Greetings! It's the moment for the first chapter of Weekend analyses. The previous weekend (January 30th to February 1st, 2015) we could enjoy great ski jumping competitions from Hinzenbach. Each day saw a different winner. Qualification on Friday was won by Norwegian Maren Lundby, Saturday's competition belonged Austrian, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, and as a climax, Carina Vogt took her second victory of both - her career and this season. Let's take a closer look, how did the weekend progress.
Friday, January 30th, 2015 (Training rounds and Qualification)
After the previous competition weekend in Oberstdorf, jumpers had arrived in Hinzenbach and were ready to start training. World Cup leader Daniela Iraschko-Stolz contiunued, from where she had finished in Oberstdorf. Austrian topped the lists of both training rounds. Her first jump was impressive: she landed on 92.0 meters, and she beat her closest rival, her team collegue Eva Pinkelnig (90.5 meters) by 5.7 points with an overall score of 73.6 points (compensation: wind/gate -2.8/+2.4). On the second round Iraschko-Stolz jumped 85.5 meters, but she gathered a score of 65.8 (0.0/+4.8) starting two gates lower than Chiara Hoelzl, who finished in second with 87.0 meters 64.7 (+0.7/0.0). Hoelzl was also strong on the first training, as she jumped 89.0 meters from gate 20 with an overall score of 66.0 (-2.0/0.0). Nita Englund from the United States finished equal with Hoelzl on the second training round.
Carina Vogt didn't have much luck on the training rounds with the conditions. On both of her jumps, wind was from behind the hill, and it affected distance. First jump was only 77.5 meters from gate 19, but her overall score 52.6 (+5.2/+2.4) was enough to bring her 20th position. Her second jump was 82.0 meters, and she finished 7th with 62.5 points (+3.7/+4.8).
The last round of the day was qualifying. Norwegian Maren Lundby landed at 91.5 meters and gathered a score total score of 123.9 (-0.6/0.0). It was enough to secure her 1st position of qualifying. The defending World Champion Sarah Hendrickson, from the United States of America, hasn't jump so well since her knee injury from August 2013. Her form hasn't been stable, but during qualification she 88.0 meters and came 2nd with 118.5 points (0.0/0.0). Slovenian Ursa Bogataj came 3rd with 115.9 (1.9/0.0), and after two excellent training jumps Hoelzl took a solid 4th position 0.8 points behind the Slovenian. Surprisingly, seven jumpers didn't participate (some of them were at Winter Universiade), and two were disqualified due to an illegal ski length.
Current TOP10 had a possibility to jump a training jump without watching eyes of the judges. 2015 Winter Universiade Champion Irina Avvakumova (Russia) and Katharina Althaus (Germany) were absent. The highest score of 71.0 (-4.0/+4.8) was made by Spela Rogelj (Slovenia). She jumped 90.5 meters from two gates lower (G18) than all the jumpers before her. Jaqueline Seifriedsberger (Austria) scored 69.0 (-6.1/0.0) with 89.5 meters and Iraschko-Stolz got 68.0 (-2.1/+7.2). Carina Vogt jumped 88.0 meters and came equal 5th among the TOP10 jumpers with 66.0 points (-3.9/+4.8).
So after Friday's jumps, Iraschko-Stolz seemed to be the strongest, with an average margin to her rivals. Chiara Hoelzl would also be a one to watch, but Vogt and other top jumpers shouldn't be forgotten.
Results of Friday training rounds (PDF-file)
Results of qualifying (PDF-file)
Friday, January 30th, 2015 (Training rounds and Qualification)
After the previous competition weekend in Oberstdorf, jumpers had arrived in Hinzenbach and were ready to start training. World Cup leader Daniela Iraschko-Stolz contiunued, from where she had finished in Oberstdorf. Austrian topped the lists of both training rounds. Her first jump was impressive: she landed on 92.0 meters, and she beat her closest rival, her team collegue Eva Pinkelnig (90.5 meters) by 5.7 points with an overall score of 73.6 points (compensation: wind/gate -2.8/+2.4). On the second round Iraschko-Stolz jumped 85.5 meters, but she gathered a score of 65.8 (0.0/+4.8) starting two gates lower than Chiara Hoelzl, who finished in second with 87.0 meters 64.7 (+0.7/0.0). Hoelzl was also strong on the first training, as she jumped 89.0 meters from gate 20 with an overall score of 66.0 (-2.0/0.0). Nita Englund from the United States finished equal with Hoelzl on the second training round.
Carina Vogt didn't have much luck on the training rounds with the conditions. On both of her jumps, wind was from behind the hill, and it affected distance. First jump was only 77.5 meters from gate 19, but her overall score 52.6 (+5.2/+2.4) was enough to bring her 20th position. Her second jump was 82.0 meters, and she finished 7th with 62.5 points (+3.7/+4.8).
The last round of the day was qualifying. Norwegian Maren Lundby landed at 91.5 meters and gathered a score total score of 123.9 (-0.6/0.0). It was enough to secure her 1st position of qualifying. The defending World Champion Sarah Hendrickson, from the United States of America, hasn't jump so well since her knee injury from August 2013. Her form hasn't been stable, but during qualification she 88.0 meters and came 2nd with 118.5 points (0.0/0.0). Slovenian Ursa Bogataj came 3rd with 115.9 (1.9/0.0), and after two excellent training jumps Hoelzl took a solid 4th position 0.8 points behind the Slovenian. Surprisingly, seven jumpers didn't participate (some of them were at Winter Universiade), and two were disqualified due to an illegal ski length.
Current TOP10 had a possibility to jump a training jump without watching eyes of the judges. 2015 Winter Universiade Champion Irina Avvakumova (Russia) and Katharina Althaus (Germany) were absent. The highest score of 71.0 (-4.0/+4.8) was made by Spela Rogelj (Slovenia). She jumped 90.5 meters from two gates lower (G18) than all the jumpers before her. Jaqueline Seifriedsberger (Austria) scored 69.0 (-6.1/0.0) with 89.5 meters and Iraschko-Stolz got 68.0 (-2.1/+7.2). Carina Vogt jumped 88.0 meters and came equal 5th among the TOP10 jumpers with 66.0 points (-3.9/+4.8).
So after Friday's jumps, Iraschko-Stolz seemed to be the strongest, with an average margin to her rivals. Chiara Hoelzl would also be a one to watch, but Vogt and other top jumpers shouldn't be forgotten.
Results of Friday training rounds (PDF-file)
Results of qualifying (PDF-file)
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