OPA: Hirner, Rettenegger and Siegemund win in Val di Fiemme
Sep 23, 2019·Nordic Combined
Austria’s Lisa Hirner and Stefan Rettenegger, as well as Germany’s Nick Siegemund took the wins during the OPA Alpencup weekend in Val di Fiemme.
A Mass Start and an Individual Gundersen were on schedule for men and women with the Mass Start kicking off the competition weekend on Saturday. Typically an event for the stronger jumpers, the fast cross-country skiers took the spotlight first with Emilia Görlich (GER) and Lenard Kersting (GER) winning the 5 and 10-km races.
Görlich crossed the finish line five seconds ahead of teammate Jenny Nowak and seven seconds ahead of fellow German Emily Schneider, underlining the strong skiing shape of the German team. Italy’s Annika Sieff was fourth and strong jumper Lisa Hirner sixth but with only 10 seconds, or -2.5 points to make up.
On the men’s side, Kersting won by 10 seconds on Italian Domenico Mariotti, Nick Siegemund followed as third, +0:10 after Kersting and had to make up -2.5 points on the hill as well.
With a distance of 93 metres, Hirner clearly had the best jump of the day and collected a point total of 101.5 points, beating out Annika Sieff (87 m, 93 p.) for the victory. Hirner’s Austrian teammate Annalena Slamik jumped to the third position with 91 metres (87.5 p.), leaving the unlucky fourth position to Jenny Nowak (83.5 p.). Jumping winner Görlich finished on rank 14.
Nick Siegemund shone with an attempt of 99 metres and claimed the victory with a total score of 121.0. Florian Kolb (AUT) jumped to rank two with 100 metres and improved position nine after the race to the silver rank (119.5 p.). OPA Alpencup leader Stefan Rettenegger came in fourth with 115.8 points and was beaten out for the third place by his younger brother Thomas Rettenegger (116.5 p.).
Lisa Hirner topped the result list of the women’s jumping event again on the next morning with a jump of 92.5 metres and started her final race with a comfortable lead of 30 seconds on teammate Johanna Bassani (89 m, 97.5 p.). Annalena Slamik completed an Austrian leading trio on rank three with 53 seconds to make up on Hirner.
The 11th-fastest time was enough for the Austrian to celebrate a start - finish victory in the Individual Gundersen event. Hirner crossed the finish line 41 seconds ahead of Bassani, who managed to cling to rank two. Germany’s Jenny Nowak outsprinted Annalena Slamik for rank three, +48.5 after the winner.
Ski Jumping Results
Final Results
Florian Kolb convinced on the jumping hill also on Sunday and showed 102.5 metres to take the intermediate lead in the Individual Gundersen event with 28 seconds. Thomas and Stefan Rettenegger were a duo on ranks two and three and pursued Kolb with time behinds of 28 and 32 seconds. Swiss Pascal Müller was fourth, +0:34 after Kolb.
The 5-km race saw overall leader Stefan Rettenegger return to his customary position and take the win with and advantage of 11.1 seconds on brother Thomas. Florian Kolb salvaged the third place, +0:17.0 after Rettenegger, Ozbej Jelen claimed rank four, Severin Reiter and Matteo Baud were fifth and sixth.
Ski Jumping Results
Final Results
In the overall standings, Annika Sieff (ITA) leads with 276 points but Hirner narrowed the gap with her 200-point haul in Val di Fiemme and now holds 236 points. Daniela Dejori is third with 200 points.
Stefan Rettenegger extended his lead to 350 points, with Nick Siegemund coming in second (209 p.) and Lenard Kersting in third (194 p.)
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