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US teen ski jumper wins season final

March 9, 2012 RSS Feed Print

TRONDHEIM, Norway (AP) — American teenager Sarah Hendrickson won the final competition in the World Cup ski jumping season on Friday.

Hendrickson, who already won the overall title two weeks ago, finished ahead of Japan's 15-year-old Sara Takanashi and Norway's Anette Sagen.

Takanashi beat Hendrickson on overall distance points — 157 to 146 — but the American did better on judges' points — 109 to 100.5.

Hendrickson finished with 254.1 points, while Takanashi had 250.7.

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