Ski jumping: Japan's Sara Takanashi 3rd in women's World Cup opener

Japan's Sara Takanashi finished in third in the ski jumping World Cup opener in Austria on Friday, the four-time overall women's champion claiming the 101st podium of her career.The 24-year-old put together jumps of 88 and 89.5 meters for a combined total of 240.1 points in Ramsau, 13.5 points behind Austria's Marita Kramer who recorded leaps of 94 and 96 meters to win her second World Cup event.Nika Kriznar of Slovenia placed second on 245.1 points and Yuki Ito of Japan fifth on 232.0 points at the event delayed by around two weeks due to the novel coronavirus pandemic."I was able to make …READ FULL ARTICLE