Profiling the Flying Ladies: File 1.3 (her story continues) Carina Vogt: The beginning of World Cup Career, podium, World Championships medal!

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It's the third part of Carina Vogt's profile. We'll take a look at her World Cup career in seasons 2011/2012 and 2012/2013, and her debut in the World Championships. I wish you enjoyable reading!





2011/2012 Season:

Unlike in the previous season, Vogt competed during the summer season. On 13th of August, 2011, Vogt finished in 24th, and the next day she achieved her best result in the Summer Continental Cup, as she finished in 12th. Both of the competitions were held in Bischofsgruen, Germany. Three days later, on 18th of August, she participated in a FIS Cup race, in Poehla, Germany. In the results, Vogt was ranked in 11th. 19th and 20th of August, she spent jumping in Oberwiesenthal, Germany. In two Continental Cup competitions, she was 30th and 26th.
   Carina continued her season in winter, which she started on 9th of December, in Notodden Norway. In the first Continental Cup competition, she jumped only once, as she finished in 35th. The next day she was already 25th.
   Less than a month later, Vogt made her World Cup debut in Hinterzarten, Germany. She jumped with a number 3. She landed at 80.0 meters (wind compensation +1.1 points / gate compensation 0.0 p) and scored 79.1 points; 8.6 points separated her from her first World Cup points. Competition lasted only for a round, and it was surprisingly won by Swiss Sabrina Windmueller. Third Ladies' World Cup competition in history was also held in Hinterzarten. Carina jumped with number 2. She flew 90.5 meters (-2.9/0.0) and gathered 97.1 points, and she led the competition until jumper number 10. She waited, and in the results of the first round, Vogt was 26th. On the second round she didn't succeed in a similar way, as a jump of 84.0 meters (-5.5/0.0) dropped her from 26th to 30th, with a total score of 176.6 points, 1.7 points from 29th. On 8th of January, 2012, Carina Vogt achieved her first ever World Cup point.
   Her best result of the season in World Cup competition was achieved on 4th of February. She was preparing for her third World Cup race in Hinzenbach, Austria on HS94 hill. Vogt prepared for her jump: she got the signal, and accelerated to speed of 85.0 km/h (52.828 mph), launched herself into the air, and her skis touched the ground at 84.0 meters (-2.2/0.0) and she scored 108.3 points. She had number 13, and she took the current lead by 7.3 points. After 20, 30 and even 40 jumps, Vogt was still leading. Ulrike Graessler flew 88.5 meters (-4.9/0.0) and got 112.6 points, which meant that jumper 41 was able to beat Vogt, who dropped to current third after Anette Sagen's 88.5 meters (-9.7/0.0). Katja Pozun dropped Carina from podium positions, as Slovenian jumped 90.5 meters (-9.6/0.0). Daniela Iraschko got lucky with the conditions; Austrian flew 96.0 meters (-10.2/0.0) at 1.67 m/s wind from towards. It got Iraschko total score of 123.3 points. World Cup leader, Sarah Hendrickson, prepared as a number 48. Her coach decided to play it safe, and drop the gate from position 13 to 11. Hendrickson started her jump with +4.8 points, which meant that she had to jump around 94.0 meters in similar conditions as Iraschko. Hendrickson flew 91.5 meters (-9.7/+4.8), but her points in style made it tighter. Hendrickson took second place after the first round, only 0.7 points behind Iraschko. Apparently, wind got stronger, which made second round impossible, and the results of the first round became official. TOP10: 1. Iraschko AUT 123.3 points , 2. Hendrickson USA 122.6 p, 3. Pozun SLO 114.4 p, 4. Graessler GER 112.6, 5. Sagen NOR 110.8, 6. Vogt GER 108.3, 7. Van USA 106.1, 8. Rogelj SLO 105.8, 9.Wuerth GER 105.6, 10. Vtic SLO 104.2. Vogt must have been very happy with the results.
   The next day in Hinzenbach, she finished in 13th. Next two competitions were held a week later in Ljubno, Slovenia, where the German finished in 27th and 19th. Then she had a pause, to prepare for the FIS Junior Ski World Championships.
   On 23rd of February, 2012, in Erzurum, Turkey, ladies jumped for the medals. Wind and gate factors weren't used in the competition, even though the wind changed quite a bit: from 0.2 m/s from behind up to even 1.2 m/s towards on the first round. On the second round it altered between 0.5 m/s from behind to 1.8 m/s towards! Vogt probably didn't even worry about it much. With number 39, she gained the best speed of the round, 90.9 km/h (56.495 mph), launched herself into the air, and landed at 102.5 meters. With 131.0 points, Vogt took current 2nd, only one point behind Coline Mattel, who had jumped 103.0 meters with number 38. Hendrickson took the lead, as she flew 105.0 meters and got 137.0 points. Her result was equaled in points by Sara Takanashi, even though the Japanese jumper jumped 108.5 meters. After the first round, Vogt was 4th, only one point from medal and six points from the gold. On the second round, Italian Evelyn Insam flew 101.0 meters, and set pressure for the remaining for jumpers. Vogt was the first jumper giving her answer. Once again top speed, 90.2 km/s (56.060 mph), good height, and her flight ended at 100.0 meters. She had 6.0 points gap over Insam, and 100.0 meters was enough. Vogt scored 255.5 points in total. Mattel had jump 100.0 meters to beat the German, but French jumper failed by jumping 93.0 meters, and gathering 241.0 points. Carina Vogt was a medalist, but the leaders decided the color. Hendrickson did a good jump. She took the lead, but 100.5 meters seemed a bit too short for the gold. Takanashi proved that, as Japanese jumper landed at 107.5 meters, and took the Junior World Championship. TOP6: 1. Sara Takanashi JPN 276.5 points, 2. Sarah Hendrickson USA 265.0, 3. Carina Vogt GER 255.5 p, 4. Evelyn Insam ITA 251.5 p, 5. Spela Rogelj SLO 250.0 p, 6. Coline Mattel FRA 241.0 p. Carina Vogt took her first ever Junior World Championships medal in her fourth and final attempt. It must have been a nice and relieving medal. It wasn't over yet, as two days later, Carina Vogt got silver Ramona Straub, Svenja Wuerth and Katharina Althaus, in ladies' team event. Gold went to Japan by 119.5 points! Germans finished 25.0 points ahead of Slovenians, who took bronze medals. Two medals in her final Junior World Championships; great job, Carina!

Individual podium from the left: Carina Vogt, Sara Takanashi and Sarah Hendrickson. Erzurum, Turkey, 23rd of February, 2012.

Podium from team event, from the left: Slovenia, Japan and Germany. Erzurum, Turkey, 25th of February, 2012.

     Ladies' World Cup season's final three competitions for Vogt, were held in Zao, Japan. She finished in 25th, 23rd and 26th. Due to those finishing positions, she wasn't chosen for the World Cup finale in Oslo. In the first ever edition of Ladies' World Cup, Carina Vogt was 27th in the overall cup with 96 points, after participating in 9 of 13 competitions. World Cup was won by Sarah Hendrickson, who gathered 1169 points. 2nd place for Iraschko with 779 points, and 3rd for Takanashi with 639 points. In Continental Cup, Vogt was ranked 66th with 6 points, by jumping in 2 of 7 competitions.
  For the first time in her career, Carina succeeded better in FIS Junior Ski World Championships than in the overall cups. It came across as she got the highest peak of the shape at the most important moment. That feature would be very crucial for the future. She could look forward with optimism.

2012/2013 Season:

Vogt had a very nice summer season. For the first time arranged summer Grand Prix, she concluded in 4th with 154 points! She started competitions with 6th place in Courchevel, France. Two days later, on 17th of August, 2012, Vogt took her first ever podium in Grand Prix competition. On the first round she flew on Hinterzarten's HS108 hill 97.5 meters (+0.7/0.0), and she was 2nd with 119.2 points. On the second round Takanashi succeeded by jumping 99.5 meters (+1.9/0.0), which helped her to overtake Jacqueline Seifriedsberger. TOP2 were remaining; Vogt flew 96.5 meters (+2.2/0.0), and got 237.9 points in total, which gave her current 2nd. Daniela Iraschko was in her own class, as Austrian flew 99.0 meters (+2.5/0.0), and on the second round 103.0 meters (+0.9/0.0). TOP6: 1. Iraschko AUT 259.4 points, 2. Takanashi JPN 239.9 p, 3. Vogt GER 237.9 p, 4. Seifriedsberger AUT 235.0 p, 5. Iwabuchi JPN 230.2 p, 6. Pozun SLO 230.0 p. The next day, Germany finished in third in mixed team event. Their squad was Graessler, Vogt, Richard Freitag and Andreas Wank. Germans scored 967.2 points. Austrians won with 1026.9 points, followed by Japan, 1000.8 points. In two competitions in Almaty, Vogt was 7th and 14th. In the overall standings, she lost podium by 26 points. She seemed to be well prepared for the winter.

Podium in Hinterzarten, Germany, Grand Prix competition, from the left: Takanashi, Iraschko, Vogt. 17th of August, 2012.

Vogt began winter season with a mixed team event, which wasn't Vogt's best competition, as she jumped 68.0 meters (+4.9/0.0) and 82.0 meters (+1.3/0.0) from Lillerhammer's HS100 hill. Despite her difficult jumps, Germany finished in 4th, 24.3 points from podium. The next, she was like a whole different jumper: on the first round, Vogt flew 100.0 meters (-1.7/0.0), but even though the second longest jump of the round, she was 8th after the first round due to her worse points from style. In comparison, Insam jumped 103.0 meters (-4.6/0.0), and was fourth after the first round. Sarah Hendrickson was leading with a jump of 98.5 meters (-3.5/+4.8), 6.0 points ahead of Vogt. On the second round, Carina Vogt landed at 99.5 meters (0.0/-4.8), longest jump of the round, and gathered 256.0 points. 7th, 6th, 5th and 4th jumpers after the first round couldn't beat her. Takanashi flew 98.0 meters (+1.3/0.0), and took the lead by 9.2 points. Anette Sagen jumped 97.0 meters (+0.8/-4.8) and Norwegian took current 2nd. Hendrickson's coach decided to drop the starting gate for the jumper from the United States. Gamble didn't work out perfectly, as Hendrickson landed at 95.0 meters (+1.1/0.0), and got 261.4 points in total. TOP6: 1. Takanashi JPN 265.2 points, 2. Hendrickson USA 261.4 p, 3. Sagen NOR 258.9 p, 4. Vogt GER 256.0 p, 5. Insam ITA 255.3 p, 6. Iraschko AUT 250.8 p. Great competition for Carina after the mixed team event.
   The next two competitions were held in Sochi, Russia.So called pre-Olympic competitions went quite well from Vogt, who was 8th and 5th. A week later, in Ramsau, Austria, she took 10th place.  Less than a month later, in Schonach, she took positions 8 and 12. Vogt concluded German 'tournee' with two 9th places in Hinterzarten. Two of four Japanese World Cup competitions were held in Sapporo. In the first one she was 20th, but in the second one back in TOP10, finishing in 9th.
   The first competition in Zao, turned out to be a happy one for Carina Vogt. On the first round, current TOP4 jumpers were in their own league. Vogt began the group by landing at 89.0 meters (-2.9/0.0) and scoring 107.6 points. Seifriedsberger flew 88.0 meters (-2.0/0.0), and took current 2nd with 105.0 points. Hendrickson didn't beat Vogt either. Hendrickson jumped 88.0 meters (-1.3/0.0), but was only 0.4 points behind the German. Takanashi took the things to her own level with a bit of luck; 95.5 meters (-8.8/0.0), and total score 114.2 points gave her 6.6 points' lead. On the second round, Seifriedsberger had luck with winds, as she flew 92.5 meters (-8,5/0.0). Wind got lighter for Hendrickson, who landed at 85.0 meters (-3.3/0.0). Wind almost stopped for Vogt, who jumped 85.0 meters (-1.5/0.0) as well. She took current 2nd. Like magic, wind got stronger for Takanashi, who flew 93.5 meters (-6.2/0.0) and took the win. The most important fact was that Carina Vogt took her first ever World Cup podium, excellent job from her! TOP5: 1. Takanashi JPN 228.0 p, 2. Seifriedsberger AUT 212.0 p, 3. Vogt GER 207.1 p, 4. Hendrickson USA 205.4 p, 5. Jerome USA 197.5 p. On the second day, Vogt finished in fourth on her 21st birthday. Two solid jumps of 92.0 meters (-8.4/0.0) and 91.0 meters (-10.9/0.0) brought her 212.2 points in total, 10.4 points from podium.




























