Takanashi of Japan wins 6th straight women’s ski jump WCup
Source:
The Asahi Shimbun
February 1, 2016
Sara Takanashi of Japan won her sixth women’s ski jumping World Cup in succession on Jan. 30.
The 19-year-old Takanashi soared 104.0 meters for a new hill record at Obertsdorf, and then bettered it with the day’s longest jump at 107.0 meters for 278.5 points to beat next-best Daniela Iraschko-Stolz of Austria.
Iraschko-Stolz jumped 97.5 and 100.0 for 251.7 points, ahead of Slovenian teammates Ema Klinec and Maja Vtic.
Another Austrian, Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, was fifth.