Norway's Anna Odine Stroem wins women's large hill for second gold

PREDAZZO, Italy -- Norway's Anna Odine Stroem won her second gold of the Milan Cortina Olympics in the women's large hill individual ski jumping competition on Sunday, while compatriot Eirin Maria Kvandal took silver.

Slovenia's Nika Prevc, who entered the Olympics as a gold-medal favourite, claimed the bronze.

Norway has delivered a dominant performance in women's ski jumping events at these Games, after Stroem clinched gold in the women's normal hill individual competition and a quartet of Norwegian jumpers took silver in the mixed team event.

The Scandinavian country, which has won the most gold medals of these Olympics so far, held the top four spots on the leaderboard after the first round of jumps. Prevc soared back into medal position after finishing fifth in the early round, while Stroem edged ahead of Kvandal by 2.1 points in a competitive second round.

This is the first time women have competed in a large hill ski jumping event at a Winter Olympics.

Sunday's medal is Prevc's third of these Games. She won silver in the normal hill individual event and took gold alongside her brother Domen in the mixed team competition.

--Reuters, special to Field Level Media