Pettersen leaps to Four Hills win
OBERSTDORF, Germany -- Norway's Sigurd Pettersen claimed victory in the first leg of ski jumping's Four Hills tournament with a record jump on Germany's K120 Schattenberg hill.
Pettersen jumped 143.5 meters -- 9.5 meters beyond the hill record -- for a winning score of 295.2 points.
Austrian 16-year-old Thomas Morgenstern finished a distant second on 272.7 points, ahead of compatriot Martin Hollwarth on 269.1 points.
Defending champion Sven Hannevald of Germany finished 18th.
The Four Hills Tour continues on Thursday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen before moving on to Austria with events in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen.
