Stefan Kraft takes third consecutive World Cup win

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Stefan Kraft produced two huge leaps as he took his third consecutive Ski Jumping World Cup win in Sapporo.

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The Austrian athlete produced jumps of 135m and 128.5m to register the 15th World Cup victory of his career.

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He said: "It was an amazing weekend for me. I love Japan now. My jumps today were even better than yesterday.

Kraft scored 248.2 points as he finished 9.8 points clear of second-placed Timi Zajc, of Slovenia.

World Cup standings leader and home favourite Ryoyu Kobayashi had to settle for third with a score of 236.6.

The Japanese jumper is still way ahead on 1,233 total points, with Kraft (781) in second and three-time Olympic gold medallist Kamil Stoch in third (744), after a sixth-placed finish in Sapporo.

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