Lahti SJ: Austria stays hot in team jumping

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Andreas Kofler had the longest jump of the day with a leap of 133 meters and led world champion Austria to its second team victory in less than a month on Saturday, extending its lead atop the World Cup standings.
LAHTI, Finland — Andreas Kofler had the longest jump of the day with a leap of 133 meters and led world champion Austria to its second team victory in less than a month on Saturday, extending its lead atop the World Cup standings.
    Kofler, Martin Hollwarth, Gregor Schlierenzauer and Thomas Morgenstern amassed 1,028.7 points from their eight jumps. Hollwarth replaced Wolfgang Loitzl, who jumped at the World Championships.
    Tom Hilde, Anders Bardal, Anders Jacobsen and Roar Ljokelsoy led Norway to second place with 1,017.0 points.
    Norway also was the runner-up at the World Championships in Sapporo, Japan, with the same team.
    Finland was third with 967.1 points.
    Large-hill world champion Simon Ammann of Switzerland was the most consistent performer Saturday, earning 274.4 points from two jumps of 127.5 meters, both from a lower start gate than Kofler.
    The results left Austria — which won the season’s only other team event in Willingen, Germany, on Feb. 11 — atop the Nations Cup standings with 3,999 points, 1,236 ahead of Norway with seven events remaining in the season.


Ski-jumping World Cup results

LAHTI, Finland — Results from Saturday’s World Cup large-hill team ski-jumping event (individual jump distances in parentheses):

1. Austria (Martin Hoellwarth, 117.5, 127 meters; Gregor Schlierenzauer, 120.5, 119; Andreas Kofler, 133, 121; Thomas Morgenstern, 125.5, 121), 1028.7 points.

2. Norway (Tom Hilde, 121, 127; Anders Bardal, 116, 120.5; Anders Jacobsen, 124.5, 126; Roar Ljokelsoy, 121.5, 126.5), 1017.0.

3. Finland (Harri Olli, 124, 124; Tami Kiuru, 111, 118.5; Matti Hautamaki, 125.5, 123; Janne Ahonen, 123, 113.5), 967.1.

4. Russia, 925.6.
5. Germany, 916.4.
6. Switzerland, 878.3.
7. Poland, 844.5.
8. Slovenia, 806.2.
9. France, 314.2
10. Czech Republic, 292.9.

World Cup standings
Nations Cup
(After 24 of 31 events)

1. Austria, 3,999 points.
2. Norway, 2,763.
3. Finland, 1,902.
4. Switzerland, 1,900.
5. Germany, 1,521.
6. Russia, 1,111.
7. Poland, 1091.
8. Czech Republic, 598.
9. Slovenia, 436.
10. Kazakhstan, 175.

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