STA, 8 February - Norwegian Maren Lundby is the winner of the first Ski Jumping World Cup event held in Ljubno od Savinji on Friday. Japan's Sara Takanashi was second, while Slovenian Urša Bogataj was third.
Lundby earned 268,9, Takanashi tallied 263.7 points and Bogataj 262.6.
Four other Slovenian jumpers also competed in Ljubno today, all making it to the final round.
Nika Križnar (257.2p) was sixth, Špela Rogelj (240.5p) was 14th, Jerneja Brecl (226.7p) was 24th, while Katra Komar (225.9p) was a spot behind her.
Three ski jumping events will take place in Ljubno this weekend. A team competition is scheduled for tomorrow, and another individual event for Sunday.
* Results: 1 Maren Lundby (Nor) 268.9 (90.5 m/90.5 m) 2 Sara Takanashi (Jap) 263.7 (90.0 m/88.5 m) 3 Urša Bogataj (Slo) 262.6 (91.0 m/89.0 m) 4 Katharina Althaus (Ger) 260.9 (89.5 m/88.0 m) 5 Juliane Seyfarth (Ger) 260.4 (87.5 m/88.5 m) * World Cup Standings, overall points (15/24): 1 Maren Lundby (Nor) 1088 2 Katharina Althaus (Ger) 917 3 Sara Takanashi (Jap) 706 4 Juliane Seyfarth (Ger) 686 5 Carina Vogt (Ger) 506
