Blue sky and yellow bib for Chiara Hoelzl winning at home in Hinzenbach
Feb 08, 2020·Ski Jumping
Saturday in Hinzenbach (AUT), local hero Chiara Hoelzl won her third competition in a row. Maren Lundby from Norway finished second and Chiara’s teammate Eva Pinkelnig third.
Current World Cup leader and winning already the qualification yesterday, Austrian Chiara Hoelzl posted two best jumps reaching 86 m and 91 m for a total of 250.3 points. This win at home was for her "the most beautiful, happy to share it with friends and family attending".
After a close competition, Maren Lundby took the second position, a bit disappointed by her jumps of 85.5 and 88 m. “I still have to work on my position. I had good memories of my jumps in the qualification yesterday but unfortunately I was not able to make them as good today“ explained the World Champion.
Austria secured again a 1-3 finish with Eva Pinkelnig, also third in overall World Cup. Delighted by the crowd who came to support the whole team and deeply moved to hear the national anthen at home she added “ I would have never expected this at home”
Sara Takanashi, current best Japanese, finished fourth for the fourth time since Zao in Japan last January.
German Katharina Althaus confirmed a better shape than at home in Obertsdorf last week, taking the fifth position, ahead of teammate Juliane Seyfarth (seventh).
Italian Lara Malsiner performed her best jump as she finished sixth, her best position in World Cup this year.
As shown in the last World Cups, Austrian team remained strong at home with all the fan clubs from the country. Lisa Eder finished eighth today, her best individual position so far, followed by local Jacqueline Seifriedsberger (ninth) and Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (12th).
Slovenian Nika Kriznar completed the top 10.
After this first competition in Austria, the overall World Cup ranking doesn't change. Chiara Hoelzl keeps her leader bib with 930 points, Maren Lundby is second, 35 points behind, and Eva Pinkelnig remains third with 799 points.
The World Cup continues tomorrow on Sunday at 2.30 CET (qualification 1.15 pm) CET
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