Podium of the first World Cup competition in Zao, Japan, from the left: Seifriedsberger, Takanashi, Vogt. 9th of February, 2013.

Next time Vogt competed for the first time in her career in the World Championships, which were held in Val di Fiemme. On 22nd of February, 2013, gaining good speed was problematic, which forced the jury to raise the starting position from 21 to 23 after 28 jumpers. Carina Vogt flew 99.5 meters (-2.2/-6.2) on the first round, and took the current lead with 115.6 points. She was overtaken by Seifriedsberger, who jumped 104.0 meters (-3.6/-6.2). Mattel landed between them with a jump of 102.0 meters (-5.1/-6.2). Hendrickson flew on the HS line; 106.0 meters (-5.4/-6.2), got 127.4 points and took the lead from Seifriedsberger by 8.7 points. Takanashi couldn't take the lead, as she jumped 104.5 meters (-1.7/-6.2) and achieved 124.1 points. On the second round, Jessica Jerome threw a slight challenge by flying 98.0 meters (-4.9/0.0). Vogt topped the speed rankings with 88.7 km/h (55.127 mph), launched herself into the air, and landed at 96.0 meters (-5.7/0.0). The points from style were very important, and 1.5 points more from style helped Vogt to steal the lead by 0.5 points! Mattel jumped 95.5 meters (-5.2/0.0), but her advantage after the first round was enough to take current 1st. Seifriedsberger was the first jumper to secure her medal: 98.5 meters (-1.5/0.0) and total score of 237,2 points gave her the lead. TOP2 was yet to jump. Takanashi flew 103.0 meters (-3.1/0.0) and gathered 251.0 points. Hendrickson couldn't jump much less. Her skis touched the ground at 103.0 meters (-6.7/0.0). Jumper from the United States of America got 253.7 points, and won the World Championship. TOP6: 1. Sarah Hendrickson USA 253.7 p, 2. Sara Takanashi JPN 251.0 p, 3. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger AUT 237.2 p, 4. Coline Mattel FRA 229.5 p, 5. Carina Vogt GER 225.4 p, 6. Jessica Jerome USA 224.9 p.
   Solid 5th place was a good debut for Carina Vogt, but she didn't have to leave the Championships empty handed. February 24th, 2013, first ever mixed team event at World Championships was organized. Vogt was in the team, and she thanked for that by jumping 95.5 meters (+6.2/0.0) and 98.0 meters (+2.1/0.0) and gathering 239.8 points in total. Japan won the competition with 1011.0 points, Austria was 2nd with 986.7 points, followed by Germany (Graessler, Freitag, Vogt, Freund), who got 984.9 points. 5th and bronze: great World Championships debut for Vogt!


























Bronze team from the left: Freund, Graessler, Vogt, Freitag.

Two World Cup competitions were waiting for female jumpers after the World Championships. Both of them were held in Norway. The first one in Trondheim, Vogt finished in 10th. The last competition was the first one for ladies, which was organized on a large hill. It took place in Oslo at HS134 Holmenkollbakken. On the first round, Vogt flew 124.0 meters (-12.5/0.0), and was 7th with 108.2 points. On the second round, Mattel went from 8th to 4th with a flight of 124.0 meters (-6.0/0.0). Vogt concluded her World Cup season by jumping 122.5 meters (-4.6/0.0) and her total score of 216.1 was enough for current 2nd. Seifriedsberger took the lead from French jumper, as Austrian flew 125.5 meters (+0.4/0.0) and scored 233.9 points. Katja Pozun and Lindsey Van couldn't cross the K-points' 120.0 meters' line, and they didn't beat competition's current TOP3. Runggaldier dropped Vogt from podium, because Italian jumped 116.5 meters (-2.6/0.0), and acheived 217.4 points in total. Takanashi destroyed Seifriedsberger from the lead, as she landed at 133.5 meters (-3.9/0.0) and beat Austrian by 26.9 points! Hendrickson remained unbeatable, as she won the World Championships, competition in Trondheim and also the finale. Hendrickson's skis touched the ground at 129.0 meters (-1.2/0.0) and brought her 130.5 points, which meant 262.8 points in total. TOP6: 1. Hendrickson USA 262.8 p, 2. Takanashi JPN 260.8 p, 3. Seifriedsberger AUT 233.9 p, 4. Mattel FRA 221.5 p, 5. Runggaldier ITA 217.4 p, 6. Vogt GER 216.1 p.
   Very nice final competition. In the overall standings, Vogt was 7th with 481 points, 18 points from 6th.World Cup belonged to Takanashi, who collected 1297 points, followed by Hendrickson with 1047. Third place for Mattel, who got 823 points. Vogt participated 12 of 14 competitions. Her season was great: first World Cup podium, first World Championships medal, and TOP10 finish in overall World Cup. She was looking forward to the future seasons.

This has been the third part. Due to very action-packed 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 seasons', I have to make one more part that it wouldn't make too much reading for one post. Hopefully you enjoyed it, and remain patient. Enjoy your day, remember to follow to see the fourth part, where we'll also take a look at the future!

Links (sources and social media):

Carina Vogt, basic information
The previous part of Carina Vogt's story
Picture of Carina Vogt used in the beginning
Wikipedia article about Carina Vogt (German)
Individual podium from FIS Junior World Championships 2012, Erzurum, Turkey
Team podium from FIS Junior World Championships, 2012, Erzurum, Turkey
Podium from summer Grand Prix, 2012, Hinterzarten, Germany
Podium from World Cup, 2013, Zao, Japan
Bronze team from mixed team event World Championships, 2013, Val die Fiemme, Italy
Carina Vogt's fan page on Facebook
Carina Vogt's profile on fis-ski.com

Profiling the Flying Ladies: File 1.2 (her story, part 1): Carina Vogt - The beginning of the story - First FIS Continental Cup points, podium, victory

Greetings!

This is the second part of Carina Vogt's profile, which will take a closer look for Carina's Continental Cup years in ski jumping, season by season. Let's go straight into the story.





Carina Vogt's story (season by season):

2004/2005 Season:

The only available information from 2004/2005 season, is that 12-year-old Vogt participated in one FIS Race. It took place in Meinerzhagen in Germany. On 15th of August, 2005, Vogt was ranked 45th in her FIS debut. Competition was won by Slovenian Monika Pogladic, ahead of Lindsey Van from the United States of America and Austrian Daniela Iraschko (currently Iraschko-Stolz). All the 53 jumpers were allowed to jump twice. The youngest competitor was 7-year-old Vera Bagdaschwilli! During that time, FIS Cup was the second highest ranked Cup at the time, right behind Continental Cup.

2005/2006 Season:

There is no available information about Carina Vogt from this particular season. The reason isn't available from my sources.

2006/2007 Season:

Vogt made her Continental Cup debut in Klingenthal, Germany, August 6th, 2006. She finished in 31st, only one separated her from qualifying for the second round.
   In winter season, Vogt participated in eight Continental Cup competition, scoring points in all the competitions. She began by finishing in very high 7th, on 14th of January, 2007, in Villach Austria. Competition was won by another German, Ulrike Graessler, who was followed by Austrians Jacqueline Seifriedsberger and Daniela Iraschko. The next day, January 15th, in Italian Dobbiaco, Vogt finished in her highest position of the season, which was 6th place, Norwegian Anette Sagen took 1st. Vogt's lowest position was 26th in Baiersbronn, Germany, 14th of February, 2007. Three days later, she concluded her Continental Cup season with 12th place in Schonach, Germany. In overall standings, Vogt was 26th with 169 points, but there were 20 competitions during the season, which is a good result, as she didn't participate even in a half of the season! Sagen won with 1340 points, 2nd was Graessler with 1252 points, and Van finished in 3rd with 1045 points.
   One month after the competition in Schonach, FIS Ski Junior World Championships' medals were given in Tarvisio, Italy. On the first round, Vogt jumped 91.5 meters, and she took current 2nd with 115.5 points, one point behind leading Italian Lisa Demetz. In the first round's results, TOP2 kept their positions, and they were followed by Slovenian Maja Vtic, and Canadians Nata de Leeuw and Katie Willis. On the second round, Willis set pressure by flying 92.5 meters with great style. As Nata de Leeuw was disqualified on the second round, TOP3 jumpers were the only obstacle for Willis' gold. Vtic jumped 90.0 meters, and she lost by one point. Carina Vogt prepared for her jump: 90.0 meters with good style would be enough for the medal. Vogt launched herself into the air, but she landed at 88.5 meters, which was gave her current 3rd. Demetz kept her nerves, and took the gold medal a jump of 90.0 meters. TOP5: 1. Lisa Demetz ITA 229.5 points, 2. Katie Willis CAN 228.0 p, 3. Maja Vtic SLO 227.0 p, 4. Carina Vogt GER 223.5 p, 5. Juliane Seyfarth GER 208.5 p. It must have been a slight disappointment for Carina, but I'm sure that she knew that there were going to be lots of good results in this sort of events.

