Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) (AFP) - Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud is halfway to a sweep of the prestigious Four Hills ski jumping series after winning the second leg in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Sunday.
The 26-year-old put together two jumps of 140 and 142 metres for a total of 303.7 points to prevail -- for the 16th victory of his career -- and add victory to the opening leg in Oberstdorf.
Slovenia's Anze Lanisek was second (297.3 pts) with overall World Cup series leader Dawid Kubacki of Poland third (294.4pts).
Japan's defending Four Hills champion Ryoyu Kobayashi had another disappointing outing finishing 19th (248.8pts) after a 15th-place finish at Oberstdorf.
"That was really a great competition today.Anze, Dawid and I jumped at a very high level.The competition today showed how great ski jumping is," said Granerud.
"My jump in the final was extremely good from my point of view.I still have to listen to the coaches' feedback, but I think it was really good.
"At the moment it's just going well for me.We'll see how it goes in Innsbruck."
Granerud holds a 26.8 point lead over Kubacki heading into the final two legs in Austria at Innsbruck on Wednesday and Bischofshofen on Friday.
Another Pole Piotr Zyla is third but 40.1 points adrift of Granerud having finished sixth (277pts) on Sunday.
"I made mistakes today, in the first jump I was too late, the second jump was not optimal either," said Kubacki.
"On the one hand it is good to make it to the podium despite mistakes, on the other hand I am annoyed about the mistakes."
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