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ÖSV double victory! Tschofenig wins ahead of Hörl

Tschofenig(Bild: APA/Getty Images)

Daniel Tschofenig and Jan Hörl have secured the first ÖSV double victory in the Ski Jumping World Cup since the Four Hills Tournament in Lake Placid. Tschofenig won six points ahead of his team-mate on Sunday in the USA and celebrated his eighth win of the season. 

Third place went to Slovenia's Anze Lanisek, who was 12.8 points behind. Stefan Kraft was the third best Austrian in 14th place. The last stop before the World Championships is Sapporo next weekend.

Tschofenig will travel on to Japan as the superior World Cup leader ahead of Hörl and Kraft after his 15th podium finish of the winter. Hörl jumped onto the podium for the twelfth time this season, the man from Salzburg has already finished second eight times. This time, Tschofenig, who was third at the halfway point, caught him with a fantastic final jump in difficult wind conditions. Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi, who was second behind Hörl after the first round, slipped back to fifth place behind Saturday's winner Johann Andre Forfang from Norway.

Men - large hill: 1. Daniel Tschofenig (AUT) 275.1 points (127 m/132.5 m) - 2. Jan Hörl (AUT) 269.1 (128/131) - 3. Anze Lanisek (SLO) 262.3 (122.5/126.5) - 4. Johann Andre Forfang (NOR) 259.3 (127/130) - 5. Ryoyu Kobayashi (JPN) 258.6 (124.5/124.5) - 6. Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal (NOR) 257.6 (127/128.5). Next: 14th Stefan Kraft 244.4 (122.5/126) - 23rd Michael Hayböck 233.2 (118.5/121.5) - 25th Markus Müller 231.7 (123.5/120) - 27th Maximilian Ortner (all AUT) 226.2 (117.5/117.5)

Overall World Cup (after 21 of 29 competitions): 1st Tschofenig 1,506 points - 2nd Hörl 1,303 - 3rd Kraft 942. further: 9th Ortner 614 - 11th Hayböck 545.

Nations Cup (after 26 competitions): 1st Austria 6,346 points - 2nd Norway 3,440 - 3rd Germany 3,217