Planica SJ: Malysz wins 2nd straight, nears title

Poland’s Adam Malysz moved one event closer to his fourth World Cup ski jumping title Saturday, winning the next-to-last event of the season to build a 66-point lead over Norway’s Anders Jacobsen in a ski-flying contest.
PLANICA, Slovenia — Poland’s Adam Malysz moved one event closer to his fourth World Cup ski jumping title Saturday, winning the next-to-last event of the season to build a 66-point lead over Norway’s Anders Jacobsen in a ski-flying contest.
    Malysz jumped 210.5 and 217.5 meters for 419.6 points while Jacobsen went 209 and 217 meters, good for 417.7 points.
    American Alan Alborn was 34th.
    The Polish jumper was in fifth position following the opening leg, but he had a second-round best of 217.5 meters to claim his eighth victory this season and 37th career title.
    Malysz leaped 210.5 meters in the first jump, registering a combined score of 419.6 points.
    Malysz also won on Friday at Planica, his first victory on the biggest hill on the World Cup circuit.
    Jacobsen, who trails Malysz by 66 points in the overall standings, jumped 209 and 217 meters.
    Martin Koch of Austria was third, jumping 215.5 and 211.5 meters.

Planica World Cup ski-jumping results
Large hill
1. Adam Malysz, Poland, 419.6 points (210.5 meters, 217.5 meters)
2. Anders Jacobsen, Norway, 417.7 (209-217)
3. Martin Koch, Austria, 417.4 (215.5-211.5)
4. Roar Ljoekelsoey, Norway, 415.1 (211.5-209)
5. Andreas Kofler, Austria, 412.4 (206-213.5)
6. Anders Bardal, Norway, 412.2 (206-212.5)
7. Robert Kranjec, Slovenia, 411.7 (206.5-214.5)
8. Simon Ammann, Switzerland, 409.8 (212.5-209)
9. Janne Ahonen, Finland, 404.6 (208.5-207)
10. Bjoern Einar Romoeren, Norway, 403.1 (207-206)
11. Jernej Damjan, Slovenia, 401.3 (209.5-202.5)
12. Thomas Morgenstern, Austria, 397.7 (198-210.5)
13. Matti Hautamaeki, Finland, 395 (204-203.5)
14. Andreas Kuettel, Switzerland, 393.9 (193-214)
15. Denis Kornilov, Russia, 391.1 (203.5- 202)

Overall standings
(After 29 of 30 events)
1. Adam Malysz, Poland, 1353 points
2. Anders Jacobsen, Norway, 1287
3. Simon Ammann, Switzerland, 1087
4. Gregor Schlierezauer, Austria, 956
5. Andreas Kuettel, Switzerland, 795
6. Thomas Morgenstern, Austria, 711
7. Andreas Kofler, Austria, 707
8. Janne Ahonen, Finland, 525
9. Michael Uhrmann, Germany, 524
10. Dimitry Vassiliev, Russia, 520