2007/2008 Season:

During summer part of the season, Vogt participated in four competitions. In Bischofsgruen, Germany, she was 10th. Three days later, August 15th, she landed on 11th place. Vogt achieved her best finishing position Bischofshofen, as she was 6th. She didn't qualify in her last summer season competition for the second round, because she finished in 45th. Those four competitions were in the Ladies Summer 4 Hill tournament, which Vogt concluded in 16th with 748.0 points. The tournament was won by Iraschko with 957.4 points.
   Vogt jumped in six competitions during winter in Continental Cup. In Notodden, Norway, she was 8th and 10th. Over a month later, 23rd of January, 2008, she finished in 27th in Dobbiaco, Italy. Vogt's last three competitions were in Germany. In the first competition in Breitenberg, she took positions 17 and 20.
   Vogt's final competition of the season began in a good way, as she flew 85.5 meters on Baierbronn's HS90 hill, which gave her 113.5 points, and 7th place after the first round. The first place was shared by Canadian Atsuko Tanaka and Austrian Jacqueline Seifriedsberger with 120.0 points. Sagen was 3rd, only one point behind the leaders. On the second round, Vogt sat on the starting bench, pushed herself, she gained speed of 85.7 km/h (53.263 mph), launched herself into the air, and she landed at 89.5 meters with great style. She took the lead with 236.0 points, and they were enough to keep her in the lead until the TOP3 of the first round. Continental Cup leader, Anette Sagen 89.0 meters, and despite Norwegian's worse points from style, Vogt had to give up the first position. Atsuko Tanaka flew over the HS line, 91.0 meters, and she took the lead from Sagen. Seifriedsberger couldn't keep the lead, as Austrian jumped 84.0 meters and her total score of 231.0 gave her 4th place in the overall results. Tanaka won, Sagen was 2nd and Vogt took her first ever podium in ladies' Continental Cup thanks to the best score of the second round, 122.5 points.
   In the Continental Cup, Vogt was 18th with 237 points. The overall standings were topped once again by Sagen with 1400 points. Iraschko was 2nd with 928 points, and Seifriedsberger came in 3rd with 801 points. There were 16 competitions during the season, which also showed Vogt's strong form. With a very positive podium, Vogt could look forward to the next season with a nice smile on her face.

2008/2009 Season:

Unfortunately, ski jumpers seem to have syndrome: after a good season, comes a more difficult one; Vogt didn't avoid the syndrome. In summer, she participated in eight Continental Cup competitions. Vogt's finishing positions were: 16th, 24th, 23rd, 11th, 23rd, 21st 24th and 40th. Her best competition was in Bischofshofen, Austria, on 17th of August, and the worst one was on 27th of September in Oberstdorf, Germany.
   Winter season went a bit better, but she finished only once in TOP10 during her six starts. On 10th of January, 2009, Vogt was 23rd, and the next day 30th in Schonach. One week later, she couldn't her podium from the previous season in Baiersbronn, as she finished in 24th and 18th. She participated in two competitions on HS100 hill in Notodden, Norway. First of the competitions, was her best one in the season, judging by the finishing position. After the first round, Vogt was 9th with a jump of 84.5 meters. On the second round, she landed at 84.0 meters, and she finished in equal 10th with Jessica Jerome. The next day, February 14th, 2009, Vogt took 12th place. It must be noted, that there were only 25 competiors in Notodden, whereas Baiersbronn had 39.
   With 77 points, Carina Vogt was 37th in Continental Cup's overall standings. Anette Sagen was the best with 1091 points, Daniela Iraschko 2nd with 932, and with 927 points, 3rd place was taken by Ulrike Graessler. Vogt had a tough season behind herself, and it was time to climb closer to the top.

2009/2010 Season:

Summer season in Continental Cup was quite similar compared to the previous one. Vogt had the best competition on 8th of August, as she finished in 14th in Bischofsgruen, Germany. In Oberwiesenthal, on 14th of Augutst, she finished in 37th. In the other competitions, Vogt was ranked 26th, 21st and 20th. All of the competitions were held between 8th and 15th of August, 2009.
   Vogt joined winter's Continental Cup in Baiersbronn Germany. As she hadn't competed in nearly five months, her shape was unknown. With number 20, Vogt flew incredibly 94.0 meters, 4 meters over the Hill Size line! She got from style points between 15.0 and 16.0. Her score was 125.0, and she took the lead. She kept the lead, until Anette Sagen's jump. Norwegian flew 93.5 meters, but her points on style were between 16.0 and 17.0 points. Sagen was leading after the first round with 131.0 points, followed by Vogt and another Norwegian, Line Jahr, who also got 125.0 points. Current Continental Cup leader Daniela Iraschko flew 91.0 meters on the second round, and she started her climb from 6th place. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger and Jessica Jerome couldn't beat Iraschko. Vogt sat on the starting bench. She pushed herself, gained the highest speed of the round, 84.8 km/h (52,704 mph). Vogt launched herself into the air, and her skis touched the ground at 88.5 meters. Computers calculated for a while, and total score of 245.0 appeared on the screen, which meant that Vogt got the lead by 0.5 points! Vogt's first victory was in hands of two Norwegians. Jahr didn't even cross the K-point, as she landed at 84.0 meters. Sagen fought for meters, but 85.5 meters didn't seem to be enough. As Norwegian got worse points from style, it was for sure! Carina Vogt won her first ever Continental Cup competition in Baiersbronn, on 2nd of February, 2010!!! German was extremely happy and celebrating! TOP6: 1. Vogt GER 245.0 points, 2. Iraschko AUT 244.5 p, 3. Sagen NOR 242.5 p, 4. Jahr NOR 235.5 p, 5. Runggaldier ITA 226.5 p, 6. Johnson USA 225.5 p.

Happy podium from the left: Daniela Iraschko, Carina Vogt, Anette Sagen. baiersbronn, Germany. 2nd of February, 2012.

   The next day Vogt finished in 8th, as Iraschko took the win. Three days later, ladies had arrived in Schonach, another German skiing center. In the first competition, Vogt was equal third with Sagen after the first round with 109.5 points, 16.5 points behind leading Iraschko, Ulrike Graessler was 2nd. On the second round, Vogt landed at 94.0 meters, only two meters before the Hill Size line. Sagen flew 92.0 meters, which wasn't enough to beat the German. Graessler tried to challenge her team mate, but 89.0 meters wasn't enough to keep her even in TOP4. Iraschko jumped 90.0 meters, but it was enough for the win, even though Vogt scored the biggest amount of points on the second round. These results ment the second podium in four days, and Carina's third one in Continental Cup! TOP5: 1. Iraschko AUT 241.0, 2. Vogt GER 229.0, 3. Sagen NOR 226.0, 4. Seyfarth GER 221.0, 5. Graessler GER 220.5. The next competition was in Schonach, but it was held 17 days later than the previous one, because two competitions in Braunlage were cancelled. Vogt did good job, by jumping two solid jumps and finishing in 6th.
   The next event for Vogt was FIS Ski Junior World Championships in Hinterzarten, Germany. Despite her great position in overall Continental Cup at the moment, she was given starting number 9 among 41 athletes. Obviously, it didn't do good for Vogt, as she jumped 95.0 meters and her score of 111.0 points was enough only for 10th place after the first round. TOP5 jumpers on the results had numbers 21, 33, 37, 32 and 26. It's a sign of better conditions, but there is a possibility that Vogt didn't pull of a perfect jump. On the second round, Carina topped the speed rankings with 91.9 km/h (57,116 mph), and she landed at 103.0 meters. Swiss Bigna Windmueller succeeded better with her landing, as she flew 100.5 meters and overtook Vogt by 1.5 points. Sara Takanashi, Anna Ruprecht, Melanie Faisst and Juliane Seyfarth failed one after another to beat the TOP2. Sarah Hendrickson kept her nerves, and took the lead from Swiss jumper by 8.0 points by jumping 97.5 meters. When Coline Mattel flew 101.0 meters, Vogt's medal chances were gone. Italian Elena Runggaldier took the gold: Italian jumped 106.5 and 102.0 meters, and collected 267.5 points, 9.5 more than Mattel. TOP6: 1. Elena Runggaldier ITA 267.5, 2. Coline Mattel FRA 258.0, 3. Sarah Hendrickson USA 249.5, 4. Bigna Windmueller SUI 241.5, 5. Carina Vogt GER 240.0, 6. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger AUT 239.5. Vogt was probably disappointed, but she still had right to participate in two more FIS Ski Junior World Championships.
   A week after the Junior World Championships, Vogt returned to the Continental Cup. She finished 9th and 21 st in Ljubno. A week after that she was 14th in the first competition in Villach, but the second one lasted only one round for her, as she jumped on HS98 hill 60.5 meters, which brought her 47th position in the race. Last four competitions were held at the beginning of March. On 1st and 2nd of March, Vogt finished in 5th in Zao, Japan. On 6th and 7th of March, the final competitions were held in Zakopane. In the first one, Vogt was 15th, and she concluded her season with a 10th place in the competition.
   Generally speaking, the season was a success: two podiums, first Continental Cup win, and 8th place in the overall standings with 441 points (11 starts of 18 possible!). The only minor minus were the FIS Ski Junior World Championships, but she still had time. Vogt had a great season behind herself.

2010/2011 Season:

For some unkown reason, Vogt couldn't participate during the summer. From this particular season, she has only ten results. All of them are from the winter season, which was also the first season, where wind and gate compensation were included to the rules.
   Her first competition was the best one in Continental Cup, considering the finishing position. After the first round, Vogt was 15th with a jump of 84.5 meters (+6.0/0.0) and 94.5 points. On the second round she improved by flying 89,5 meters (+4.3/0.0) and gathering 199.3 points in total, which gave her 11th place in the official results. In two competitions in Hinterzarten, Vogt was 15th and 17th. In Braunlage, eight days after the competition in Schonach, she equaled her season's best. The next day she was 13th.
   Carina took a pause from Continental Cup, as she was chosen to represent Germany in Junior World Championships. She was still fighting for her first medal ever. Vogt had the last number, 51. She topped the speed rankings with 88.4 km/h (54.941 mph), but something didn't go right: 92.5 meters with a bad landing gave her again 10th position after the first round, and she was 11.5 points from the medal. On the second round she was the fastest, 87.8 km/h (54.568 mph), but she didn't fly more than 92.5 meters. 227.0 points in total brought her 8th place, which probably wasn't 18-year-old jumper's goal. Coline Mattel took the gold with 257.5 points, Slovenian Spela Rogelj was 2nd with 254.0 points, and bronze went to Japan with Yuki Ito and 252.0 points.
   One and a half week later, Vogt was back in the Continental Cup, and took 15th and 20th in Brotterode, Germany. She concluded her season in Ramsau, finishing 16th and 17th. In the overall Continental Cup standings, Vogt collected 154 points in 9 of 22 competitions. Not bad. This season was another tough one, but new chances would be given, as for the next season FIS decided to organize first ever Ladies World Cup season!

