Canada’s Abigail Strate wins ski jump bronze medal at World Cup in Austria

HINZENBACH — Canada’s Abigail Strate won bronze on Sunday for her first World Cup ski jumping medal of the season.

Strate, from Calgary, scored 226.6 points over two jumps on the normal-size hill.

She covered a distance of 86.5 metres on her first jump and 87.5 metres on her second.

Slovenia’s Nika Prevc won gold with 244.0 points and Germany’s Selina Freitag took silver (241.5).