Canadian ski jumper Alexandria Loutitt wins World Cup bronze in Norway

02.12.2023 - 14:55 cbc.ca

Canada's Alexandria Loutitt earned a bronze medal from the first World Cup ski jumping event of the season. The 19-year-old from Calgary was leading Saturday's event in Lillehammer, Norway, after the first round, posting a score of 130.6 points.

Loutitt was bumped down the podium after the second round, finishing with a total score of 241.6 – just three points back of gold medallist Yuki Ito, of Japan.

Josephine Pagnier of France (242.7) snagged the silver medal while Calgary's Abigail Strate finished 20th, 37.3 points back of the winner.

The bronze-medal finish earned Loutitt 60 points in the overall World Cup standings, behind Ito (100) and Pagnier (80). Loutitt enters this season as the reigning world champion after scoring gold last March in Slovenia.

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