Kvandal wins wind-marred ski flying ahead of Prevc
Norway's Eirin Maria Kvandal celebrates on the podium after winning the women's competition at the FIS Ski Flying World Cup in Vikersund. Trond R Teigen/NTB/dpa Eirin Maria Kvandal claimed back-to-back ski flying victories in her native Norway on Sunday in a wind-marred competition. The Vikersund competition was stopped and then cancelled after seven jumpers in the second round after Norway Ingvild Synnoeve Midtskogen was hit by a wind gust and landed after 123 metres.
As a result, the first round result was also the final one, with Kvandal top like on Saturday with 231. 5 metres. She was 4.
1 points ahead of World Cup champion Nika Prevc of Slovenia who had 220. 5m. Norwegian double Olympic champion Anna Odine Strøm was third.
The women's season ends next weekend with one competition on the Slovenian flying hill of Planica. The men have their second Vikersund competition later on Sunday. The other Nordic competition is the final races of the cross country season in Lake Placid, New York, 20km mass starts for men and women.