Austria, Switzerland, Finland and Italy crown national champions
Oct 17, 2021·Ski Jumping
Also this weekend, the 2021 summer season concluded in various nations with their national Ski Jumping championships.
In the Austrian national championships on the normal hill in Stams, Daniel Huber was able to claim his second national title with two jumps of 112.5 m and 275.6 points. The second place went to Jan Hoerl with his jumps of 107.5 m and 111.5 m and 271.0 points, only 0.8 points behind him, Markus Schiffner finished third with 110.5 m and 112 m.
On the large hill in Innsbruck just a day later, Daniel Huber was the best again with 126.5 m and 127 m and 254.5 points. "Winning two national titles sounds very good. Today my performance was even better than yesterday, I felt extremely well. I'm on the right track towards the winter, but it's not the time to relax now. What really counts are the international competitions in the World Cup, but we are a strong team and if you are among the best here you can usually also do well in the World Cup", the 28-year-old said after a very successful weekend.
Jan Hoerl was also able to repeat his result from the day before and came in second again with 122 m and 128 m and 243.9 points. After he had narrowly missed the podium on Saturday, Stefan Kraft took the third place this afternoon with 123 m and 124.5 m and 240.5 points.
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz was unbeatable in the women's event on the HS 115 with 104.5 m and 106 m and 252.2 points. The places two and three went to Eva Pinkelnig with 220.7 points) and Sophie Sorschag with 186.2 points (87 m and 92.5 m). "I still lack some training and my jumps were not that great yet today, but I'm on the right track. I will continue to work hard in the next couple of weeks in order to get in top shape for the start of the winter season", said Iraschko-Stolz.
On the Bergisel-hill, Eva Pinkelnig claimed the win with 120.5 m and 117.5 m and 220.5 points. "I'm still in the work phase, the performance phase is yet to come. Considering this, it went well for me today, but there's still a lot of work left to do. It was an intense summer for me. We have all been working hard and we will keep on doing just that", said the winner. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz came in second in this competition with 113 m and 119.5 m (205.1 points). Sophie Sorschag was third again with 179.3 points (110.5 m and 113.5 m).
Marita Kramer and Chiara Kreuzer could not take part in these competitions due to health reasons.
Gregor Deschwanden claimed the Swiss national title on the Andreas-Kuettel-hill in Einsiedeln on Saturday afternoon with his jumps of 111.5 m and 111 m and a total of 251.5 points. He finished clearly ahead of Dominik Peter, who came in second with 109.5 m and 106.5 m and 237.3 points, followed by Andreas Schuler in third with 99 m and 103.5 m and 207.0 points.
The two Swiss top jumpers Killian Peier and Simon Ammann were not participating in the championships due to injuries.
The women's competition on the HS 67 hill was won by Emily Torazza with 240.8 points (64 m and 63 m), followed by Sina Arnet (62.5 m and 61.5 m; 232.6 points) and Rea Kindlimann (63 m and 60 m; 223.2 points).
In the Finnish championships in Lahti, Eetu Nousiainen took the top spot with jumps of 126 m and 116 m that earned him a total of 245.5 points. Jarkko Maeaettae was not far behind the winner and came in second with 120.5 m and 121 m and 243.1 points. Arttu Pohjola was third with 117 m and 120 m and 233.5 points.
Jenny Rautionaho took the women's title on the normal hill with 82.5 m and 85.5 m (200.5 points), ahead of Julia Kykkaenen (87 m and 81 m; 199.0 points) and Susanna Forsstroem (82.5 m and 84.5 m; 195.5 points).
In Italy, Francesco Cecon won the men's competition on the normal hill in Predazzo with 100 m and 94 m and 230 points, he had a lead of exactly five points over Alex Insam, who jumped on 94 m and 95 m. Giovanni Bresadola finished third with 95 m and 92.5 m and 220.5 points.
In the women's competition, Lara Malsiner won with 91 m and 97 m (218.0 points), ahead of Annika Sieff (90 m and 95 m; 212.5 points) and her sister Jessica Malsiner (90 m and 92 m; 207.5 points).
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