Atlanta, Ga. 2/14/2010 4:42:24 AM
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2010 Winter Olympics Results Ski Jumping: Simon Ammann Captures Gold in Men’s Individual Normal Hill

Switzerland’s Simon Ammann captured Winter Olympics gold on Saturday after winning the men’s individual normal hill ski jumping event, the first gold handed out at the Vancouver Games.

 

Ammann totaled 276.5 points after landing the longest jumps in both rounds. The Swiss star put down a jump of 105 meters in his opening jump and then soared to 108 meters on his second to easily secure his third Olympic gold. He took the same event at the Salt Lake City Games in 2002.

 

Polish veteran Adam Malysz finished a distant second with a total of 269.5 points to take silver while Austria’s Gregor Schlierenzauer finished on the podium with bronze after putting up 268.0 points.

 

Ski Jumping Men’s Final Results Individual Normal Hill

 

1

 SUI

Simon Ammann

276.5

2

 POL

Adam Malysz

269.5

3

 AUT

Gregor Schlierenzauer

268.0

4

 FIN

Janne Ahonen

263.0

5

 GER

Michael Uhrmann

262.5

6

 SLO

Robert Kranjec

259.5

7

 SLO

Peter Prevc

259.0

8

 AUT

Thomas Morgenstern

258.5

9

 NOR

Anders Jacobsen

257.0

10

 GER

Martin Schmitt

256.0

 

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