In the first of the two FIS Grand Prix Ski Jumping events in Zakopane, Poland, on Friday, Austria's Thomas Morgenstern recorded his third victory of the summer season. The double Olympic champion from Torino beat teammate Wolfgang Loitzl and the home favorite Adam Malysz. Simon Ammann, who landed the longest jump in the final in the second round, finished fourth, improving from 16th after the first round.

IN THE FIRST of the two FIS Grand Prix Ski Jumping events in Zakopane, Poland, on Friday, Austria's Thomas Morgenstern recorded his third victory of the summer season. The double Olympic champion from Torino beat teammate Wolfgang Loitzl and the home favorite Adam Malysz. Simon Ammann, who landed the longest jump in the final in the second round, finished fourth, improving from 16th after the first round.
    On Saturday night in the second competition in Zakopane, Malysz topped Morgenstern by 5.5 points for the victory, with Loitzl finishing third. Malysz, the winner of the 2006 FIS Grand Prix, thriled the 25,000 fans in attendance after uncorking a summer hill record of 139.5 meters in the first round.
    Morgenstern continues to lead the overall ranking of the 2007 FIS Grand Prix Ski Jumping with 500 points, ahead of Malysz (460) and Gregor Schlierenzauer (seventh on Saturday; 317 points).
    The summer series will continue in Hakuba, Japan, on Sept. 8-9.

 

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