COC-M: 1-2 finish for the local heroes
Mar 02, 2019·Ski Jumping
The Norwegian hosts had a perfect start into the Continental Cup weekend in Rena. Marius Lindvik and Robin Pedersen secured a 1-2 finish for the team of Norway on Saturday afternoon.
20-year-old Marius Lindvik, who also won one competition in Brotterode (GER) last weekend, claimed his ninth win in the Continental Cup with jumps of 140.5 m and 133 m and a total of 268.3 points.
"It was a good competition, the hill was well prepared and the sun is shining as well, which is nice. Rena is one of my favorite hills in Norway so I really like it here. Concerning my plans for the rest of the season, I hope that I will get the chance to jump at Raw Air and then we will see what comes next", said Lindvik.
Lindvik's teammate Robin Pedersen finished second with 135.5 m and 132.5 m and 264.7 points. The third place went to Clemens Aigner of Austria with 127.5 m and 134 m that earned him 256.8 points.
"The conditions were awesome, the weather is perfect. Rena is not big but the people are really nice and they have done a really good job this year. My goal for the rest of the season is to get the chance to jump at Raw Air and to do good jumps there", said Robin Pedersen. Clemens Aigner also enjoys Rena: "The hill in Rena is quite big and it is really nice to jump here. I am a little bit disappointed about finishing in third place, but being on the podium is always good. I hope that I will manage to perform good jumps tomorrow as well."
Zak Mogel of Slovenia was fourth in the first competition on the large HS 139 hill in Rena, behind him, Fredrik Villumstad completed the very strong team result for the Norwegians with the best result of his career in the Continental Cup in fifth today.
The Austrians also convinced as a team. Besides third-placed Clemens Aigner, also Markus Schiffner, Stefan Huber and Ulrich Wohlgenannt achieved very good results in sixth, seventh and tenth.
With Aleksander Zniszczol and Pius Paschke, the best athletes of Poland and Germany in this competition came in eighth and ninth.
Clemens Aigner remains in the lead of the overall ranking of the COC with 953 points, followed by Marius Lindvik (763 points) and Pius Paschke (744 points).
The second competition in Rena starts on Sunday at 10:15 am CET.
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