Sara Takanashi opened the ski jumping World Cup season in Lillehammer on Friday with third place in the women's normal hill, finishing behind first-time winner Juliane Seyfarth of Germany and Olympic champion Maren Lundby of Norway.Battling windy conditions, Takanashi was eighth following her opening jump of 88.5 meters but flew an impressive 94.0 meters on her second effort to secure a podium finish with a total of 240.2 points.The Pyeongchang Olympic bronze medalist finished six points behind local favorite Lundby and 18.6 back from runaway winner Seyfarth, whose previous best at a World …READ FULL ARTICLE