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Takanashi wins 3rd straight junior world title

VAL DI FIEMME, Italy - Photo shows Japan's Sara Takanashi (C) on the podium after winning the junior world ski championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on Jan. 28, 2014, to become the first ever to win three consecutive titles. At left is Coline Mattel of France, who finished second, and at right is Norwegian Maren Lundby, who came third.

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World Cup ski jumping in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows (from L) France's Coline Mattel, Japan's Sara Takanashi and Russia's Irina Avvakumova at the award ceremony of a women's World Cup ski jumping event in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Jan. 12, 2014. Takanashi landed jumps of 97 and 91 meters on the K-90 Miyanomori hill to earn 237.1 points and her sixth victory of the season. Mattel and Avvakumova finished second and third, respectively.

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World Cup ski jumping

OSLO, Norway - Japan's Sara Takanashi (C) raises the crystal trophy in Oslo on March 17, 2013, given for her victory in the overall World Cup women's ski jumping. Sarah Hendrickson of the United States (L) and Coline Mattel of France (R) were the second and the third, respectively.

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Takanashi claims 7th World Cup win of season

LJUBNO, Slovenia - Japanese teenager Sara Takanashi (C) stands on the podium after securing her third consecutive victory and seventh of the season by winning the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Ljubno, Slovenia, on Feb. 16, 2013. American Sarah Hendrickson (L) was second and Frenchwoman Coline Mattel (R) was third.

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Takanashi claims 7th World Cup win of season

LJUBNO, Slovenia - Japanese teenager Sara Takanashi (C) stands on the podium after securing her third consecutive victory and seventh of the season by winning the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Ljubno, Slovenia, on Feb. 16, 2013. American Sarah Hendrickson (L) was second and Frenchwoman Coline Mattel (R) was third.