Olympics: Japanese ski jumper Nikaido wins men's normal hill bronze

Japanese ski jumper Ren Nikaido won the men's normal hill bronze Monday at the Milan Cortina Winter Games as Germany's Philipp Raimund was crowned the new Olympic champion.The 24-year-old Nikaido shared the bronze medal with Switzerland's Gregor Deschwanden after both totaled 266.0 points, finishing 8.1 points behind Raimund, who topped both rounds at Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium.Poland's Kacper Tomasiak took silver with 270.7, while Japan's defending Olympic champion, Ryoyu Kobayashi, finished eighth on 260.6 points.Nikaido's first-round jump of 101 meters saw him advance to the final roun…READ FULL ARTICLE