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Show t WqdjpM (DungD Mnmg World Cup gets into the jump of it by Randy I Ian skat With the alpine skiers still taking their Christmas break, the week's only action was on the Nordic side in ski jumping and Nordic combined. In jumping, Austria's Andreas Felder had his string of four World Cup jumping meet victories broken by his teammate Ernst Vettori. In Nordic combined, Norway's Geir Andersen had his string of two wins . broken by East Germany's Heiko '" Hunger. The ski jumping action was the opening leg of the Intersport Springertournee in Oberstdorf, West Germany on Sunday. So far this year u Felder has had an iron grip on the rest of the World Cup jumpers, winning all four meets of the season. But Sunday was the day of Vettori. Winner of the 1982 World Junior Championships, he set a record on the 90-meter hill of 1 16 meters on his first jump. Then on his second he went all of 115 meters to clinch the win. Prior to Vettori's streak, Felder had won at Thunder Bay, Canada and Lake Placid, New York, both on the 70- and 90-meter hills. In second place in Sunday's jumping was Matti Nykaenen of Finland, the Olympic 90-meter champ. Nykaenen was followed in third by Felder. The top American on the day was Zane Palmer in 23rd position. Palmer had a good first jump of 110 meters, which put him in 15th place, but had a late takeoff on his second ride, getting only 100 meters out of it. Other U.S. finishings were Dennis McGrane in 29th, Mark Konopacke in 33rd, Reed Zuehlke in 37th, Ricky Mewborn in 46th, Mike Holland in 57th, Landis Arnold in 62nd and Nils Stolzlechner in 77th. The World Cup jumpers then moved on to Garmisch-Parten-kirchen. West Germany for the second segment of the four-meet Springertournee on New Year's Day, followed by the final two segments in Innsbruck on Jan. 4 and in ; Bischofshofen on Jan. 6. Jumping made up half of the other World Cup action of the week, a Nordic combined in Oberwiessen-thal, Oberwiessen-thal, East Germany. On Saturday the . . jumping portion of the Nordic combined was held, with the 15-kilometer cross-country race on Sunday. Emerging on top was East Germany's Heiko Hunger. He was followed in second by teammate Uwe Dotzauer. In third was Peter Opitz, : also of Eas t Germany, making for the sweep. No Americans were present at the Oberwiessenthal meet. Next week alpine action should resume, snow permitting. |