World champion Stoch holds off Ammann in ski jump

TITISEE-NEUSTADT, Germany (AP) World champion Kamil Stoch of Poland claimed his first ski jump World Cup win of the season Sunday on a day overshadowed by Thomas Morgenstern's crash.

The 27-year-old Austrian received lengthy treatment in a tent before being taken to the hospital in nearby Freiburg by helicopter.

"News from the hospital: Bruises, broken finger and cuts, but no severe injuries," Morgenstern tweeted.

Stoch claimed the lead with a jump of 142.5 meters in the first round and held off Simon Ammann's challenge with 138.5 in the second for a total of 300.7 points.

Four-time Olympic champion Ammann equaled Stoch's first-round jump for distance but was fifth on judges' points. They marked the Swiss best in the second round and he finished with 292.9 points.

Japan's Noriaki Kasai was third with jumps of 139.5 and 137.5 for 292.0 points.

Anders Bardal of Norway was fourth, followed by Finland's Janne Ahonen, with Japan's Taku Takeuchi and Daiki Ito sixth and seventh, respectively.

Overall leader Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria had to be content with a share of eighth place with Germany's Severin Freund.

Saturday's winner Morgenstern landed badly on his jump of 141.0.

"He's not doing well. He's in a lot of pain and has a cut on his face," Austria coach Alexander Poitner said before the helicopter arrived. "Thomas is very calm, he can move his limbs, but everything has to be checked out ... I'm deeply sorry for him, but he's a fighter."

Schlierenzauer leads the standings with 298 points, ahead of Freund on 256 and Takeuchi on 255.