Ryoyu Kobayashi won the men's ski jumping normal hill competition Sunday to earn Japan's first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics.The 25-year-old took the lead with a 104.5-meter jump, the longest of the first round, worth 145.4 points and gave himself a 6.2 gap to his nearest competitor. He then sealed the Olympic title in the evening's final jump, flying 99.5 meters and raising his point total to 275.0.Austria's Manuel Fettner was second with 270.8, while Poland's Dawid Kubacki was third on 265.9. Kobayashi's older brother Junshiro qualified for the final round and finished 27th at Zhangj…READ FULL ARTICLE
