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

Slovenia鈥檚 Nika Prevc won gold
The Canadian Press
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Canada鈥檚 Abigail Strate competes at the women鈥檚 normal hill individual ski jumping World Cup event in Villach, Austria on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Darko Bandic

Canada鈥檚 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鈥檚 Nika Prevc won gold with 244.0 points and Germany鈥檚 Selina Freitag took silver (241.5).

It was Strate鈥檚 sixth career World Cup medal.

Calgary鈥檚 Nicole Maurer was 16th.

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