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It has been challenging couple of weeks, which has forced me to postpone writing these posts. I'll try to pull myself together, and work hard until the end of the season. Apologies, but let's move on to the more interesting part.
Friday, February 6th, 2015 (Practice)
Weekend in Rasnov began with the first practice session, and a cloudy weather. Hinzenbach weekend didn't bring major changes to the top group, but practice sessions revealed a slight surprise. Austrian Eva Pinkelnig was on fire: she took the first position on both training rounds. The 26-year-old lady flew 96.5 meters on her first jump with a compensation (+1.3/+5.9) gathering 80.2 ponits. She landed her second jump at incredible 101.0 meters, which became the new hill record. She scored 79.5 points with compensational points(-2.5/0.0). Yuki Ito surprised some people by being the best Japanese jumper in the second competition in Hinzenbach. Ito kept jumping well, finishing 2nd on the 1st training round with a score of 78.0 (+0.1/+5.9), and 4th on the 2nd round with 76.8 points (+0.9/+5.9). Her first jump was 96.0 meters and the second one 95.0 meters. Sara Takanashi jumped two stable training jumps: 96.5 meters (-1.5/+5.9), 77.4 points in total, and 96.5 meters (-1.1/+5.9), scoring 77.8, and finishing 3rd twice in the results. World Cup leader Iraschko-Stolz did two good jumps. Austrian jumped the longest jump on first training round, 97.0 meters (-3.6/+5.9) and on the second round she landed again at 97.0 meters (-1.5/+5.9). Her finishing positions were 4th with 76.3 points, and 2nd with 78.4 points. Recently excellent qualifying jumps performing Norwegian Maren Lundby finished 5th and 6th in the sessions.
Carina Vogt had to adjust to the Rasnov hill, as she was absent from 2014 competitions. It didn't seem to be a problem to the Olympic Champion. She finished 6th on the first training round with 72.6 points, having landed at 94.5 meters (-2.3/+5.9). On the second round Vogt moved up a position jumping 94.0 meters (-2.5/+5.9) and scoring 71.4 points. The German seemed to be very well prepared for the competitions.
As there were only 39 jumpers, there qualifying session wasn't necessary. After two practice sessions it looked like the weekend would be dominant for Eva Pinkelnig. Vogt and Iraschko-Stolz would be also the greatest candidates for the win, challenged by Takanashi, Ito and Lundby.
Friday Practice results (PDF-file) February 6th, 2015 Rasnov HS100
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