Weekend Analyses of Ladies' Ski Jumping: Chapter 2.3: A short end for Rasnov weekend

Greetings! Now let's take a look at the final day of events in Rasnov:

Sunday, 8th February, 2015 (Trial Round and Competition 2)

The last day in Rasnov was started in overcast conditions with a trial round.Wind was very tricky: 0.74 m/s from behind the hill to 1.32 m/s towards the hill. Starting position was at gate 29. The longest jump of the round was performed yet again by Eva Pinkelnig. Austrian landed at 96.0 meters (-5.1/0.0), finishing first with the total score of 66.9 points. In contrast, the worst achieved distance was 56.0 meters by a Czech Veronika Ptackova with a compensation (-4.2/0.0) and a Romanian Bianca Elena Stefanuta (+3.0/0.0). Sara Takanashi was closest to Pinkelnig's result: 95.0 meters (-6.0/0.0), and 64.0 points in total. Julia Clair was the surprise of the round. 91.0 meters (-2.9/0.0) and 59.1 ponits gave her 3rd place. World Cup leader Iraschko-Stolz flew 89.0 meters (-1.1/0.0), and total score of 56.9 points let her finish 4th. Carina Vogt, Katharina Althaus and Lea Lemare decided to retire from the session, and concentrate fully for the competition.

Conditions got trickier for the first round of the competition: light snowfall with variating wind weren't the best possible combination. Highest amount of wind from behind the hill was 0.48 m/s and towards 1.49 m/s. Starting position remained unchangeable. Michaela Dolezelova couldn't capitalize on the best wind conditions: Czech's 80.5 meters (-9.5/0.0) jump had an unfortunate addition, since she fell before the falling line, and she finished 37 th in the overall results with 60.0 points, Tara Geraghty-Moats from the United States of America did great job: she landed at 93.0 meters (-5.4/0.0), and the jumper with number 11 was 9th after the first round. Geraghty-Moats lead the competition until jumper with number 22: German Juliane Seyfarth equaled Geraghty-Moats' distance 93.0 meters (-6.4/0.0), but with a better landing German took the lead. Her joy lasted until Line Jahr's jump: Norwegian flew 94.5 meters (-2.9/0.0), and scored 115.6 points. Nita Englund sat on the starting bench right after Jahr. She gained 87.9 km/h (54,63 mph), landed at 94.0 meters (-1.7/0.0), scoring 118.3 points, and taking the lead for The United States of America.

TOP10 was yet to jump, Englund was still leading. Russian Irina Avvakumova didn't impress with 91.5 meters (-7.7/0.0), since she was 6th after her jump. Eva Pinkelnig tried to shake the top, but her jump of 96.0 meters (-8.5/0.0) with a horrible landing gave her 4th place after her jump. It seemed like skipping the trial round didn't do good for Althaus: she flew only 87.0 meters (-2.7/0.0), and found herself 19th after the first round. Maja Vtic jumped 3.5 meters more, with compensation (-6.8/0.0) she took 13th position after the first round. Yuki Ito did a decent jump of 93.0 meters (-7.2/0.0), taking 5th after her jump. Jaqueline Seifriedsberger couldn't capitalize on her good conditions either: 89.5 meters (-7.7/0.0), scoring 102.8 points, giving her 18th place of the round. Spela Rogelj flew 90.0 meters (-1.9/0.0), taking 11th after the first round with 109.6 points. Sara Takanashi was the woman to push Englund from the top: 95.0 meters (-1.1/0.0), gathering 121.4 points. Carina Vogt topped the round's velocity competition with 88.6 km/h (55.07 mph), but it didn't give her satisfying distance: 89.0 meters (-1.0/0.0), 51.0 points from style, and 108.0 points in overall. Vogt saw herself 11th after her jump, so skipping the trial round round may have been a mistaken choice. Iraschko-Stolz came from the top of the hill as the last jumper: Austrian landed at 91.5 meters (-0.1/0.0),gathering 116.9 points in total, enough for the 3rd place.

After 1 hour and 41 minutes fight against the wind and slight snowfall, the judges decided it was time to wrap the competition. 1st round's results became official: 1. Takanashi JPN 121.4, 2. Englund USA 118.3, 3. Iraschko-Stolz 116.9, 4. Jahr NOR 115.6, 5. Seyfarth GER 112.1, 6. Pinkelnig AUT 112.0, 7. Ito JPN 111.8, 8. Lundby NOR 110.7, 9. Geraghty-Moats USA 110.1, 10. Rogelj SLO 109.6, 11. Avvakumova RUS 108.3, 12. Vogt 108.0

In the World Cup Standings after 11 competitions TOP3 saw small changes:
1. Iraschko-Stolz AUT 782
2. Takanashi JPN 673
3. Vogt GER 622
4. Rogelj SLO 463
5. Ito JPN 326
6. Seifriedsberger AUT 316
7. Pinkelnig AUT 308
8. Vtic SLO 302
9. Althaus GER 288
10. Englund USA 276


All in all the weekend was a disappointment for Vogt: 8th and 12th weren't the positions she was looking for, so she decided not to participate in Ljubno, and prepare for the World Championships, which start Thursday 19th of February, 2015. Ladies' qualifying is in program, and on Friday we'll find out, who'll be crowned as a World Champion.

