Marius Lindvik Of Norway Wins Olympic Gold On Large Hill
Feb 12, 2022, 4:32 PM
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 12: Marius Lindvik of Team Norway competes during the Men's Large Hill Individual Final Round on Day 8 of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Ski Jumping Centre on February 12, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Marius Lindvik of Norway won Olympic gold in ski jumping on the large hill by holding off Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan.
Lindvik jumped 140 meters on his final jump and earned 296.1 points overall to become the first Norwegian to win the event since Toralf Engan in 1964.
Taking flight! ✈
Marius Lindvik (Norway) claims the #SkiJumping – men's large hill individual #Gold medal!
This is his first Olympic medal, congratulations! 👏#Beijing2022 | #StrongerTogether | @MariusLindvik
— Olympics (@Olympics) February 12, 2022
Kobayashi earned silver after winning on the normal hill on Sunday.
Karl Geiger of Germany finished third. Two-time defending champion Kamil Stoch of Poland was fourth.
He came up short on his shot to become the first to win three straight Olympic titles on the large hill.