In the last part, we will catch up with Carina Vogt's World Cup history so far, and her greatest achievements. Don't forget to check it out, as it will be released during tomorrow, 20th of March, 2015. Enjoy your day, and thank you for reading! :)

Links (sources and social media):
Previous part of Vogt's profile (basic information)
Next part of Vogt's profile (beginning of the World Cup career)
Picture used in the beginning
Carina Vogt's biography on fis-ski.com
Wikipedia article about Carina Vogt (German)
Carina Vogt's best Continental Cup season, 2009/2010, (PDF-file), fis-ski.com
Carina Vogt's fanpage on Facebook

Profiling the Flying Ladies: File 1.1 (statistics and facts): Carina Vogt - Olympic Champion, World Champion - That's not all yet!!!

Greetings!

This is the first post in this series. It will be dedicated to Carina Vogt - thanks to her impressive results, this blog was started, and got me keen into the sport. Vogt has done a lot for the sport, first let's take a look at her basic profile.

    Carina Vogt for FIS.


Basic information:

Name: Carina Vogt
Date of birth: 5th of February, 1992 (05.02.1992)
Place of birth: Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Residence: Oberstdorf, Germany
Occupation: Police officer
Relationship status: Information not available


Sports career:

Ski Club (City, Country): Ski-Club Degenfeld (Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany)
Skis: Fischer
First FIS start (competition, position, date, location): FIS Race, 45th, 15th of August, 2005, Meinerzhagen, Germany

FIS Continental Cup:

FIS Continental Cup Debut (position, date, location): 31st, 6th of August, 2006, Kligenthal, Germany
First FIS Continental Cup points (position, date, location): 7th, 14th of January, 2007, Villach, Austria
First FIS Continental Cup podium (position, date, location): 3rd, 20th of February, 2008, Baiersbronn, Germany
First FIS Continental Cup victory (date, location): 2nd of January, 2010, Baiersbronn, Germany
Best FIS Continental Cup overall standings position (position, points, season): 8th, 441 points, 2009/2010

FIS World Cup:

FIS World Cup debut (position, date, location): 35th, 7th of January, 2012, Hinterzarten, Germany
First FIS World Cup points (position, date, location): 30th, 8th of January, 2012, Hinterzarten, Germany
First FIS World Cup podium (position, date, location): 3rd, 9th of February, 2013, Zao, Japan
First FIS World Cup victory (date, location): 18th of January, 2015, Zao, Japan
Best FIS World Cup overall standings position (position, points, season): 2nd, 806 points, 2013/2014

Junior World Championships, World Championships, Olympic Games:

FIS Ski Junior World Championships debut (position, date, location): 4th, 17th of March, 2007, Tarvisio, Italy
FIS Ski Junior World Championships medals: Bronze, individual event, 23rd of February, 2012. Erzurum, Turkey. Silver, team event, 25th of February, 2012, Erzurum, Turkey.
FIS Ski World Championships debut (position, date, location): 5th, 22nd of February, 2013, Val di Fiemme, Italy
FIS Ski World Championships medals: Gold, indiviual event, 20th of February, 2015, Falun, Sweden. Gold, mixed team event, 22nd of February, 2015, Falun, Sweden. Bronze, mixed team event, 24th of February, 2013
Olympic Games debut (position, date, location): 1st, 11th of February, 2014, Sochi, Russia
Olympic Games medals: Gold, individual event, 11th of February, 2014, Sochi, Russia

Interesting facts:

- 1st ever female Olympic Champion in Ski Jumping (2014, Sochi, Russia)
- 1st ever double female World Champion in Ski Jumping in single edition of FIS World Ski Championships (2015, Falun, Sweden)
- Has never won gold medal in German Championships, her medals in GC; Indiviual: Silver, 2009, Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Bronze, 3rd of October, 2014, Hinterzarten. Team: Silver, 3rd of August, 2008, Oberhof.
- Vogt's strength is speed just before the launch: her speed before the launch has been measured as the fastest nearly on every round. This phenomenon was already seen in 2006/2007 season, when Carina was only 14-year-old lady.
- Vogt's height is 171 centimeters (5 feet 7 inches).
- There is no available data from 2005/2006 season.
- One of the streets in Degenfeld, near the ski jump, has been named Carina-Vogt-Weg.

Tomorrow, 20th of March, 2015, I will release the third part the of file, as Carina Vogt's story will be updated, second part is published, click this to read!. Remember to check them out! Thanks for reading, and enjoy your day! :)

Links (sources and social media):
Carina Vogt's profile on fis-ski.com
Wikipedia Article about Carina Vogt (German)
Carina Vogt on Facebook
Picture of Carina Vogt

Weekend Analyses of Ladies' Ski Jumping, Championship Edition: Mixed Team Event - Second time, new winner - new analysis!!!

Greetings!

Unfortunately I didn't have much time to do this during the World Championships, so I decided to postpone this one to the time when the 2014/2015 season will be over. This also a good chance to see, how the new FLENAA-team analyses system works.

Perhaps the biggest item of news was announced even before the competition started. German' coaches, Werner Schuster and Andi Bauer decided that Carina Vogt, Richard Freitag and Severin Freund will be joined by Katharina Althaus. Juliane Seyfarth didn't agree with the choice, and 25-year-old German was frustrated. Seyfarth finished in the individual event 14th, whereas Althaus was ranked 17th. On the other hand, Althaus did impressive work on the training rounds before ladies' individual event, which was one of the factors for the outcome. Other surprise was announced by Czech Republic, as Roman Koudelka wasn't in the team's squad, probably focusing already for the large hill event.

The squads in the numeral order:

1   Italy:   Elena Runggaldier, Sebastian Colloredo, Evelyn Insam, Davide Bresadola
2   France:   Lea Lemare, Ronan Lamy Chappuis, Julia Clair, Vincent Descombes Sevoie
3   Finland:   Julia Kykkaenen, Jarkko Maeaetae, Susanna Forsstroem, Janne Ahonen
4   Russia:   Irina Avvakumova, Ilmir Hazetdinov, Sofia Tikhonova, Mikhail Maksimmochkin
5   United States of America:   Nita Englund, Nicholas Alexander, Sarah Hendrickson, William Rhoads
6   Czech Republic:   Michaela Dolezelova, Viktor Polasek, Barbora Blazkova, Jan Matura
7   Japan:   Sara Takanashi, Noriaki Kasai, Yuki Ito, Taku Takeuchi
8   Norway:   Line Jahr, Anders Bardal, Maren Lundby, Rune Velta
9   Slovenia:   Maja Vtic, Nejd Dezman, Spela Rogelj, Peter Prevc
10   Germany:   Carina Vogt, Richard Freitag, Katharina Althaus, Severin Freund
11   Austria:   Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, Michael Hayboeck, Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, Stefan Kraft

First notable fact is that the first group of the ladies is the stronger one judging by the individual competition: World Champion, bronze medalist, 4th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 19th, 23rd, 29th, 30th, 32nd were in the first group. In the third group jumped: silver medalist, 6th, 7th, 10th, 15th, 17th, 20th, 21st, 33rd, 39th and 40th.
   Training round was cancelled after the first group, which meant that assumption had to be based on the individual competitions. In ladies, Germany had 1st and 17th, Japan 2nd and 4th, Austria 3rd and 7th, Slovenia 10th and 13th, and Norway 15th and 19th. In men, Norway had 1st and 6th, Germany 2nd and 7th, Austria 3rd and 21st, Japan 5th and 35th and Slovenia 13th and 20th. The strongest candidates for the medal were Germans, Japan and Austria, but they could challenged by Norwegians and Slovenians.

FIS Ski World Championships, Mixed Team Event (22nd of February, 2015)

First round:

First round was held under cloudy skies, and the wind was towards the jumpers through the whole round. First group had already jumped during the cancelled trial round, the rest was a bit of mistery.

First group [Gate 23, Wind towards: 0.97 m/s (-6.2 points) to 2.08 m/s (-13.3 p)] :

First jump of the competition was performed by Elena Runggaldier. Italian jumped 84.0 meters (-11.4/0.0), and scored 85.6 points. Lea Lemare was the first French jumper: 82.5 meters (-7.5/0.0), and 87.0 points. Julia Kykkaenen's was important for Finland. Kykkaenen had to jump very well, so the team would have a good advantage over the teams competing against them: Kykkaenen flew 86.0 meters (-6.2/0.0), and got 96.8 points, which was enough for 8th place, last qualifying position for the second round. Irina Avvakumova took the current lead with a jump of 88.0 meters (-7.9/0.0), and total score of 99.1. Nita Englund was the first jumper to cross 90.0 meters. Englund landed at 94.0 meters (-10.7/0.0) and scored 107.3 points. According to the wind data, Michaela Dolezelova had the best conditions: she didn't capitalize it, as Czech jumper jumped 85.0 meters (-13.3/0.0). Sara Takanashi was 4th in the second important event in a row. The first jumper of the defending champions flew 96.5 meters (-11.9/0.0), and she took the lead from Englund by 4.8 points. Line Jahr was 19th in the individual competition, but Norwegian surprised everyone: 93.5 meters (-9.4/0.0) and 108.1 points brought 4th after the first group. Maja Vtic didn't do as good as Jahr: Slovenian jumped 88.5 meters (-10.3/0.0), and scored 97.7 points. World Champion from the individual event, Carina Vogt, did a good job by flying 93.5 meters (-11.3/0.0) and scoring 108.7 points. Her launch for the jump was a bit early, which didn't give Vogt longer distance. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz landed at 95.5 meters (-7.9/0.0), and scored 113.6 points. After the first group, TOP6 was: 1. Austria 113.6 points, 2. Japan 112.1 p, 3. Germany 108.7 p, 4. Norway 108.1 p, 5. United States of America 107.3 p, 6. Russia 99.1 p.

Second group [Gate 12, Wind towards: 0.45 m/s (-2.9 p) to 1.37 m/s (-8.8 p)] :

In the second group, Richard Freitag performed the best jump: 93.5 meters (-7.0/0.0), and a score of 115.0 points allowed Germans to take the lead. Anders Bardal got closest to Freitag, as Norwegian scored 111.8 points with a jump of 92.5 meters (-7.2/0.0). Noriaki Kasai kept Japanese jumpers in the World Championship fight by jumping 90.0 meters (-6.7/0.0) and scoring 105.8 points. Austrians' competition got more difficult after Michael Hayboeck's jump: he landed as early 83.0 meters (-2.9/0.0) and he scored 93.6 points, be had the worst conditions of the group. After two groups, the order of TOP6 was: 1. Germany 223.7 p, 2. Norway 219.9 p, 3. Japan 217.9 p, 4. Austria 207.2 p, 5. Slovenia 201.3 p, 6. United States of America 194.0 p.