Just like last time in Hinzenbach, each day saw a different winner: Friday training rounds for Pinkelnig, Saturday's competition for Iraschko-Stolz and Sunday's smaller competition belonged to Takanashi. TOP3 seems to be pretty secured.

Thank you for reading through the Rasnov weekend. I'll do my best to post about Ljubno's competitions. "Vogt has our support, no matter what are the results!" That'll be second motto of this blog, and the Youtube Channel. Enjoy your day! :)

Links:
Trial Round's results (PDF-file) February 8th, 2015, Rasnov
The official reults of the competition (PDF-file) February 8th, 2015, Rasnov
Complete World Cup Standings (PDF-file) after Rasnov's weekend, 8th 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

Weekend Analyses of Ladies' Ski Jumping: Chapter 2.1: Warming up on Friday in Rasnov

Greetings!

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

Weekend Preview of Ladies' Ski Jumping: Chapter 3: Ljubno, Slovenia (13.02-15.02.2015)

Greetings! It's time for a short Weekend Preview of Ladies' Ski Jumping!

The host of this weekend's competitions is Ljubno in Slovenia. Ljubno's HS95 hill's K-point is at 85.0 meters, and the hill records belongs to Dejan Judez (89.5 meters, 2009). Ladies' hill record is made by Sarah Hendrickson (95.0 meters, 2012).

The most interesting item of news is that Carina Vogt won't participate in the competitions, since she is preparing for the World Championships. German's results in Rasnov weren't encouraging either, which may have affected her decision as well.

The previous season didn't see competitions in Ljubno. In 2013 both of the competitions were won yet again, by Sarah Takanashi: Japanese jumper won the first competition by 10.9 points ahead of Sarah Hendrickson, followed by Coline Mattel. Takanashi beat Mattel by 23.6 points in the second competition. Sarah Hendrickson came third. Carina Vogt was absent from both of the competitions preparing for the World Championships in Val di Fiemme.

Judging by the latest performances, Sara Takanashi is a favourite for these competition. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz is right beside her. Slovenian Spela Rogelj will be strong at her home hill. Maren Lundby from Norway has jumped very good lately, especially in qualifying; she did finish in TOP3 in Rasnov. Sarah Hendrickson, Nita Englund (both The United States of America) and Yuki Ito (Japan) may mix the order.

Let us enjoy a relaxing weekend, as the first competition is about to begin!

Links:
Detailed information about the hill (Ljubno HS95)
Results of the first competition in Ljubno (16.02.2013)
Results of the second competition in Ljubno (17.02.2013)

Weekend Preview of Ladies' Ski Jumping: Chapter 2: Rasnov (HS100), Romania (February 6th-8th, 2015)

Greetings! Due to a very busy week, the weekend preview will be published only on the blog. I'll try to make a post-race thoughts video on Saturday (today), or Sunday. After this short informational package, let's get to the preview.

The previous weekend in Hinzenbach didn't bring major surprises. Friday saw two practice sessions on the Trambulina Valea Carbunarii hill. Hill record belongs to Eva Pinkelnig. Austrian jumped 101.0 meters on the second training round 6th of February, 2015. Slovenian male jumper, Anze Lanisek, jumped 100.5 meters in 2013. The results of the training rounds give a good source for the preview.

Both of the training rounds were won by the same jumper: Eva Pinkelnig. 26-year-old Austrian jumped on the first training round 96.5 meters, with a compensation of (+1.3/+5.9) from gate 33, collecting 80.2 points. On the second round Pinkelnig set the hill record. 101.0 meters (-2.5/0.0) brought her 79.5 meters. Yuki Ito's good jumps followed her to Romania. 2nd place behind Pinkelnig with 78.0 points, 96.0 meters, (+0.1/+5.9), and 4th on the second round: 95.0 meters (+0.9/0.0) gathering 76.8 points. Sara Takanashi presented two stable jumps finishing third on both of the training rounds: first round 96.5 meters (-1.5/+5.9) total of 77.4, second round 96.5 meters (-1.1/0.0) converting to 77.8 points. World Cup leader Iraschko-Stolz jumped the longest jump of the first training round: 97.0 meters (-3.6/+5.9), 4th place with 76.3 points. On the second round she finished right behind Pinkelnig with 78.4 points, 97.0 meters (-1.5/0.0).

