Prevc claims second 4 Hills win

Slovenia's Peter Prevc claimed his second straight win in the third leg of the Four Hills tournament at Innsbruck on Sunday.

The overall World Cup leader already won the New Year's Day leg at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany.

And he dominated his rivals notably thanks to a second jump of 132.0 meters to score 269.5 points to finish ahead of Germany's Severin Freund, 258.4, and Norway's Kenneth Gangnes, 251.5.

Poland's Kamil Stoch, a double Olympic champion from Sochi, slumped to 16th, with four-time Olympic champion Simon Ammann finishing 22nd.

It was an 11th World Cup win for 23-year-old Prevc, and his second in the prestigious Four Hills, which he has never won, and which concludes in Bischofshofen, Austria on January 6.

Results (after two jumps):

1. Peter Prevc (SLO) 269.5 pts (125.0 + 132.0 m), 2. Severin Freund (GER) 258.4 pts (122.5 + 128.0 m), 3. Kenneth Gangnes (NOR) 251.5 pts (126.5 + 124.0 m), 4. Johann Andre Forfang (NOR) 249.7 pts (122.0 + 124.0 m), 5. Michael Hayboeck (AUT) 247.5 pts (119.0 + 123.5 m) Selected:

16. Kamil Stoch (POL) 226.1 pts (118.5 + 120.5 m), 22. Simon Ammann (SUI) 220.6 pts (123.5 + 117.5 m)

Four Hills standings (after three events):

1. Peter Prevc (SLO) 842.1 pts, 2. Severin Freund (GER) 822.4, 3. Kenneth Gangnes (NOR) 800.2, 4. Michael Hayboeck (AUT) 799, 5. Johann Andre Forfang (NOR) 779.3

Selected:

8. Noriaki Kasai (JPN) 758.4

Overall World Cup standings (after 10 events):

1. Peter Prevc (SLO) 824 pts, 2. Severin Freund (GER) 639, 3. Kenneth Gangnes (NOR) 550, 4. Michael Hayboeck (AUT) 427, 5. Johann Andre Forfang (NOR) 416

Selected:

10=. Domen Prevc (SLO) 236, 15. Simon Ammann (SUI) 168, 20. Kamil Stoch (POL) 127
Source: AFP