COC-W: Marita Kramer dominates in Szczyrk
Aug 09, 2019·Ski Jumping
After her win in the first event of the Continental Cup in Szczyrk on Thursday, Marita Kramer was also unbeatable in the second competition on Friday.
The 17-year-old Austrian dominated on the HS 104 with jumps of 104 m and 95.5 m and 240.1 points and claimed her second win in a row. "I showed a really good performance today. My jumps were similar to the jumps yesterday and I'm really happy about that. There was a lot more wind today, but I still managed to jump well twice", said Marita Kramer.
Misaki Shigeno of Japan, fourth after the first round with 93 m, posted the longest jump of the final round with 104 m and moved up to second with 214.6 points. At age 32, this was the first ever podium finish in the COC for the Japanese. "I'm very happy about my second place today. I'm satisfied with both jumps and it was a good competition", said the Japanese.
Local hero Kinga Rajda showed yet another very good performance on her home hill and repeated the third place from the day before with 97.5 m and 87.5 m and 206.6 points. "I'm very happy about my jumps today and I'm satisfied. In the future I want to fight for the podium again", she said.
Karolina Indrackova of the Czech Republic and Hungary's Virag Voros were fourth and fifth and also achieved the same result than in the first competition in Szczyrk. Claudia Purker of Austria, second on Thursday, came in sixth, followed by the two Japanese athletes Ayaka Igarashi and Rio Seto.
The Top 10 were completed by Jenny Rautionaho of Finland and Norway's Karoline Lauvsland.
Marita Kramer now leads the overall ranking of the Continental Cup together with Gyda Westvold Hansen (200 points). Veronika Shishkina is third with 130 points.
The next two competitions of the women's COC are held on September 14th and 15th in Lillehammer (NOR).
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