COC-M: Rok Justin finishes on top again
Sep 01, 2019·Ski Jumping
Rok Justin is the "Man of the Weekend" at the Continental Cup in Rasnov. The Slovene took the win in both competitions in Romania.
The 26-year-old jumped on 94.5 m and 97 m on the HS 97 normal hill on Sunday and scored 236.8 points. With this top performance, Rok Justin could continue his success streak of the last four competitions in which he finished second twice (Frenstat) and took two wins (Rasnov).
Andreas Granerud Buskum of Norway, eighth in Saturday's competition in Rasnov, finished second with jumps of 94.5 m and 97.5 m that earned him a total of 229.6 points.
Like on the day before, his teammate Joakim Aune did a lot better in the second round. After 94 m in round 1, he posted the longest jump of the day with 98.5 m in the final and moved up from 13th after the first half of the competition to third overall.
Only 0.1 points behind Joakim Aune, Markus Schiffner of Austria came in second, closely followed by Russia's Roman Trofimov (5th) and Stefan Hula of Poland (6th). The two best German jumpers in this competition were Moritz Baer and Pius Paschke, who was third after the first round, in seventh and eighth.
Clemens Leitner of Austria was ninth, Cene Prevc of Slovenia finished tenth.
With his two wins in Rasnov, Rok Justin now took the lead in the overall ranking of the COC with 399 points. Klemens Muranka (328 points) and Moritz Baer (267 points) follow in second and third.
The men's Continental Cup continues in two weeks with two competitions in Lillehammer (NOR).
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