GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — Anders Jacobsen of Norway defeated four-time Olympic champion Simon Ammann to win the second ski jumping World Cup of the Four Hills tour on Thursday.
Jacobsen, who also won Wednesday’s qualifying event, soared 135.5 metres for the first-round lead and held his nerve with a second jump of 136.5. He finished with 286 points, 6.6 more than Ammann, who had jumps of 138 and 133 metres.
Ammann, of Switzerland, had failed to qualify for the final round of the tour’s opening event at Oberstdorf on Monday.
Peter Prevc of Slovenia repeated his third-place finish from Oberstdorf with jumps of 136.5 and 136 metres for 276.9 points, while two-time Four Hills winner Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria placed fourth.
Stefan Kraft of Austria leads the tour standings after placing sixth at Garmisch-Partenkirchen.