Third group [Gate 25, Wind towards: 0.59 m/s (-3.8 p) to 2.04 m/s (-13.1 p)] :

Evelyn Insam started the second group of ladies by jumping 86.0 meters (-8.3/0.0) and scoring 94.7 points didn't help Italians as much as they hoped. Julia Clair flew 88.0 meters (-8.4/0.0) and got 100.1 points. Susanna Forsstroem couldn't help Finland, as 19-year-old jumper tried her best by flying 76.5 meters (-6.9/0.0) and scoring 72.1 points, which dropped Finland from the fight for second round. Sofia Tikhonova jumped 87.0 meters (-4.6/0.0) and got 99.9 points. Sarah Hendrickson celebrated enthusiastically after her jump: 98.5 meters (-4.2/0.0), new official ladies' hill record, and the score of 120.8 points was the best one of the whole group. Barbora Blazkova did what she could, but Czech's jump of 80.5 meters (-5.5/0.0) beat only Forsstroem's score in the group. Silver medalisr from the individual competition, Yuki Ito got the lowest minus points from wind compensation, and her jump didn't impress either: 88.5 meters (-3.8/0.0), and Ito's 101.7 points were 'only' 6th best. Maren Lundby didn't finish in TOP10 in the individual competition, but Norwegian's score of 116.4 points were 2nd best in the group: 95.0 meters (-7.1/0.0) helped to decrease the gap to Germans. Spela Rogelj flew 90.5 meters (-5.4/0.0) and scored 108.1 points. Katharina Althaus had quite a high set bar after Lundby's jump: German landed at 91.0 meters (-7.2/0.0), but Althaus' 107.3 points meant that Germans had to hand their lead to Norwegians. The third group ended with another excellent as jump, as Jacqueline Seifriedsberger flew 96.5 meters (-13.1/0.0), assisted by the strongest wind according to the computers, and Austrian was the third best jumper by collecting 109.9. TOP6 after 3 groups: 1. Norway 336.3 p, 2. Germany 331.0 p, 3. Japan 319.6 p, 4. Austria 317.1 p, 5. United States of America 314.8 p, 6. Slovenia 309.4 p.

Fourth group [Gate 13, Wind towards: 0.61 m/s (-3.9 p) to 1.47 m/s (-9.4 p)] :

Davide Bresadola's 91.5 meters (-9.0/0.0) was a pleasant surprise, but couldn't assist Italians to the second round. TOP3 teams after the first three groups gave the strongest performances: Germany's Severin Freund landed at 97.0 meters (-8.3/0.0), new men's official hill record and he topped the scores with 122.2 points. Rune Velta wasn't so far, as the men's normal hill champion flew 95.0 meters (-7.6/0.0), and collected 119.4 points, which was enough to keep Norwegians in the lead. Taku Takeuchi got only 4.0 points less than Freund, 118.2 points by jumping 95.0 meters (-6.3/0.0). Second round wasn't for Italians, Finns and jumpers from Czech Republic. Here are the results after the first round, not qualified are in underlined: 1. Norway 455.7 p, 2. Germany 453.2 p, 3. Japan 437.8 p, 4. Austria 428.7 p, 5. Slovenia 427.3 p, 6. United States of America 395.5 p, 7. France 387.8 p, 8. Russia 382.2 p, 9. Italy 374.5 p, 10. Finland 369.5 p, 11. Czech Republic 351.2 p. United States of America qualified for the second round, which was to me a slight surprise, but even bigger was to see French jumpers in TOP8. I thought that Italians could have finished higher.

Mixed Team Event, detailed 1st round results, World Championships, Falun, Sweden, 2015

Second round:

Clouds remained on the skies above Lugnet's Ski Jumping Center, as the second was about to begin. The jumping order for the round was: France, Russia, United States of America, Japan, Norway, Slovenia, Germany and Austria. Some of the jumpers had to cope with a slight wind from behind.

First group [Gate 25, Wind towards: 0.39 m/s (-2.5 p) to 0.88 m/s (-5.6 p)] :

Lea Lemare started the second round by flying 83.0 meters (-4.9/0.0). Irina Avvakumova crossed 90.0 meters with a jump of 91.5 meters (-5.6/0.0) and Russian's score of 108.9 points was 4th best of the group. Nita Englund got the worst condition, and her flight ended at 87.5 meters (-2.5/0.0). Japanese hoped for a good jump from Takanashi, which could get Japan a lot closer to TOP2. Takanashi flew 93.0 meters (-3.3/0.0), but she topped the group's ranking with 114.2 points. Jahr didn't amazing job on the first round, and once again she performed very well: Norwegian landed at 90.5 meters (-5.6/0.0) and scored 107.9 points. Vtic couldn't cope with the hill so well, as Slovenian's second jump came down at 85.5 meters (-3.1/0.0) and gave her 98.4 points, which practically threw Slovenians out of the medal competition. Vogt had to overtake Norwegians: Vogt topped the speed rankings with 85.9 km/h (53.387 mph), launched herself into the air, and her skies touched the ground at 92.0 meters (-3.3/0.0). Vogt's score of 112.7 was 3rd best, and it was enough to return Germans to the lead, even though Carina's launch seemed to begin a bit too late. Iraschko-Stolz perfomed second good jump by landing at 92.5 meters (-5.6/0.0) and scoring 112.9 points. TOP6: 1. Germany 565.9 p, 2. Norway 563.6 p, 3. Japan 552.0 p, 4. Austria 541.6 p, 5. Slovenia 525.6 p, 6. United States of the America 497.5 p.

Second group [Gate 14, Wind: 0.10 m/s from behind (+0.8 p) to 1.10 m/s (-7.0 p)] :

Austrians dropped out of the medal contention even more, as Hayboeck landed at 87.5 (-5.8/0.0) and got only 101.7 points. TOP3 kept being strong: Richard Freitag kept Germans in the lead by flying 92.0 meters (-3.8/0.0) and gathering 115.7 points. Anders Bardal kept the fight tight, as Norwegian got 110.6 points thanks to a jump of 89.5 meters (-1.4/0.0). Noriaki Kasai jumped 88.5 meters (-2.1/0.0) and scored 107.4 points. Nejc Dezman was in the competition the only jumper, who got positive points from wind compensation, and the conditions forced him to land at 86.5 meters (+0.8/0.0). The most dramatic jump of the competition belonged to Nicholas Alexander: jumper from the United States of America was probably surprised by the conditions, as he got the highest minus points in the group from the wind, and Alexander improved by 8.0 meters from the first round, and he landed at 90.5 meters (-7.0/0.0), but unfortunately his uncontrolled landing lead to a terribly looking fall. He couldn't stand up, and the competition was stopped for five minutes. Alexander was taken to hospital, and doctor's analysis confirmed a knee injury, which required a surgery. Unluck of United States' male jumpers kept increasing as only a bit over a month earlier Nicholas Fairall landed in the hospital after his fall in Bischoshofen due to issues with his spinal cord. Fairall's treatment has been funded by other jumpers, such as the German team's victory money from Zakopane's team event, double Olympic Chapion from Sochi Kamil Stoch and Olympic Champion from Sapporo Wojciech Fortuna. Get well, Nicholas Fairall and Alexander! TOP6: 1. Germany 671.6 p, 2. Norway 664.2 p, 3. Japan 659.4 p, 4. Austria 643.3 p, 5. Slovenia 630.4 p, 6. Russia 586.6 p.

Third group [Gate 26, Wind towards: 0.20 m/s (-1.3 p) to 1.53 m/s (-9.8 p)] :

Clair begun the third group of the round by jumping 86.5 meters (-5.1/0.0). Tikhonova flew 89.0 meters (-1.3/0.0) and got 106.2 points. Hendrickson wanted to decrease the gap to Russians after Alexander's unlucky jump: Hendrickson landed at 94.0 meters (-2.7/0.0) and topped the scores with 115.8 points. Ito performed a bit better on the second round with a jump of 90.5 meters (-3.9/0.0) and score of 110.1 points. Lundby was in a tough situation: she had to decrease the gap to Germans so Velta would have better chances to challenge Freund. Lunby flew 91.5 meters (-1.5/0.0) and got 115.5 points. Rogelj jumped 92.5 meters (-3.8/0.0). Althaus had to answer Lundby's jump: the German got the a bit lucky with the conditions, and she carried her flight to 92.5 meters (-9.8/0.0), scoring 108.7 points, but Norwegians decreased the gap. Seifriedsberger concluded the group with a jump of 90.0 meters (-2.0/0.0). TOP8: 1. Germany 790.3 p, 2. Norway 789.7 p, 3. Japan 769.5 p, 4. Austria 749.8 p, 5. Slovenia 745.7 p, 6. United States of America 697.8 p, 7. Russia 692.8 p, 8. 675.9 p

Fourth group [Gate 15, Wind towards: 0.13 m/s (-0.8 p) to 0.78 m/s (-5.0 p)] :

The start order for the final group was: France, Russia, United States of America, Slovenia, Austria, Japan, Norway and Germany. TOP2 teams were separated by 0.6 points, which was exactly the same amount as after Carina Vogt's and Line Jahr's first jumps; just incredible, and what an exciting battle was coming between Freund and Velta, TOP2 in men's individual event!

Descombes Sevoie jumped 85.0 meters (-2.2/0.0). Maksimochkin flew 86.5 meters (-5.0/0.0), and it was enough to beat the United States of America because William Rhoads landed as early as 83.0 meters (-3.5/0.0). Peter Prevc challenged Austrians by jumping 94.5 meters (-0.8/0.0), but Stefan Kraft's 95.0 meters (-4.8/0.0) were enough to keep Austrians 4th. Takeuchi secured 3rd position for Japan by flying 93.5 meters (-3.2/0.0). Rune Velta prepared for his jump, got into the air and landed at 95.5 meters (-2.1/0.0), which gave him 125.9 points and Norwegian team 915.6 points in total. Velta kept his hands up in the air after his jump the same way as the evening before, when he won the individual goal on the same hill. It was all down to Severin Freund. German pushed himself of the starting bench, launched himself into the air, and his skies touched the ground at 96.0 meters (-2.4/0.0). Freund wasn't sure after his jump, whether it was enough. Everyone was waiting, and waiting. After the calculating came to its end, next to the team Germany appeared... Number 1! Carina Vogt became the first ever double female World Champion in the same World Championships. Germans were shouting, jumping, hugging, relieved, happy and emotional after the results were announced. Anders Bardal's disappointment was seen from his face. He and his team had lost the gold medal by 2.3 points, a bit over one meter.

