09.02 Poland’s Stoch Soars to Win Sochi Olympic Ski Jumping Gold

ESTO-SADOK, Russia, February 9 (R-Sport) – Polish ski jumper Kamil Stoch flew to victory Sunday in the men’s individual normal hill competition at the Sochi Olympics.

Stoch, the world champion, posted both of the two biggest jumps of the night on RusSki Gorki’s K95 hill for a winning score of 278 points.

Slovenia’s Peter Prevc sneaked past Norway’s Anders Bardal in the final round to snatch the silver medal with 265.3 points, 1.2 more than the Norwegian.

In eighth place was 41-year-old Japanese jumper Noriaki Kasai, who is competing at a record seventh Winter Olympics.

There was a heart-stopping moment in the first round when Germany’s Severin Freund, widely tipped as a medal contender, crashed on landing and rolled down the slope. He was unhurt.