CHONGLI, Zhangjiakou, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Marius Lindvik clinched Norway's first ski jumping men's large hill individual gold medal since 1964 at the Beijing Winter Olympics here on Saturday.
Lindvik trailed Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi by 2.2 points after the first round. A second-round jump of 140 meters earned him 151.3 points, which saw the 23-year-old Norwegian win the gold on 296.1 overall.
"After I landed it was a lot of adrenaline and a lot of joy and after that it was a nervous moment when I had to watch Kobayashi's jump," Lindvik said.
Norway's last large hill Olympic champion was Toralf Engan, who came victorious at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
"I knew if I had a good day I was going to fight for the medals. After the normal hill I took a step back and reset and just looked forward to the big hill. It feels insane (to win the gold). I couldn't imagine it," said Lindvik, who ranked seventh in the normal hill.
Kobayashi, who claimed the men's normal hill individual gold medal, took the silver on 292.8 points, followed by Germany's Karl Geiger.
Kobayashi failed to become the first ski jumper since Swiss Simon Ammann in 2010 to win normal and large hill Olympic double.
"If I was really on top form I could have had a chance to do this. It's difficult to describe because I lost a gold medal, but overall my two jumps went quite well. Lindvik's jump was quite good, so today I was defeated," Kobayashi said.
Three-time Olympic champion Kamil Stoch of Poland finished fourth. ■