Results of the Mixed Team Event, FIS Ski World Championships, Falun, February 22nd, 2015:

1. Gemany (Carina Vogt, Richard Freitag, Katharina Althaus, Severin Freund)   917.9 points
2. Norway (Line Jahr, Anders Bardal, Maren Lundby, Rune Velta)   915.6 p
3. Japan (Sara Takanashi, Noriaki Kasai, Yuki Ito, Taku Takeuchi)   888.3 p
4. Austria (Iraschko-Stolz, Hayboeck, Seifriedsberger, Kraft)   869.5 p
5. Slovenia (Vtic, Dezman, Rogelj, Prevc)   868.4 p
6. Russia (Avvakumova, Hazetdinov, Tikhonova, Maksimochkin)   791.8 p
7. United States of America (Englund, Alexander, Hendrickson, Rhoads)   789.3 p
8. France (Lemare, Lamy Chappuis, Clair, Descombes Sevoie)   773.2 p
9. Italy (Runggaldier, Colloredo, Insam, Bresadola)   374.5 p
10. Finland (Kykkaenen, Maeaettae, Forsstroem, Ahonen)   369.5 p
11. Czech Republic (Dolezelova, Polasek, Blazkova, Matura)   351.2 p

Mixed Team Event, Official Results, World Championships, Falun, Sweden, 2015

Competition was extremely exciting, interesting, and remarkable. Carina Vogt made once again history in ladies' ski jumping, new team achieved the world championship title, and Norway got on podium as a new team. This competition was surely one of the highlights during the World Championships in Falun.

Mixed Team Event all time medals ranking:
1. Germany   1  -   1
1. Japan   1  -  1
3. Austria   -  1  -
3. Norway   -  1  -

Short FLENAA analysis: Jumper of the day among FLENAA was Sarah Hendrickson, who succeeded on both rounds incredibly. She topped her group in the rankings. Carina Vogt did good job, but I expected from her a bit more, as she was third best in her group, behind Iraschko-Stolz and Takanashi, but the most important thing is that her jumps helped the team achieve the result. I was a bit skeptical after Germans had announced that Althaus would be the jumper beside Vogt to participate in the mixed team event. After the first round it didn't look good, but on the second round Althaus was a bit lucky with the conditions, but she really did pull a good jump, when it was necessary. Sofia Tikhonova did two solid jumps, and her competition went as expected. Julia Kykkaenen did decent job on the first round, but her team couldn't qualify for the second round. Maja Vtic didn't show anything special, which was a slight disappointment to me. Below you may see a sort of a performance table:

Jumper                                            ++      +     +/-     -     --                               total:
Carina Vogt                                   0        1       0      0     0                                  +
Maja Vtic                                       0        0       0      1     0                                   -
Sarah Hendrickson                       1        0       0      0     0                                 ++
Katharina Althaus                        0        1       0      0     0                                   +
Sofia Tikhonova                            0        0       1      0     0                                  +/-
Julia Kykkaenen                           0        0       1      0     0                                  +/-

For the next season, I'll do this sort of a performance ranking, but besides that I'll create a ranking with points, which will decide, who gets the first ever FLENAA-trophy, but that's a thing, which may be used during the Grand Prix season.

All in all, I'd really like to thank you for reading this post, and the support, which really motivates, 15 followers is quite good. The next post will be the first episode of the new series: Profiling the Flying Ladies. Carina Vogt will be represented in the first post. Hopefully, you'll enjoy your day, and click the Follow-button! :)

Weekend Analyses of Ladies' Ski Jumping: Chapter 3.1: Warming up in Ljubno on Friday

Greetings!

You may be surprised, why am I doing this only now, but there are some reasons: Due to a couple of important exams, amount of time was restricted. In addition, FIS Ski World Championships are arranged every second year, so I decided to concentrate on the main event of the season. Besides, World Cup Season hasn't concluded, so there wasn't much of a hurry. Carina Vogt's absence didn't motivate me either, but now we'll get it uploaded here. :)

Ljubno's hill is very interesting, since it's K-point is at 85 meters, and Hill Size is 95 meters. Ladies' Hill Record belongs to Sarah Hendrickson, who flew 95.0 meters on 12th of February, 2012. After this introduction, and some excuses, let's take a look at Friday 13th of Febryary, 2015.


Friday, February 13th, 2015, Ljubno, Slovenia (Training rounds + Qualification):

Three jumping rounds were scheduled on Friday in Ljubno. First training round was under partly clouded sky. The wind altered between 0.35 m/s from behind to 0.80 m/s towards. The gate was changed three times: first 33 jumpers started acceleration from starting position 12, number 35, Maren Lundby from gate 11, numbers 36-44 from gate 10, and Iraschko-Stolz started from the gate 9.

Jumps didn't impress at the start. as number 19, Abby Hughes was the first jumper, who got close to the K-point: 83.5 meters (+1.6/0.0), and it gave her 58.6 points in total, 15th place in the results. Katja Pozun with number 22 landed 0.5 meters before the K-point: 84.5 meters (+2.1/0.0), 61.1 points, 11th position. Juliane Seyfarth was a bit lucky with the conditions, but she used them properly: 90.5 meters (-3.7/0.0), 67.3 points gave the German 10th place. Next jumper, Sarah Hendrickson flew 90.0 meters (-2.5/0.0), 67.5 points, and 9th position. Maren Lundby was next: Norwegian started one gate lower, but it didn't stop her: 90.0 meters (-1.6/+4.2), 72.6 points, and 3rd place in the rankings. Maja Vtic and Eva Pinkelnig finished equal sixth in the results: 69.4 points; Vtic flew 87.0 meters (-3.0/+8.4), and Pinkelnig 86.5 meters (-2.0/+8.4). Jacqueline Seifriedsberger collected 69.0 points with a jump of 86.0 meters (-1.4/+8.4), Yuki Ito landed at 87.5 meters (-1.0/+8.4), scoring 72.4 points, and Slovenian Spela Rogelj beat Ito by 0.1 points with 88.0 meters' flight (-1.9/+8.4). Sara Takanashi flew the longest jump of the round, 91.5 meters (-1.8/+8.4), and scored 79.6 points. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz started her jump from a gate lower: 87.0 meters (-0.6/+12.6), giving her 76.0 points, and second position, 3.6 points behind Takanashi. Tara Geraghty-Moats didn't participate on the first training round.

On the second training round, the gate remained stable on the position 10. All 45 jumpers jumped under partly clouded sky, with altering wind between 0.58 m/s from behind to 0.86 m/s towards. Sarah Hendirckson kept jumping well: she flew 85.5 meters (+1.7/0.0), gathered 62.7 points, enough for 7th place in the results. Maren Lundby remained in the TOP3: first training round's 3rd finished now in 2nd: 87.0 meters (+0.9/0.0), with total score of 64.9 points. Slovenian Maja Vtic seemed to enjoy jumping in Slovenia: 86.5 meters (+0.5/0.0), 63.5 points, and solid 5th position. Yuki Ito flew into the TOP3 with a jump of 86.0 meters (+1.8/0.0), and scored 63.8 points. Vtic was joined by her team mate Rogelj, who jumped 85.5 meters (+2.1/0.0), and finished 6th with 63.1 in total. Takanashi topped the results once again with a score of 69.5 points, and the longest jump of the round, 89.0 meters (+1.5/0.0). Iraschko-Stolz landed fourth in the results: 63.7 points, and a jump of 86.0 meters (+1.7/0.0).

Jury raised the gate to position 11 for the qualification round. For the first time in a while, all of the jumpers were forced to jump in average wind of one direction: it was from behind, and altered between 0.82 m/s and 0.31 m/s.Slovenians got five jumpers through the qualification: Eva Logar was best of them with a jump of 81.5 meters (+5.4/0.0), scored 110.9 points and finished impressively in 3rd. Katja Pozun was 6th with 107.8 points, Ursa Bogataj 9th with 105.7 points, and last two positions, which guaranteed the place in the competition, were taken by Julija Srsen, 90.9 points, and Anja Javorsek with 88.3 points. In addition to those jumpers, two prequalified local heroes, Maja Vtic and Spela Rogelj raised the number to 7, which would make the Slovenian team the biggest one in the competition.Vtic didn't show up for the last training round, but Rogelj jumped 86.0 meters (+3.6/0.0), and was second among TOP10 jumpers of the round. Qualification was won by Maren Lundby. Norwegian flew 86.5 meters (+5.1/0.0), scored 1221 points, and took the first position by impressive 7.5 points. Lundby was followed by Hendrickson, who landed at 83.5 meters (+4.6/0.0), and scored 114.6 points in total.

Current TOP10's jumps' distances were between 80.5 meters and 86.0 meters, which was also the most common distance, achieved by three jumpers: Pinkelnig, Rogelj and Iraschko-Stolz, who also scored the highest amount of points among the TOP10: 67.6 points. If we scratch judges' points from Lundby's score, Norwegian got 68.1 points, the highest of all. Rogelj would be 3rd with 65.6 points, followed by Pinkelnig with 65.4 points. Two previous rounds' winner, Takanashi scored 64.1 points with a jump of 85.0 meters (+4.1/0.0). Vtic wasn't the only absent person, because Nita Englund didn't participate.

Based on three rounds of jumps, Sara Takanshi, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, and Maren Lundby were the three strongest candidates for the win. Local heroes Vtic and Rogelj could mix the order in TOP6. Ito, Hendrickson and Pinkelnig shoudln't be forgotten either.

This was quite an exciting training day to analyse, even though Carina was absent. For today, this is enough. Tomorrow, on 12th of March, the analyses will be completed, so don't forget to return to this blog tomorrow as well. I wish you good night, as it's 10:45 pm here in Finland! :)

Links:
Results of the training rounds (PDF-file), 13th of February, 2015, Ljubno, Slovenia
Results of the qualification (PDF-file), February 13th, 2015, Ljubno, Slovenia

Weekend Analyses of Ladies' Ski Jumping, Championship Edition: Chapter 2: Who takes over HS100 hill, who's the Champion?

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Want to find out the TOP3? - Click this link!
I'm very pleased to write this analysis. You must have seen some items of news, how it went, but let's go through the competition piece by piece. I guess it's time to start with the trial round.

