Trondheim SJ: Morgenstern wins 3rd straight

TRONDHEIM, Norway — Thomas Morgenstern won his third straight World Cup jumping meet by the biggest margin of the season Sunday.

TRONDHEIM, Norway — Thomas Morgenstern won his third straight World Cup jumping meet by the biggest margin of the season Sunday.
    The 21-year-old Olympic champion opened with a 134-meter effort on Granasen's illuminated large hill for the longest jump of the day, then soared 128 meters for a total of 269.6 points.
    Andreas Kofler and Wolfgang Loitzl completed an Austrian podium sweep.   
    Kofler jumped 124 and 130 meters for 255.2 points, and Loitzl jumped 123.5 and 126.5 meters for 248 points in third place.
    This was Morgenstern's fifth individual World Cup win and third in Norway. He won two in Trondheim and one in Lillehammer, site of the 1994 Winter Olympics.
    After three events, Morgenstern leads the overall standings with 300 points. Tom Hilde of Norway, who finished sixth, is second with 160 points, and ninth-place Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria is third with 159.
    Defending World Cup champion Adam Malysz of Poland was eighth.

    — The Associated Press