Schlierenzauer takes first Four Hills event

Austria's world ski jump champion Gregor Schlierenzauer won the first leg of the Four Hills trophy here on Friday in an Austrian 1-2-3. The 21-year-old - 2010 Olympic team champion and bronze medallist in the two individual events - beat compatriots World Cup series leader Andreas Kofler and Thomas Morgenstern, who won here last year on his way to the overall title. 'Schlieri' - who turns 22 on January 7 the day after the final leg - has made this his target for the season. Should he sweep all four legs of the tournament he will earn himself an 815,000 euro bonus from the organisers, 10 years after Germany's Sven Hannewald achieved that feat. The German ski station of Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the next port of call for the Four Hills on Sunday.