Planica SJ: Poland's Malysz reclaims WC lead

Adam Malysz won a large hill ski jumping competition at Planica on Friday to reclaim the overall World Cup lead.

PLANICA, Slovenia — Adam Malysz won a large hill ski jumping competition at Planica on Friday to reclaim the overall World Cup lead.
    The Polish jumper led with both his opening and second jumps.
    He first landed 208.5 meters before registering the leap of the day with 221.5 meters and a total score of 423.5 points.
    It was Malysz's first victory in Planica, the biggest hill on the World Cup circuit.
    Simon Ammann of Switzerland came in second with 208.5 and 213.5 meters. Jernej Damjan of Slovenia took third place, jumping 206.5 and 205 meters.
    The victory lifted Malysz above Norway's Anders Jacobsen in the overall standings with just two more jumps to go in the season calendar — both in Planica this weekend.
    Jacobson finished sixth, spoiling his chances with a modest first-round jump of 197 meters before soaring 210 meters in the second.
    Alan Alborn was the only U.S. jumper in the field. He posted 183.5 meters on his first jump and ended up in 35th place.   
    Friday's competition was moved to Planica from Vikersund in Norway due to adverse weather conditions.

World Cup ski jumping results
PLANICA, Slovenia — Results Friday from a World Cup ski jumping meet at Planica:
1. Adam Malysz, Poland, 423.5 points (208.5-221.5 meters)
2. Simon Ammann, Switzerland, 408.4 (208.5-213.5
3. Jernej Damjan, Slovenia, 402.8 (206.5-205)
4. Robert Kranjec, Slovenia, 398.5 (205.5-204.5)
5. Martin Koch, Austria, 392.6 (203.5-204.5)
6. Anders Jacobsen, Norway, 391.5 (197-210.5)
7. Janne Ahonen, Finland, 389.1 (204.5-203.5)
8. Anders Bardal, Norway, 383.2 (202.0-196.5)
9. Roar Ljoekelsoey, Norway 382.1 (199.5-196)
10. Tom Hilde, Norway, 380.4 (193.5-203.5)
11. Andreas Kofler, Austria, 377.3 (195.5-198.5)
12. Andrea Morassi, Italy, 376 (197.5-200)
13. Andreas Kuettel, Switzerland, 375.8 (201.5-195)
14. Denis Kornilov, Russia, 374.7 (194.5-196.5)
15. Thomas Morgenstern, Austria, 374.1 (189-201.5)

Overall standings
(after 28 of 30 events)
1. Adam Malysz, Poland, 1253 points
2. Anders Jacobsen, Norway,1207
3. Simon Ammann, Switzerland, 1055
4. Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austria, 956
5. Andreas Kuettel, Switzerland, 777
6. Thomas Morgenstern, Austria, 689
7. Andreas Kofler, Austria, 662
8. Michael Uhrmann, Germany, 524
9. Dmitry Vassiliev, Russia, 512
10. Janne Ahonen, Finland, 496
11. Matti Hautamaeki, Finland, 466
12. Wolfgang Loitzl, Austria, 461
13. Arttu Lappi, Finland, 460
14. Martin Koch, Austria, 401
15. Roar Ljoekelsoey, Norway, 398