Canada’s Abigail Strate soared to the best jump of the final round at Thursday’s World Cup large hill ski jumping event in Wisla, Poland, securing a silver medal finish. Article content

Strate racked up a total of 240.9 points in her two attempts to secure her second silver-medal finish of the young World Cup season. It was the seventh World Cup podium of her storied career. Article content Article content

“I’m so, so happy with that. I jumped for the soul today,” beamed Strate. “I was struggling a bit in Sweden and a bit in training, but I pulled it off when it counted. That second jump is the one I’ve been waiting for all season. That proves what I can do.”

Sitting in fourth spot after the first round, Strate burst into an electric celebration after her second leap covered 131 met

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