Sapporo: Gold for Kuitunen; Malysz wins jumping

At the Nordic World Championships, World Cup leader Virpi Kuitunen of Finland coasted to victory in the women’s 30-kilometer cross-country mass-start event.
SAPPORO, Japan — At the Nordic World Championships, World Cup leader Virpi Kuitunen of Finland coasted to victory in the women’s 30-kilometer cross-country mass-start event.
    Kuitunen crossed the finish line in 1 hour, 29 minutes, 47.1 seconds to pick up her fourth medal of the meet.
    Norway’s Kristin Stormer Steira finished second, 6.9 seconds, behind while fellow Norwegian Therese Johaug took third, 1:22.8 off the pace.
    Kuitunen was a member of Finland’s 4X5-kilometer cross-country relay team that won the gold on Thursday. She also captured gold in the team sprint and a bronze medal in the 1.2-kilometer sprint event.
    Norway leads the World Championships with 14 medals. Germany and Finland trail with seven medals each.

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Malysz tops in jumping
    Adam Malysz of Poland had the longest jump in each round Saturday night to win the normal-hill world championship by more than 20 points over large-hill gold medalist Simon Ammann of Switzerland. No U.S. skiers competed.
    Malysz won the fourth world championship of his career with jumps of 102 and 99.5 meters for 277.0 points. Ammann jumped 96.5 and 96 meters for 255.5 with Austrian Thomas Morgenstern the bronze medalist (254.5).

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