Higashi Wins in Planica

Planica, 23 March - SPORT/SKI/FLIGHTS
Japanese Akira Higashi won the ski-flights race in Planica, the last in this year's world championship cup. Primož Peterka came second, also winning the overall standings of ski-flights (Kulm, Planica), while Norwegian Lasse Ottesen was third. Leading after the first series, German Dieter Thoma ended up in the fourteenth place.