Comeback Nets Englund Top 10
SAPPORO, Japan (Jan. 17, 2016) - Nita Englund (Florence, WI) came from behind on her second jump to finish seventh, her best result of the season, in a FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Sapporo. Japan's Sara Takanashi continued her winning streak to remain the World Cup leader.
In the opening round of Sunday's competition, Englund went 85.0 meters to stand 20th. She pushed her second round jump out to 91.0 meters - fourth longest of the round - to move up to seventh.
"My trial and my second round jump were both quite similar," said Englund. "I was mostly just more relaxed today and happy to find the same rhythm as my normal training jumps."
Abby Hughes (Park City, UT) was 27th with Tara Geraghty-Moats (W. Fairlee, VT) 35th.
The tour now heads to Zao for competitions Friday and Saturday.