OBERSTDORF (GERMANY) - Norway's Anders Jacobsen won the second round of the Four Hills at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany on Thursday, edging out four-time Olympic champion Simon Ammann of Switzerland.
Norwegian Anders Jacobsen soars in his first competition jump for the second session of the Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany on January 1, 2015
Jacobsen, 29, who had also won the year-opening World Cup event in 2013, finished on 286 points with Ammann on 279.4 and Slovenia's Peter Prevc in third place on 276.9.
Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer, a two-time winner of the prestigious Four Hills and a three-time champion at Garmisch, finished just off the podium on 275.7 thanks to a huge final-round leap of 139.5m.
Austria's Stefan Kraft, who won the Four Hills opener at Oberstdorf, was sixth on Thursday on 270 points but still has the overall lead after two rounds on 561.9 points with Prevc on 560.8.
The Four Hills continues at Innsbruck in Austria on Sunday.
Results:
1. Anders Jacobsen (NOR) 286 pts (135.5 m + 136.5 m), 2. Simon Ammann (SUI) 279.4 (138 m + 133 m), 3. Peter Prevc (SLO) 276.9 (136.5 m + 136 m), 4. Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 275.7 (132.5 m + 139.5 m), 5. Rune Velta (NOR) 272.7 (134 m + 136.5 m), 6. Stefan Kraft (AUT) 270 (132 m + 135 m), 7. Michael Hayboeck (AUT) 269.8 (134 m + 138 m), 8. Noriaki Kasai (JPN) 269.7 (133.5 m + 137.5 m)
Overall Four Hills standings (after two rounds):
1. Stefan Kraft (AUT) 561.9 pts, 2. Peter Prevc (SLO) 560.8, 3. Michael Hayboeck (AUT) 554.8, 4. Anders Jacobsen (NOR) 540.7, 5. Noriaki Kasai (JPN) 534
Overall World Cup standings (after 11 rounds):
1. Michael Hayboeck (AUT) 549 pts, 2. Roman Koudelka (CZE) 530, . Anders Fannemel (NOR) 530, 4. Peter Prevc (SLO) 510, 5. Stefan Kraft (AUT) 477, 6. Simon Ammann (SUI) 470
Selected: 8. Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 391, 9. Noriaki Kasai (JPN) 300, 17. Andreas Kofler (AUT) 170, 21. Anders Jacobsen (NOR) 124, 27. Kamil Stoch (POL) 66