SKI JUMPING, COC-M. The hosting team could capture a double victory in the second Continental Cup competition in Kranj. Jure Sinkovec was only 14th after the first round, but in the final he showed the longest jump of the day with 117 m and won with a total of 259.6 points. So he could celebrate his first victory in the COC since more than three years on his 26th birthday.

The second place went to his teammate Peter Prevc with 258.1 points and jumps on 104.5 m and 110 m.

Poland's Grzegorz Mietus (103.5 m and 108.5 m) and Vladimir Zografski from Bulgaria (107 m and 105 m) shared the third place with 251.6 points.

Behind Aleksander Zniszczol (5th) and Stefan Kraft (6th), Alexander Sardyko from Russia achieved his by far best result in the Continental Cup so far as seventh. He was followed by Saturday's winner Robert Kranjec.

Norwegian Kenneth Gangnes was in the lead after the first round, but with only 97.5 m in the final round he came in only tenth overall.

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Result COC-M Kranj, 03.07.2011

Rank Bib Name Nation Distance1 Distance2 Total
1. 54 Sinkovec, Jure  102.5 117.0 259.6 
2. 61 Prevc, Peter  104.5 110.0 258.1 
3. 63 Zografski, Vladimir  107.0 105.0 251.6 
3. 32 Mietus, Grzegorz  103.5 108.5 251.6 
5. 59 Zniszczol, Aleksander  106.0 106.5 251.0 
6. 53 Kraft, Stefan  105.0 104.5 246.1 
7. 15 Sardyko, Alexander  103.0 107.0 246.0 
8. 64 Kranjec, Robert  107.0 102.0 245.7 
9. 62 Kubacki, Dawid  104.5 114.5 244.2 
10. 55 Gangnes, Kenneth  113.0 97.5 242.9 

Overall ranking after 2 competitions

1 Zografski, Vladimir BUL 140
2 Kranjec, Robert SLO 132
3 Prevc, Peter SLO 130

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