Kobayashi glides to victory in Oberstdorf

BySportsbeat

Published 30/12/2018 at 18:55 GMT

Ryoyu Kobayashi glided to a dramatic Ski Jumping victory at the first Four Hills event in Oberstdorf.

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World Cup leader Kobayashi claimed a narrow victory over the rest of the field after registering a 126.5m second jump to give him a winning total of 282.3.

The 22-year-old became the first Japanese jumper to claim victory since 2001 with Germany’s Markus Eisenbichler finishing second in front of his home crowd with a score of 281.9.

Austria’s Stefan Kraft completed the podium with a total of 280.5 while Poland’s Kamil Stoch, Olympic champion in PyeongChang on the big jump, settled for eighth.

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