LAHTI, Finland (AP) — Richard Freitag of Germany won a large hill event in World Cup ski jumping Sunday while Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria failed to clinch the overall title after finishing 15th.
This was Freitag’s third career victory. He led after the first round and went 128.5 meters with the day’s longest jump in the second and won with 274.2 points.
Anders Bardal finished second with 266.9 to keep the race for the overall title alive. Fellow Norwegian Anders Jacobsen and Germany’s Richard Freund tied for third with 265.8.
Bardal still has a slim chance of catching Schlierenzauer in the standings, but he trails the Austrian by 474 points with five races remaining. A win is worth 100 points.