Friday, February 20th, 2015, Falun, Sweden: Lugnet HS100 (Trial round + Grand finale)

Trial round (Wind: 0.20 m/s behind (+1.5 p) to 0.98 m/s towards (-6.3 p) Gate 25, G 26 (-3.1 points)):

Last test before the competition was held under cloudy sky. Wind direction and strength altered during the round. Chinese jumper Xueyao Li started, and jumped 76.0 meters (-4.2/0.0), and scored 27.8 points, enough for 39th place. Anna Odine Stroem crossed 80 meters as the first jumper: 82.5 m (-3.9/0.0), 31st with 41.1 points. Elena Runggaldier jumped into TOP20, after 88.0 m's (-6.3/0.0) flight, with 49.7 in total. Tara Geraghty-Moats performed well on the trial round: 89.5 m (-2.9/0.0), 10th, 56.1 points. Jessica Jerome's 88.0 m's jump (+0.8/0.0) was enough for 56.8, and 9th position. Taylor Henrich flew 91.0 m (-0.1/0.0), and came 3rd in the results, 61.9 points. Jury decided to raise the gate for four jumpers: Sarah Hendrickson capitalized on that, as the defending Champion landed at 93.0 m (-2.7/-3.1), got 4th with 60.2 points. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger's jump of 91.0 m (-2.8/0.0) took her to 7th place. Yuki Ito took the lead from Henrich, with 94.0 m's flight (-1.9/0.0), and Japanese jumper scored 66.1 points. Spela Rogelj jumped 90.5 m (-2.0/0.0), and finished 8th. Carina Vogt flew 91.0 m (-2.2/0.0), which gave German 6th position. Sara Takanashi finished one position higher: 91.0 meters (-2.1/0.0), and 59.9 points. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz landed at 92.5 m (-1.4/0.0) and was ranked 2nd.
TOP10: 1. Ito JPN 66.1, 2. Iraschko-Stolz AUT 63.6, 3. Henrich CAN 61.9, 4. Hendrickson USA 60.2, 5. Takanashi JPN 59.9, 6. Vogt GER 59.8, 7. Seifriedsberger AUT 59.2, 8. Rogelj SLO 59.0, 9. Jerome USA 56.8, 10. Geraghty-Moats USA 56.1

Ito seemed to be very strong. Could she perform two more jumps on the same level, or would so far more succeeded competitiors, such as Iraschko-Stolz, Takanashi, Vogt or Hendrickson, handle the pressure better?

First round (Wind: 0.79 m/s behind (+6.1 p) to 0.71 m/s towards (-4.5 p), Gate 25):

Clouds remained above Lugnet's sports center. Wind changed more radically, and skill wasn't the only needed thing to succeed. Xueyao Li sat on the starting bench as the first jumper: 75.5 meters (+2.2/0.0), 78.2 points and 37th place. Barbora Blazkova didn't capitalize on the best wind conditions suggested by the computer: Blazkova's flight ended at 75.5 meters (-4.5/0.0), and Czech Republic's jumper was ranked 39th. Some of the succeeded jumpers from previous World Championships and Olympic Games had issues: Ulrike Graessler, silver medalist from Liberec, was 23rd, Elena Runggaldier, silver medalist from Oslo came 27th, and bronze medalist from Oslo and Sochi, Coline Mattel was only 28th! Julia Clair, Mattel's team mate jumped next, and Clair continued her good jumps from qualification: 89.0 meters (-1.9/0.0) gave French jumper 10th place after the first round. Jumper number 24, Taylor Henrich proved her very good shape, as Canadian flew 90.5 meters (+2.0/0.0), and took the lead of the competition with 115.5 points. Sarah Hendrickson began TOP10 jumpers' group: the defending champion was unlucky, as strongest wind from behind forced her to land at 87.0 meters (+6.1/0.0), and jumper from the United States of America wasn't satisfied with 111.6 points, and 8th place after the first round. Four favorites of the competition seemed to perform well. Yuki Ito flew 89.0 meters (+2.4/0.0), and was 2nd 1.6 points behind Canadian. Carina Vogt had a great chance to improve her 5th place from Val di Fiemme. Vogt began realizing the plan by landing at 91.5 meters (+2.2/0.0), scoring 119.2 in total, and taking the lead. Slight smile appeared on German's face. Sara Takanashi launched herself into the air, and didn't land until 90.0 meters' line (+2.9/0.0), but her poor landing decreased the amount of points, and was ranked 8th after her jump. World Champion from Oslo, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, showed, why she's the leader in World Cup standings: 92.5 meters (+2.9/0.0), new hill record, and 3.7 points gap to Vogt.

TOP10: 1. Iraschko-Stolz AUT 122.9, 2. Vogt GER 119.2, 3. Henrich CAN 115.5, 4. Ito JPN 113.9, 5. Pinkelnig AUT 113.6, 6. Seifriedsberger AUT 112.9, 7. Rogelj SLO, 111.9, 8. Hendrickson USA 111.6, 9. Takanashi JPN 111.4, 10. Clair FRA 108.6.

Takanashi's total score was a bit of a disappointment. Other three main favorites came across more calm, and Henrich's third position would bring more interest into the final jumps.

Grand Finale, Second Round (Wind: 0.38 m/s behind to 0.45 m/s towards, Gate 26):

Obviously clouds wanted to watch this exciting event until the end. Michaela Dolezelova got the honor to start the round: Czech's 83.0 meters (+1.0/0.0) were enough to overtake Elena Runggaldier, and it helped Dolezelova to finish 29th. Coline Mattel was very unhappy with her result: so far her worst position in World Championships was 5th, but this event brought French jumper 27th place. Ladies' Ski Jumping's performance level has raised during past couple of years, as the highest climb of the round was only five spots: Jessica Jerome from the United States flew 90.5 meters (+0.6/0.0), gathered 219.4 points, and got from 14th to 9th. Jerome was also leading after 20/30 jumpers, second was Irina Avvakumova from Russia, and third Nita Englund, Jerome's team member.

TOP10 was begun with French coach's last hope for a good result: flag was wawed, and so began Julia Clair's performance. For her, her coach's and French fans, it ended sadly: 83.5 meters (-0.8/0.0), 205.3 points in total, and 21st place in the official results. Sara Takanashi had a lot to improve on the second round. Determined Japanese jumper launched herself into the air, and her skies touched the ground at 93.0 meters (0.1/0.0), which gave her a total score of 228.3, lead of the competition, and new hill record. Sarah Hendrickson's goal was medal, but it the task wasn't after first rounds decent jump: the defending Champion fought herself at 91.0 meters (-0.7/0.0), but she couldn't beat Takanashi, and took 2nd position. Spela Rogelj didn't cross 90.0 meters, as Slovenian flew 88.5 meters (-1.0/0.0), and her score of 217.9 points gave her 10th position in the official results. Val di Fiemme's bronze medalist, Jacqueline Seifriedsberger couldn't beat Takanashi nor Hendrickson. Austrian jumped 90.5 meters (-0.8/0.0), gave her current 3rd with 225.6 points. Eva Pinkelnig dropped from 5th to 8th, as she flew 89.5 meters (-0.3/0.0). Yuki Ito sat on the starting bench to wait for the flag to go down: Ito got the signal, gained her speed, and her flight didn't end until 93.0 meters (+0.2/0.0). Japanese jumper gathered 235.1 points, took the lead from Takanashi, and waited for three remaining jumps. Henrich had a chance to be the best North American jumper. Canadian jumped very well through the whole day: Taylor's last jump of the day went to 91.0 meters, but her unbalanced landing didn't give her much hope for high total score. 15.5, 15.5, 16.0, 16.0 and 16.0, gave her 47.5 points from style, and Canadian took 3rd place, but not in the official results. Carina Vogt moved herself to the starting position, pushed herself of the gate, gained top speed of 86.3 km/h (53,636 mph), spread her skies into the V-position, and German's skies touched the ground at 92.0 meters (+1.2/0.0). Vogt seemed pleased, and her beautiful landing would surely give her the lead: judges disagreed, and gave her only 5 x 17.5, 52.5 in total, and Carina's lead points were 236.9. Only one jumper was remaining. It seemed like Iraschko-Stolz got a pretty simple task to do: 89.5 meters would take Austrian to the second World Championship title. Iraschko-Stolz gained her speed, launched herself in the air, but the flight didn't look so good. She made a quick landing, before the green line, at 89.0 meters. I already stood up and raised my hands in the air as a sign of Vogt's gold medal. Iraschko-Stolz waited for her total score and finishing position: 3rd place, 233.8 points, and she became the first woman ever to get two individual medals of World Championships in Ladies' Ski Jumping. Carina Vogt couldn't believe the turn of events, which led her to be the first female jumper to win both Winter Olympic Games and World Championship's gold medal. German got multiple hugs as a congratulation! YES, YES, YES!!! JUST DET, PÅ DET SÄTTET = EXACTLY, THAT'S THE WAY!!!

TOP10:
1. Carina Vogt  GER   91.5 meters + 92.0 meters, 236.9 points
2. Yuki Ito  JPN   89.0 m + 93.0 m, 235.1 p
3. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz  AUT   92.5 m + 89.0 m, 233.8 p
4. Sara Takanashi  JPN   90.0 m + 93.0 m, 228.3 p
5. Taylor Henrich  CAN   90.5 m + 91.0 m, 227.9 p
6. Sarah Hendrickson  USA   87.0 m + 91.0 m, 226.4 p
7. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger  AUT   89.0 m + 90.5 m, 225.6 p
8. Eva Pinkelnig  AUT   89.0 m + 89.5 m, 223.8 p
9. Jessica Jerome  USA   86.5 m + 90.5 m, 219.4 p
10. Spela Rogelj  SLO   87.0 m + 88.5 m, 217.9 p

It was the most exciting ladies' ski jumping competition I've ever seen. Of course, World Championship title was at stake, and Carina Vogt was among the favourites, but overall competition was enjoyable to watch: 22 jumpers collected more than 200 points in total. There'll definetly more material from the competition on YouTube, so check the channel.

All times medal standings in FIS Ski World Championships, Ladies' Ski Jumping:
1. the United States of America   2  -  -
2. Germany   1  1  -
3. Austria   1  -  2
4. Japan   -  2  -
5. Italy   -  1  -
6. Norway  -  -  1
6. France  -  -  1

From previous medalists, Anette Sagen from Norway, and Lindsay Van from the United States, didn't even qualify into their World Ski Championships teams. The United States kept their lead, Germany got closer, and Austria has achieved 3 medals in 4 events.

World Championships aren't over yet for some of the ladies' Mixed team event is held 22nd of February, 2015. TOP7 jumpers, excluding Henrich and Hendrickson, are the biggest candidates to take the medals. Let's hope for another gold for Carina! Apologies for a bit late posting time, at it's more than 24 hours after the competition, but I was busy with recording YouTube videos, and watching other events from Falun. Thank you very much, and enjoy Carina Vogt's success: there'll be plenty more of it!!! :) Njut av den sista tävlingen!!!

Links:
Carina Vogt's World Champion's interview + TOP3 flower ceremony, German Anthem! YouTube!!!
Official results (PDF-file), World Ski Championships, 2015, Falun, Ladies' Ski Jumping
Results of the 1st round (PDF-file), World Ski Championships, 2015, Falun, Ladies' Ski Jumping
Trial round's results (PDF-file), World Ski Championships, 2015, Falun, Ladies' Ski Jumping

Carina Vogt, World Champion 2015, Falun!!! Ladies' Ski Jumping, interview + flower ceremony, video material!!! :)

Greetings!

This a re-upload of World Ski Championships, Ladies' Ski Jumping, from Falun, with both commentary and national anthem of Germany. I also included Carina Vogt's interview for FIS a World Champion! Check it out: Carina Vogt, World Champion, 2015, Falun!!! World Ski Championships, Ladies' Ski Jumping, Carina Vogt's interview + TOP3 jumpers' flower ceremony!! :)

Enjoy your day, and Carina's success!