Friday practice brought more promising results to Carina Vogt. Latest World Cup competition winner jumped 94.5 meters (-2.3/+5.9), and 94.0 meters (-2.5/0.0). 6th position of the first round with 72.6, and 5th place on the second round with a score of 71.4 points.

Last season Vogt was relaxing after the Olympic Games, so she didn't participate in the competitions. Both of the competitons were dominated by Takanashi. Japanese jumper won the first competition by 25.6 points ahead of Norwegian Maren Lundby, and Yuki Ito. The second competition Takanashi finished 10.4 points ahead Jessica Jerome, followed by an Italian jumper, Evelyn Insam.

Carina Vogt has finished in six previous competitions in TOP2. She has a great chance to continue her fantastic results: she definetly will be in TOP6, but most likely on the podium, as in Hinzenbach she saved her best jumps for the competitions. Takanashi seems to know the hill very well, so she is a podium contender. World Cup leader Iraschko-Stolz is maybe the biggest candidate for the win, next to Eva Pinkelnig, who has been very impressive this weekend. She was absent from the competitions last season, so she has adapted to the hill quickly. Black horse of the race is Yuki Ito. As the second round is in the progress, My TOP3 guess is: 1. Vogt, 2. Pinkelnig and 3. Iraschko-Stolz. More detailed information on about the first, and all the other rounds on Monday.

That's all for this weekend's preview. It's time to follow the competitions, and hope for great results by Carina Vogt, who jumps with number 38 on Saturday. Enjoy the weekend, check the links, and follow the blog for future posts! :)

Results of the training rounds in Rasnov, Romania (PDF-file), February 6th, 2015
The first competition in Rasnov, previous season (PDF-file), March 1st, 2014
The second competition in Rasnov, previous season (PDF-file), 2nd of March, 2014
Detailed information of the HS100 hill in Rasnov

Weekend Analyses of Ladies' Ski Jumping: Chapter 1.3: Back on the top Hinzenbach

Greetings! This is the final part of Hinzenbach's weekend analyses. Let's get to the final competition:

Sunday, February 1st, 2015 (Qualifying/Trial Round, Competition 2)

Having rested for the last day of the weekend, jumpers kicked things off with a Qualifying/Trial Round, depending on one's World Cup position. Norwegian Maren Lundby took her second Qualification victory: 87.5 meters and 115.2 points (-3.3/0.0). Nita Englund, USA, came second with a score of 111.6 (-2.4/0.0), followed by Coline Mattel, France, 108.5 points (-5.5/0.0). Chiara Hoelzl wasn't on the start list, probably preparing for the Junior World Ski Championships in Almaty, Kazachstan. Eva Pinkelnig was the best jumper among TOP10 with a score of 70.0 (-2.3/0.0) and 90.0 meters. Iraschko-Stolz, 89.0 meters, 68.0 points (-2.6/+4.8) was equal 2nd with Yuki Ito (-4.2/0.0), and Jaqueline Seifriedsberger (-5.9/0.0). Carina Vogt had the worst jump among the TOP10 jumpers: 83.5 meters and 57.0 points (-1.8/+2.4). It seemed like Iraschko-Stolz was heading for her fourth victory in a row.

Clear weather brought better, more equal conditions: wind was from towards the hill: 0.14 m/s to 0.95 m/s. The gate remained unchanged through the whole round, gate 18. Lundby was 14th after the 1st round with a score of 111.0 (-4.0/0.0); equal score with Sarah Hendrickson (-3.0/0.0), and both of them jumped 86.0 meters. The biggest surprise of the 1st round was Englund. She jumped 89.0 meters and scored 118.0 points (-2.0/0.0). Her result was equalized by Spela Rogelj, who jumped 88.0 meters with a compensation (-2.0/0.0). They were 3rd after the first round. Sarah Takanashi jumped after Rogelj: 87.0 meters, and a total of 114.2 (-2.8/0.0) brought her 7th position. Carina Vogt prepared for her jump: highest speed of the round 87.2 km/h (54,195 mph) gave her height and a great distance: Vogt's skis touched the ground at 92.0 meters. She raised her hand up in the air as a sign of a good jump. The judges weren't impressed by her landing, but despite that Vogt made a total score of 123.0 points (-2.0/0.0). World Cup leader Iraschko-Stolz did a good jump, but she didn't take lead after the first round. Austrian jumped 90.5 meters, scored 120.9 (-3.6/0.0), and was within a striking distance. Katja Pozun was disqualified due to an illegal suit. TOP3: 1. Vogt (GER) 123.0, 2. Iraschko-Stolz (AUT) 120.9 and 3. Rogelj (SLO) and Englund (USA) 118.0

