Adam Malysz bags the large hill ski jumping title

Adam Malysz dominated at the Plancia flying hill in Slovenia, to win his second consecutive large hill ski jumping title to reclaim the overall World Cup lead. Competing in the first event since 2003, the 29-year-old, Polish ski jumper recorded 208.5-meter jump in the first round to break into the lead at the event. The win at Planica, is Malysz’s first victory on the biggest hill on the World Cup circuit, and was his eighth victory of the season for the 37th career title. His nearest rival for the Overall Andres Jacobson could only finish sixth in the event – and now trail good 46 points behind Malysz. Switzerland’s Simon Ammann was emphatic at his jumps and finished behind the Pole for the second place while the home favorite Jernej Damjan of Slovenia finished for the third spot. Read