OPA: Lena Prinoth wins in Klingenthal
Aug 31, 2018·Nordic Combined
The OPA Alpencup action started for the summer of 2017 with one competition for the Nordic Combined ladies in Klingenthal, Germany. It ended with a victory of Italian Lena Prinoth, who beat local hero Jenny Nowak by 31.1 seconds. Pinoth’s teammate Annika Sieff finished third, +1:04.0 behind Prinoth.
The jumping part had Klingenthal native Alexandra Seifert in the pole position after a jump of 76.5 metres but because of an allergy, a running race was not an option for the German. Jenny Nowak was the runner-up with 74 metres and started at 0:02. Austrians Lisa Eder and Lisa Hirner held positions three and four but also did not start in the following cross-country run and so it was up to fifth-ranked Lena Prinoth to start the pursuit of the leader.
And the Italian followed through. With a great performance, Prinoth had already closed the gap of 28 second at the halfway point of the race and continued to gain on Nowak until the finish line.
“In total, I am satisfied with the past two days”, runner-up Nowak said. “Of course it would have been nice to win today, especially given the fact that I improved a lot in the cross-country part.”
The ladies will have another competition in Bischofsgrün at the end of the week.
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