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Updated at 6:36 a.m., Sunday, December 21, 2008

Skiing: Schlierenzauer wins World Cup ski jump event

Associated Press

ENGELBERG, Switzerland — Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria won a World Cup ski jumping event Sunday to close the gap on overall points leader Simon Ammann.

The 18-year-old Schlierenzauer had jumps of 133.5 meters in both rounds to score 264.1 points. It was his 13th career World Cup win and second of the season.

Wolfgang Loitzl of Austria finished second with 262.4 points. Ammann, who won Saturday's competition in front of his home crowd at Engelberg, was third despite producing the biggest jump of the day at 136 meters.

Ammann leads the World Cup standings with 585 points, 75 more than Schlierenzauer, who has finished in the top four at each of the seven events. Loitzl is third with 359 points.

The World Cup circuit moves to Oberstdorf, Germany, next Sunday for the first event of the Four Hills tournament.

Schlierenzauer won at Oberstdorf in 2006 at age 16.