Norway's Lundy wins ski jumping women's World Cup in Ljubno

LJUBLJANA - Maren Lundy of Norway claimed the individual title at the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Ljubno, Slovenia on Sunday, ending the four-event unbeaten run of Austria's Chiara Hoelzl.
Olympic champion Lundy landed jumps of 93 and 89 meters for a total of 254.8 points to top the podium, beating Austria's Eva Pinkelnig by 2.1 points. Home favorite Nika Kriznar came third for her first individual podium finish in the season with 250.0 points.
Hoelzl, who stormed to four individual titles during the last two weekends and topped the team competition with Austria on Saturday, could only finish seventh on Sunday with 240.5 points.
Despite her disappointing run in Ljubno, the 23-year-old still leads the overall World Cup ranking with 1,066 points, while Lundy's win sees her close the gap to Hoelzl with 1,040 points. Pinkelnig remains third with 939 points.
Chinese jumper Li Xueyao posted jumps of 81.5m and 85.0m to rank 25th in the final classification on Sunday.
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