Harrachov (2)

Jakub Janda became the first repeat winner of the year and took the lead in the World Cup with a commanding second round jump in the second event of the weekend at Harrachov. The Czech jumper soared to 140.5m to beat his nearest World Cup rival, Andreas Kuettel, by nearly four metres.

Kuettel came in second, improving from 5th after the first jump with 134.5m the second time around.

First round leader Janne Happonen couldn't maintain his form and only recorded a lacklustre 126.5m with his second jump to plunge down to 7th.

The podium was completed by Bjorn Einar Romoeren of Norway who edged his battle with Janne Ahonen, thanks mainly to the Finn's relatively poor scores from the judges in the first round. Ahonen, though kept hold of third in the overall standings.

Next stop on the tour is Engelberg in Switzerland, the last tune-up before the Four Hills starts.

(winner and World Cup leader Jakub Janda)

Full results can be found here.

Updated World Cup standings are here.

Harrachov (1) 2005/6

Having taken the lead after a strange first round, Andreas Kofler of Austria triumphed in the latest round of the ski-jumping World Cup in the Czech Republic. It was the 21 year-old policeman's first ever World Cup victory and propelled him into the top 10 in the World Cup and was set up by a massive jump of 152.5 metres in the first round, over 10 metres further than anyone else.

He was aided and abeted by some poor jumps in the first round by most of the big guns. World Cup leader, Andreas Kuttel could manage only 10th having just watched his nearest challenger jump into 9th. The biggest loser though was the Lillehammer winner Thomas Morgenstern who could only manage a woeful 40th place and failed to qualify for a second effort.

Kuettel and Janda did manage to improve the second time up and rose up to 5th and 4th respectively and limited the gains of Finn, Janne Ahonen whose consistency saw him take the bottom step on the podium. Second place was claimed by Michael Uhrmann, who recorded his best result of the season in doing so.

(winner Andreas Kofler)

Full results can be found here.

Updated World Cup standings are here.