• Tools:
• Save |
• Print |
• E-mail |
• Most Popular |

Lappi wins shortened jump opener

Adjust font size:

RUKA, Finland -- Finland's Arttu Lappi won the World Cup ski jumping opener in Ruka on Friday but the event was reduced to one jump because of strong winds and heavy snow.

Lappi, jumping fifth, cleared 141 meters for 154.8 points.

Former double Olympic champion Simon Ammann of Switzerland was second with a 136-meter jump for 145.7 points, edging ahead of Anders Jacobsen on style, after the Norwegian rookie leapt 137.5 meters for 145.5 points.

"The event should have been canceled halfway through the first round," said Finland's Janne Ahonen, who only managed 90 meters.

World Cup champion Jakub Janda hit 95.5 meters and was 56th.

Of the top 15 in last year's World Cup, only two would have qualified for a second round -- Thomas Morgenstern of Austria (112.5 meters) in 22nd place, and Finland's Matti Hautamaki (106.5) in 28th.

Get up-to-the minute news from CNN CNN.com gives you the latest stories and video from the around the world, with in-depth coverage of U.S. news, politics, entertainment, health, crime, tech and more.

---

• Virginia prepares to execute D.C. sniper
• The new jihadi code
• Sniper's ex-wife: 'I'm praying for myself'
• Strollers recalled over finger amputations
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has blood cancer

• Irish PM to quit over payments scandal
• NATO chief: Afghan troop increase likely
• Militants hunted as calm retuns to Basra
• Pressure on Bush to skip Olympics
• BA sending misplaced T5 baggage to Milan

• Recruiting suicide bombers (2:50)
• London was lucky (2:36)
• Cars in London rigged as bombs (3:48)
• Second explosives-packed car foun (2:32)
• Soviet culture returns (3:47)