Ski jumping: Olympic champ Ryoyu Kobayashi finishes 2nd to Zajc at worlds

Japan's Olympic ski jumping gold medalist Ryoyu Kobayashi finished runner-up Friday as Slovenia's Timi Zajc was crowned men's large hill world champion in front of his home crowd in Planica.In winning silver, the 26-year-old Kobayashi became the first Japanese man to collect an individual ski jumping medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships since Noriaki Kasai finished third in both the normal and large hill competitions in 2003.Poland's Dawid Kubacki rounded out the podium in Planica, but the day belonged to Zajc, who secured the host nation's first gold at this year's world champio…READ FULL ARTICLE