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Stoch wins ski jump World Cup event in Germany

The Columbian
Published: February 2, 2011, 12:00am

KLINGENTHAL, Germany (AP) — Kamil Stoch of Poland won a large hill event Wednesday for his second career World Cup ski jump title.

He scored 264.6 points for jumps of 132.0 and 136.5 meters, ahead of overall leader Thomas Morgenstern, who was 0.6 points behind with two jumps of 134 meters. Two-time Olympic champion Simon Ammann of Switzerland was third.

Germany’s Michael Uhrmann set a new hill record of 146.5 meters with his first jump, breaking the 145-meter mark set by Ammann in qualification Tuesday. He finished 13th overall.

Morgenstern leads the standings after 20 of 26 events with 1,514 points, followed by Amman with 1,073.

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