall lead.
Kamil Stoch's Poland claimed their first World Cup team win this season with victory over Germany on home snow in Zakopane on Saturday.
Another day, another hill, same result: Kamil Stoch won the second leg of the Four Hills competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Monday, two days after taking the opening round in Oberstdorf.
Around 40,000 people will shiver in the snow of Oberstdorf on Saturday, straining necks and eyes as ski jumping's prestigious Four Hills gets underway with their own German Alpine stars expected to sweep to victory.
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Andreas Wellinger claimed his third World Cup victory by winning in Russia on Sunday, completing a German double after Richard Freitag's Saturday success.
Japan's Junshiro Kobayashi claimed a surprise victory in the opening event of the ski jumping World Cup season in Wisla on Sunday, beating two-time Olympic champion and home favourite Kamil Stoch.