FALUN (SWEDEN) - Germany's Carina Vogt made ski jumping history on Friday as she won gold at the Nordic skiing world championships in Falun, Sweden.
German Carina Vogt soars during the ladies normal hill individual trial jump in the ski stadium of the 2015 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun, Sweden, on February 20, 2015
Vogt became the first woman to win Olympic gold and a world title in the sport as she finished ahead of Japan's Yuki Ito and Austria's Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, the World Cup leader.
With 236.9 points, Vogt pipped Ito, who finished with 235.1 points, with Iraschko-Stolz on 233.8.
Japan's teenage sensation Sara Takanashi, who has dominated the World Cup in recent times, could only finish fourth, just as she did at the Olympic Games a year ago.
Results
1. Carina Vogt (GER) 236.9 pts, 2. Yuki Ito (JPN) 235.1, 3. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (AUT) 233.8, 4. Sara Takanashi (JPN) 228.3, 5. Taylor Henrich (CAN) 227.9