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Olympics-Ski jumping-Norway soar to victory in team event

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Robert Johansson soared through the night air to land a spectacular final leap that sealed victory for Norway in the men's ski jumping team event at the Alpensia resort on Monday.

The Norwegians, who scored 1,098.5 points in total, were dominant throughout en route to their second ski jumping gold of the Games. Germany finished 22.8 points behind to take silver and Poland claimed the bronze.

(Reporting by Philip O'Connor, editing by Ed Osmond)