15 February 2015

Weekend Analyses of Ladies' Ski Jumping: Chapter 2.2: Small changes on the top

Greetings! Let's take a look at the first competition in Rasnov:

Saturday, February 7th, 2015 (Trial Round and Competition 1)

Female jumpers had a chance to do their third training jump on the trial round. The only one skipping this opportunity was Lea Lemare from France. Eva Pinkelnig came across as unstoppable: 100.0 meters (-2.8/0.0), scoring 77.2 points. Sara Takanashi finished 6.1 points behind her with 94.5 meters (-3.8/+5.9). Iraschko-Stolz was third 92.5 meters (-1.2/+5.9), and 69.7 points. Carina Vogt didn't impress with 85.0 meters jump, gathering 53.5 points (-2.4/+5.9) and finishing 23rd! Pinkelnig seemed to have a clear path to her first World Cup victory.

The first round was jumped under clouded sky. Wind was turning from back to towards. The top speed from behind the hill was 0.14 m/s and the highest amount of wind from towards was 0.71 m/s. Gate stayed at position 29 through the whole round. The longest jump of round was performed by Maren Lundby. Norwegian lady jumped 94.5 meters (-2.4/0.0) bringing her 120.6 points, and the lead of the competition after the 1st round. Jumper number 30, Eva Pinkelnig had nice conditions, 0.52 m/s towards, and she capitalized on that landing at 94.0 meters (-3.3/0.0), but low score from judges gave her 4th position with 115.7 points. Yuki Ito jumped 91.0 meters (-2.4/0.0) taking 7th place, and Slovenian Maja Vtic landed at 92.5 meters (-4.2/0.0), which gave her 5th position after the first round. It was time for the TOP3 in World Cup. Sara Takanashi launched herself up in the air finishing her flight at 94.0 meters (-2.8/0.0), bringing her 116.2 points. Carina Vogt gathered herself after the terrible trial round, jumping 92.0 meters (-2.2/0.0). She equaled Vtic's points 113.3. The World Cup leader Iraschko-Stolz landed at 94.0 meters (-1.2/0.0), scoring 120.3 points, which allowed her to take 2nd place after the first round. Anette Sagen from Norway was disqualified due to an illegal suit. TOP7: 1. Lundby NOR 120.6, 2. Iraschko-Stolz AUT 120.3, 3. Takanashi JPN 116.2, 4. Pinkelnig AUT 115.7, 5.Vogt GER and Vtic SLO 113.3, 7. Ito JPN 112.6.

The second round of the competition was in pretty similar conditions, except the wind from behind got stronger, up to 0.39 m/s. The highest speed of the wind towards the hill was 0.23 m/s. Starting poistion remained at 29 until the 9th jumper of the round. Nita Englund was the lucky lady to start her acceleration from gate 30. Englund jumped 90.5 meters (+0.5/-2.9). 6th best jump of the round raised her from 22nd up to 12 th. Line Jahr's jump of 91.5 meters (-0.1/-2.9) raised her from 11th to 7th. The same amount of positions was gained by Spela Rogelj. Slovenian jumped 89.5 meters (+2.6/-2.9) for the second time, bringing her 220.5 points and 5th place. Yuki Ito lost three positions with her 86.5 meters (+1.0/-2.9) jump. It was Maja Vtic's turn to make her jump. She landed at 88.5 meters (-0.2/-2.9), and she couldn't beat her team mate's score. Carina Vogt sat on the starting bench. German was 7.3 points behind Lundby after the first round, which meant she had to jump about 3.5 meters longer than the Norwegian, near 95.0 meters. Vogt gained her speed, flew in the air, but 89.5 meters (-0.2/-2.9) wasn't good enough. Her fight for extra meters didn't do good for her landing, as her score was only between 16.0 and 17.0 points. After her jump she was 4th with a score of 219.2, only 1.3 ponits to Rogelj. Eva Pinkelnig wanted to improve her result after the first round. Austrian jumped 91.0 meters (+2.2/-2.9). The jump was good, but not good enough. The next jumper, Sara Takanashi flew three meters further, 94.0 meters (+2.1/-2.9), gathering total score of 234.9 points. Iraschko-Stolz had a great chance to increase her lead over Vogt. World Cup leader jumped 92.5 meters (+2.7/-2.9), scoring 239.1 points. Lundby was the last jumper at the top of the hill. Norwegian did what she could: 89.0 meters (+2.7/-2.9) weren't enough for the win, nor second position. Lundby finished 3rd with 230.9 points, which ment that Pinkelnig was kicked from the podium. Carina Vogt's great run of TOP2 results came to it's end, 8th place in the official results. TOP8: 1. Iraschko-Stolz AUT 239.1, 2. Takanashi JPN 234.9, 3. Lundby NOR 230.9, 4. Pinkelnig AUT 229.0, 5. Rogelj SLO 220.5, 6. Vtic SLO 219.7, 7. Jahr NOR 219.4, 8. Vogt 219.2

In the overall standings after there were no major changes:
Ladies' World Cup 10/14 competitions:
1. Iraschko-Stolz AUT 722
2. Vogt GER 600
3. Takanashi JPN 573
4. Rogelj SLO 437
5. Seifriedsberger AUT 303
6. Ito JPN 290

There was room for improvement left for Carina Vogt for the Sunday's competition.

Links:
Trial Round Results (PDF-file) February 7th, 2015, Rasnov
Results of the first round (PDF-file), 7th February, 2015, Rasnov
The official results of the first competition (PDF-file) 7th February, 2015, Rasnov
Complete Ladies' World Cup Standings, 7th February, 2015

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