Ski jumping: Japan's Kobayashi wins 1st World Cup gold

Japan's Junshiro Kobayashi claimed the men's ski jumping title Sunday at the Nordic ski World Cup, topping the podium at the tournament for the first time.Kobayashi, who was competing at his 63rd individual World Cup event, recorded leaps of 124.0 and 126.5 meters for a total of 260.5 points. Local favorite and Sochi Olympic double gold medalist Kamil Stoch (258.2) was runner-up and Austrian Stefan Kraft (257.7) was third.Kobayashi became the 13th Japanese to win the men's jumping event at the World Cup, which was also the first since 45-year-old veteran Noriaki Kasai won the competition in…READ FULL ARTICLE