Fannemel profits from Freund disqualification
Titisee-Neustadt (Germany) (AFP) - Norway's Anders Fannemel won the second World Cup ski-jumping event at Titisee-Neustadt in Germany on Sunday after Severin Freund was disqualified.
Freund had won the first round at the venue on Saturday and was leading the second when he fell foul of the judges.
Fannemel scored 285.2 points (135.5m + 143.5) to beat Olympic champion Kamil Stoch of Poland (274.8 pts, 135.5 + 143.5) into second with Czech Roman Koudelka (273.3 pts, 131.5 + 140.5) third.
Austria's Stefan Kraft, who won the Four Hills tournament, finished fifth but maintained his overall World Cup lead.
Results:
1. Anders Fannemel (NOR) 285.2 pts (135.5m + 143.5), 2. Kamil Stoch (POL) 274.8 (130 + 137.5), 3. Roman Koudelka (TCH) 273.3 (131.5 + 140.5), 4. Daiki Ito (JPN) 272.8 (135.5 + 134), 5. Stefan Kraft (AUT) 271.9 (133.5 + 132)
World Cup standings (after 23 of 31 rounds)
1. Stefan Kraft (AUT) 1208 pts, 2. Peter Prevc (SLO) 1150, 3. Roman Koudelka (TCH) 1021, 4. Severin Freund (GER) 1013, 5. Michael Hayboeck (AUT) 944
