SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Daiki Ito of Japan edged Norway’s Anders Bardal for his first World Cup ski jump victory of the season on Saturday.
Ito finished with 252.6 points after making jumps of 134 and 130 meters on the large hill. Bardal had jumps of 134 and 135 meters but was deducted style points and finished second with 252.5 points.
In third place was Poland’s Kamil Stoch who had jumps of 130 and 127 meters for 247.2 points. Overall World Cup leader Andreas Kofler of Austria was ninth with 228.7 points.
