Austrian teenager wins ski jump

Published December 17, 2006

ENGELSBERG (Switzerland), Dec 16: Austrian teenager Gregor Schlierenzauer won the World Cup ski jump here on Saturday, the fourth event of the season.

The 16-year-old registered jumps of 131m and 140.5m for a total points score of 269.2 to beat Norway's Anders Jacobsen and Adam Malysv of Poland.

Switzerland's double Olympic 2002 champion Simon Ammann came in fourth to retain his place at the head of the overall standings.—Agencies