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Lundby tastes gold in ski jumping women's normal hill, China's Chang finishes 20th in PyeongChang

Xinhua,February 12, 2018 Adjust font size:

PYEONGCHANG, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Norwegian ski jumper Maren Lundby claimed the gold medal of women's individual normal hill ski jumping at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games here on Monday.

Lundby collected a total of 264.6 points from two rounds, handing Norway its 10th gold medal in ski jumping at the Winter Olympic Games.

Chang Xinyue, China's first ski jumper at the Winter Olympics, finished 20th among 35 participants.

"I tried my best on every jump. I felt no pressure, and just went out to enjoy the match," said Chang.

Katharina Althaus of Germany was placed second with 252.6 points. The bronze medal went to Japan's Takanashi Sara, who notched 243.8 points. Enditem

 

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