After very interesting first round, the atmosphere was rising. Obviously it also happened among the judges, who raised the gate to position 19, and it stayed there, once again. Wind became even more equal in terms of variety, but for some of the jumpers it turned behind the hill: 0.06 from behind to 0.45 towards the hill. There were some clouds on the sky. Julia Kykkaenen gained the most positions on the second round. Finn jumped 86.5 meters, scored 112.9 points (-2.1/0.0), and the 9th jump of the round raised her from 27th to 21st. Lundby and Hendrickson didn't get much difference between themselves. On the second round Lundby scored 110.2 (-1.8/0.0) and Hendrickson's result was 108.2 (-0.8/0.0). Hendrickson dropped to 15th, and Lundby got equal 13th with her team member, Line Jahr. Taylor Henrich from Canada jumped one of the best jumps of the whole competition: 87.5 meters brought her 117.9 (+0.4/0.0) and gathered 231.9 in total. She went from 8th to 5th. Takanashi couldn't improve her position. Takanashi jumped 86.0 meters, and scored 114.1 (-0.4/0.0). She lost two positions to Henrich and Seifriedsberger, but Takanashi's finishing position was 8th, because Katharina Althaus went from 6th to 9th. Yuki Ito was the best Japanese jumper finishing in 4th.

Four best jumpers of the first round were challenged by Ito's high score. Englund had a chance to be on podium, but her second jump was 86.0 meters (-0.9/0.0), and she dropped to 7th place. Slovenian Rogelj didn't crack under the pressure. Second round's 87.5 meters (-2.0/0.0) brought her 117.0 points and she took the lead with a total score of 235.0. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz knew that she needed a good jump to challenge Vogt. She was determined do it and she flew the longest jump of the competition: 92.5 meters, but her landing points were surprisingly low. Austrian scored 123.9 (-2.6/0.0) and she took lead, while Carina Vogt was the only jumper left on the top of the hill. Vogt seemed calm, as she sat on the gate. She pushed herself of the gate, and began to gain speed. Her speed was the highest of the round, 87.6 km/h (54.44 mph), she gained height, but she didn't land as far the Austrian. She crossed the green line, which is a sign, where jumper has to land to take over the lead. Vogt seemed happy, but it was all about waiting, since her jump was 90.0 meters. Her landing was very good and it was noted by the judges. The "position bar" appeared on the right side of the screen, and it got higher and higher... It reached the top! By better landing points, she beat Iraschko-Stolz and took her second victory in her career, and this season! What an incredible competition! TOP3: 1. Vogt (GER) 245.2, 2. Iraschko-Stolz (AUT) 244.8 and 3. Rogelj (SLO) 235.0

Carina Vogt's victorious jump with my (excited) commentary!!!

Carina Vogt gave some interviews after the competition. Here are her comments:

"I'm satisfied and happy. I was three times on the second place. And today, I got it. Yeah, pretty good.
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 I want to show my good shape in Rasnov too. And then we will see at the end, yeah."

"We had well prepared jumping hill, we had good conditions and had a lot of fun with ski jumping. I'm very happy that I won today. It's a good feeling that I improved from yesterday to today, and got my second World Cup victory ahead of Daniela. She is so strong at the moment, and yeah, good feeling.
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 I want to show again my best jumps in the competition (Rasnov), and yeah, then we will see."

Carina Vogt's interview for FIS

World Cup standings (8/14):
1. Iraschko-Stolz 622
2. Vogt 568
3. Takanashi 493
4. Rogelj 392
5. Seifriedsberger 283
6. Ito 261

In the conclusion, I may say that it was a fascinating weekend. There were no major surprises in the competitions, and it seems like the TOP2 is leaving others behind quite clearly in the overall standings. Next weekend there will be two very exciting competitions. Last season Vogt didn't go to Romania (Rasnov), so she'll have to adapt to the hill, but it shouldn't be big problem. When someone is in a great shape, then one jumps well on every hill. Thank you very much for reading this post. I hope that you have checked out the previous two texts. Remember to follow, and don't forget the motto of the YouTube channel and this blog: "Sport is the force!"

Post Race Thoughts: Episode 1 (video)
Complete World Cup Standings (PDF-file) February 1st, 2015
The Official Results (PDF-file) February 1st, 2015
Results of 1st Round (PDF-file) February 1st, 2015
Results of Qualifying (PDF-file), February 1st, 2015