Ski: Ljoekelsoey takes latest round of World Cup

From: AAP Sports News (Australia) | Date: February 6, 2005 | Copyright information

AAP Sports News (Australia)
02-06-2005
Ski: Ljoekelsoey takes latest round of World Cup

SAPPORO, Japan, Feb 6 AFP - Norway's Roar Ljoekelsoey won the latest round of the ski-jump
World Cup today, consistently turning in a solid performance even though winds and heavy
snow disturbed other jumpers.

He finished on 292.1 points and recorded leaps of 137.5 metres and 137.0 metres. Second
was Risto Jussilainen of Finland who collected 262.8 points and registered 122.0 metres
and 139.0 metres, the longest jump of the day.

Ljoekelsoey and Jussilainen were the only competitors to surpass the ...

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