INNSBRUCK: Poland's Kamil Stoch continued his domination of ski jumping's prestigious Four Hills competition on Thursday as he won the third leg of the event in Innsbruck.
Following his victories in Germany at Oberstdorf last Saturday and at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Monday, Stoch's latest win means he remains on course to match Sven Hannawald's achievement and complete a clean sweep.
Hannawald won all four legs in 2002 and the German remains the only ski jumper to do so in a competition that began in 1953.
The final event takes place on Saturday at Bischofshofen in Austria.
Stoch's jumps of 130 metres and 128.5m left him with 270.1 points and saw finish ahead of Norway's Daniel Andre Tande (255.6 points) and the German Andreas Wellinger (253.5).
The double Olympic champion is now almost certain to claim overall Four Hills victory for the second year running, a big boost so close to the Winter Games next month in Pyeongchang.
His main rival, the German Richard Freitag, fell on landing on his first jump and did not jump again.
Results
- Kamil Stoch (POL) 270.1 pts (130m + 128.5m), 2. Daniel Andre Tande (NOR) 255.6 pts (129.5m + 125m), 3. Andreas Wellinger (GER) 253.5 pts (133m + 126m), 4. Andreas Stjernen (NOR) 241.1 pts (125m + 127m), 5. Jernej Damjan (SLO) 239.9 pts (127m + 127m), 6. Junshiro Kobayashi (JPN) 239.4 pts (123m + 121.5m), 7. Robert Johansson (NOR) 237.3 pts (124.5m + 123m), 8. Markus Eisenbichler (GER) 236.1 pts (128.5 m + 117m), 9. Stephan Leyhe (GER) 235.1 pts (123.5 m + 119m), 10. Michael Hayböck (AUT) 234.7 pts (123.5m + 122.5 m)
Overall Four Hills standings (after 3 of 4 events)
- Kamil Stoch (POL) 833.2 pts, 2. Andreas Wellinger (GER) 768.7 pts, 3. Junshiro Kobayashi (JPN) 765.7 pts, 4. Daniel Andre Tande (NOR) 749.7 pts, =. Dawid Kubacki (POL) 749.7
Overall World Cup standings (after 10 of 23 events)
- Richard Freitag (GER) 711 points, 2. Kamil Stoch (POL) 623, 3. Andreas Wellinger (GER) 509, 4. Daniel Andre Tande (NOR) 463, 5. Junshiro Kobayashi (JPN) 374, 6. Stefan Kraft (AUT) 349, 7. Johann Andre Forfang (NOR) 332, 8. Markus Eisenbichler (GER) 286, 9. Anders Fannemel (NOR) 280, 10. Jernej Damjan (SLO) 260
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