Canada's Alex Loutitt leaps to bronze at final women's World Cup ski jump stop

Canada's Alex Loutitt won the bronze medal in the large hill competition at the final World Cup women's ski jumping event of the season.

21-year-old from Calgary reaches 3rd podium of season

Canadian women's ski jumper pictured mid-air during women's large hill competition at World Cup event.
Canada's Alex Loutitt, seen competing in 2024, reached her third podium of the season after securing bronze in the large hill competition at the final World Cup women's ski jumping event of the campaign. (Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

Canada's Alex Loutitt won the bronze medal in the large hill competition at the final World Cup women's ski jumping event of the season.

The 21-year-old from Calgary, who was ninth in qualifying, reached her third podium of the season with a combined distance of 275.1 metres over her two jumps.

Nika Prevc of Slovenia finished comfortably in first with a total of 302.8 metres. Selina Freitag of Germany took silver with 277.4 metres.

Loutitt won the large hill event at a World Cup stop in Sapporo, Japan, in January and finished third in the event last month at Lake Placid, N.Y.

The 2023 world champion was 10th in the overall standings heading into Friday's World Cup large hill final.

Calgary's Abigail Strate finished 11th, just missing out on her sixth top-10 result of the season.

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