COC-M: Clemens Aigner takes the win in Iron Mountain

Clemens Aigner of Austria won the first of two Continental Cup competitions this weekend in Iron Mountain (USA) on Saturday.

The 27-year-old laid the foundation for his 18th win in the COC, the second one this season, already in the first round with 133 m. He was then able to defend his lead with 129.5 m in the final and a total of 264.7 points.

Pawel Wasek of Poland was seventh after the first round with 130 m, the best jump in the second round of 135 m and 247.0 points earned him the second place overall today.

Austria's Markus Schiffner moved up from ninth after the first half of the competition to third with his total of 244.9 points (128.5 m and 133 m).

The best German, Martin Hamann, was fourth and missed the podium by only one point. Hamann's teammate Moritz Baer followed in fifth. 20-year-old Slovene Lovro Kos achieved a career-best sixth place in the Continental Cup today in Michigan. Even more would have been possible for him today as he was third after the first round behind Clemens Aigner and Martin Hamann.

Best Norwegian was Sondre Ringen in seventh, the eighth place went to Maciej Kot of Poland. With Felix Hoffmann (9th) and Ulrich Wohlgenannt (10th), the teams of Germany and Austria were represented by three athletes in the Top 10.

Clemens Leitner of Austria remains in the lead of the overall ranking with 695 points, he is followed by his teammates Clemens Aigner (611 points) and Stefan Huber (532 points) in second and third.

The second competition in Iron Mountain starts on Sunday at 8 pm CET (1 pm LOC).

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