Poland's Stoch takes over as ski jump World Cup leader

Poland's Kamil Stoch went top of the World Cup rankings on Sunday with a second win on Willingen's large hill in  the final ski jump event before the Sochi Olympics. The world champion prevailed with a total of 271.4, just ahead of Germany's Severin Freund on 257.9 with Slovenia's Peter Prevc (247.3) in third. Stoch's win, his fourth of the season and second of the weekend after Saturday's victory, saw him take over as World Cup leader from Prevc. The podium placings were almost a carbon copy of Saturday's results with Slovenia's Prevc replacing compatriot Jernej Damjan in third spot. 1. Kamil Stoch (POL) 271.4 pts, 2. Severin Freund (GER) 257.9, 3. Peter Prevc (SLO) 247.3, 4. Noriaki Kasai (JPN) 246.4, 5. Robert Kranjec (SLO) 243.6, 6. Dalki Ito (JPN) 240.1 World Cup standings (after 20 of 28 events) 1. Kamil Stoch (POL) 921pts, 2. Peter Prevc (SLO) 908 pts, 3. Noriaki Kasai (JPN) 746, 4. Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 670, 5. Severin Freund (GER) 627 Source: AFP