Winter sports - Marius Lindvik leaps to World Cup win ahead of compatriot rival Halvor Egner Granerud

BySportsbeat

Updated 08/01/2022 at 20:40 GMT

A superb second jump earns the Norwegian a fourth career title. The Norwegian was tied fourth after the first round thanks to a jump of 133.5 metres but then landed a 139-metre effort to take the title. The two jumps earned him a combined 291.7 points, enough to beat compatriot Halvor Egner Granerud by four points.

'Distance means everything' - Lindvik claims Bischofshfen World Cup win with 291.7 points

Ski jumper Marius Lindvik claimed the fourth World Cup win of his career with a sensational second jump in Bischofshofen.

The Norwegian was tied fourth after the first round thanks to a jump of 133.5 metres but then landed a 139-metre effort to take the title.

The two jumps earned him a combined 291.7 points, enough to beat compatriot Halvor Egner Granerud by four points.

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Karlsson came back at her down the final straight but Deng held on by just 0.6s to make it a Norway 1-2, while Andersson was two seconds back in fourth.

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