P.S. There'll be Weekend Analyses of Ladies' Ski Jumping, Championship Edition, and don't forget to subscribe to the channel, where I'll upload the most important jumps of the competition. Enjoy! Njut av i dag! :)

Carina Vogt, World Champion in Falun!!!

Yes, yes, yes!!! Extremely warm greetings!

Ladies' World Championship competion just finished Carina Vogt did it! :)
91.5 meters and 92.0 meters, 236.9 points, by 1.8 points!
Silver for Yuki Ito, bronze for Iraschko-Stolz. Sara Takanashi fourth, Taylor Henrich fifth, Sarah Hendrickson sixth.

Let's enjoy the victory, massive amount of videos coming on YouTube within the next 24 hours!

Carina Vogt - the greatest!!! :)

Resan till Falun 2015 - Trip to Falun 2015: Part 4: It's here, destination Falun!

Greetings! Our trip near it's end, but let's enjoy this revolutionary post: it is a combination of both Weekend Analyses of Ladies' Ski Jumping, Championship Edition, and Weekend preview of Ladies' Ski Jumping, Championship edition! With a bit over an hour left until the beginning of the Grand Finale, we'll move swiftly to the events of Thursday, 19th of February, and speculate today's results.

Thursday, February 19th, 2015, Falun, Sweden (Training round + Qualification/Trail round)

According to the race program, ladies had a chance to perform two jumps. Due to difficult conditions, jury decided to cancel the trial round, and organize qualification as only event of the day for ladies. First ever qualification of history in World Ski Championships in ladies's ski jumping was started with Virag Voros' jump. 15-year-old Hungarian's flight came to an abrupt end, as she landed at 57.0 meters (-4.4/0.0), scored 30.6 points, and finished 34th. Ulrike Graessler was the first lady to cross 85.0 meters' line: 88.5 meters (-5.1/0.0), and total score of 103.4 points gave her 6th place in the results. Julia Clair took the lead from German by 5.1 points, with a jump of 88.5 meters (-1.0/0.0). Taylor Henrich finished in TOP10 in every Wenesday's training session. Canadian flew 92.0 meters (-1.8/0.0), collected 114.2 points, and was ranked 1st, 5.7 points ahead of Clair. Chiara Hoelzl jumped 88.0 meters (-3.1/0.0), and finished 5th in the results with 103.9 points. Next jumper, Juliane Seyfarth got 4th position as a birthday present, as Seyfarth landed at 89.0 meters (-2.2/0.0), and scored 106.8 points. Norwegian Maren Lundby flew into TOP3, with her jump of 89.0 meters (-1.3/0.0), Lundby scored 108.2 points in total. Wednesday's 6th on both training rounds, Katharina Althaus was ranked 7th with 102.6 points, having jumped 87.0 meters (-2.9/0.0). Last jumper to qualify, was Susanna Forsstroem from Finland.

All of TOP10 jumpers appeared on the hill. Best total score was achieved by Yuki Ito, who flew 89.5 meters (-0.8/0.0), with score of 58.2 points. Carina Vogt's result was also promising: German landed at 87.0 meters (+2.6/0.0), and finished 1.6 points behind Ito. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger finished 3rd by scoring 55.2 points, and a jump of 87.5 meters (+0.2/0.0). Daniela Iraschko-Stolz 87.5 meters (-0.3/0.0), Sara Takanashi 87.0 meters (+0.5/0.0) and Sarah Hendrickson 87.0 meters (+0.4/0.0) 4th, 5th and 6th within 0.3 points! In comparison to previously mentioned jumpers, Taylor Henrich, first ever winner of qualifying in the Championships, gathered from wind and jump 62.2 points in total, so Henrich was the best! On the other hand she had wind towards herself, unlike most of the TOP10 jumpers.

Judging by first four training rounds, there are several candidates to win the World Championship, and finish on podium: World Champion of 2011, and silver medalist from the Olympic Games 2014, Iraschko-Stolz has a lot of experience from pressurizing situations. The defending World Champion from Val di Fiemme, Sarah Hendrickson has improved jump by jump, and she's returning to her best shape. Olympic Champion from Sochi, Carina Vogt, has a habit to show her best in the competitions. Hopefully she'll do that again, but I'm sure that German will get a medal, Championship is also in her reach. Sara Takanashi won twice Overall World Cup standings, and took silver in Val di Fiemme, and has jumped very well in Falun, which makes her also another good canditate for the Championship. Taylor Henrich has shown incredible jumps in Falun, and the win of qualification might have given her some extra which might carry her on podium. Bronze medalist from Val di Fiemme, Jacqueline Seifriedsberger shall not be forgotten, and other possible surprises might be caused by Katharina Althaus, Jessica Jerome, Ulrike Graessler, and Maren Lundby.

Last trial round before the Grand Finale finished about 20 minutes ago, and results were:
1. Ito JPN 94.0 meters, 2 Iraschko-Stolz AUT, 3. Henrich CAN, 4. Hendrickson USA, 5. Taknashi JPN, 6. Vogt GER 91.0 meters, 7. Seifriedsberger AUT. Vogt lost a bit over 6 points to Ito, which means 3-3.5 meters depending on style points. My dream podium is: 1. Vogt GER, 2. Hendirkcson USA, 3. Henrich CAN. Based on the training results, more likely podium, and my eventual choice is: 1. Vogt GER, 2. Ito JPN, 3. Takanashi JPN. Hopefully Vogt will win, or at least finish on podium! Let's enjoy the finale! This is also the conclusion of our journey! It's time to say: Tack för allt! This means, thank you for everything, I wish you very enjoyable World Championships! Don't forget to follow, to find out the results, and detailed information about competitions! Njut av din dag!

Resan till Falun 2015 - Trip to Falun 2015: Part 3: Val di Fiemme's light snowfall brings no surprises

Greetings! We move on to the third part of our trip in time. As we are less than 24 hours away from the grand finale, let's take a look at World Championship events from two years ago, Italian Val di Fiemme.

Ladies' ski jumping appeared in the program of FIS Ski World Championships for the third time. The biggest item of news was that Daniela Iraschko couldn't participate in the World Championships. Austrian injured her knee previous month in Hinterzarten, Germany. It lead into a situation, in which the defending World Champion was out of the game even before the World Ski Championships had even started. Romania joined as a new country in ladies' ski jumping World Championships, since Dana Vasilica Haralambie participated in the competition. It's also important to notice that these World Championships were first appearance for Carina Vogt on this level's competitions.

Thursday, 21st of February, 2013, Val di Fiemme (Training rounds + qualification)

Unfortunately results of the training rounds are once again not understandable, so I'll have to rely on my thoughts presented results. Carina Vogt seems to had finished on one training round. Second trainings best points were signed for another German, Ulrike Graessler. Third round's assumed winner is Sarah Hendrickson with the longest jump of the day, 101.0 meters (+10.3/0.0). Coline Mattel was ranked 2nd, 2nd and 3rd. Also Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, and Sara Takanashi have been mentioned in TOP3.
Training results (PDF-file), first version, 21st of February, 2013, Val di Fiemme
Training results (PDF-file), second version, 21st of February, 2013, Val di Fiemme
Training results (PDF-file), third version, 21st of February, 2013, Val di Fiemme

First ever ladies' qualifying session was planned for the evening, but to me for an unknown reason that session was cancelled. It must have been either low amount of participants (45 on the start lists, 40 jumpers into the competition), or tricky conditions. As a result, jumpers had a chance to make an alternative training, or just relax before the important day.

Friday, 22nd of February, 2013, Val di Fiemme (Trial round + World Championship finale)

Start list of the competition suffered a loss of two jumpers. as 43 women appeared for the trial round. Under cloudy sky, and wind towards the hill between 0.09 m/s and 2.33 m/s forced jury to change the gate a couple of times during the round. First fourteen jumps were performed from gate 17. Best jumper among them was Ulrike Graessler. German finished 11th, with total score of 31.3 and her jump's distance was 83.5 meters (-5.7/0.0). Next fourteen jumpers were allowed to start two gates higher, from gate 19. Silver medalist from Oslo, Elena Runggaldier's 92.5 meters (-8.5/-6.1) brought her 6th place, having scored 40.4 points. After Atsuko Tanaka's jump of 77.0 meters (-0.6/-6.1), jury raised the gate to position 21 for TOP15 jumpers. Carina Vogt flew 98.5 meters (-9.7/-12.2), and her score of 45.1 gave her 4th position. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger performed the longest jump of the round: 101.0 meters (-5.6/-12.2), and 53.8 points allowed to her to be the best jumper of the round. Sarah Hendrickson got closest in distance, and total score: 100.5 meters (-7.2/-12.2), and 51.6 points. Sara Takanashi finished 3rd, with total score of 47.0, and her jump of 96.0 meters (-2.8/-12.2). Interesting competition was waiting, especially due to unpredictable conditions.

Clouds remained above the hill for the 1st round. Wind conditions were between 0.26 m/s from behind the hill to 1.85 m/s towards. Competition was began by Chinese jumper Xueyao Li. She jumped 70.0 meters (-7.8/0.0), and finished 42nd with total score of 44.2 points. Dana Vasilica Haralambie's debut didn't last for long. Romanian's flight of 67.5 meters (-10.1/0.0) brought her 37.4 points and 43rd position. Jumper number 6, Chiara Hoelzl succeeded on the 1st round: Austrian landed at 95.5 meters (-8.6/0.0), crossed the K-point of 95.0 meters as the first jumper, and was 12th jumper of the round. Irina Avvakumova took the lead from Hoelzl by jumping 94.0 meters (-6.4/0.0). Excited Russian was 10 th jumper of the round with 102.1 points. Avvakumova was beaten by Kykkaenen, who flew 92.5 meters (-5.3/0.0), and scored 103.2 points, enough for 9th place. Abby Hughes' jump ended at 81.5 meters (-1.8/0.0), and after her jump jury decided to raise the gate from position 21 to 23. Next jumper, Atsuko Tanaka capitalized on that by jumping 92.0 meters (-2.5/-6.2), and taking 15th position in the results. In front her home crowd, Evelyn Insam wanted to give her best performance: 97.0 meters (-3.7/-6.2), and 106.1 points were enough to take the lead from Kykkaenen. Jessica Jerome flew as the first athlete 100.0 meters (-4.5/-6.2), and overtook Insam by 5.7 points. Carina Vogt gained top speed of the round, 89.5 km/h (55.625 mph), which carried her jump until 99.5 meters (-2.2/-6.2). German collected 115.6 points, and was 5th. Seifriedsberger beat Vogt's score, as Austrian flew 104.0 meters (-3.6/-6.2), and scored 118.7 points. Coline Mattel landed between Seifriedsberger and Vogt with a jump of 102.0 meters (-5.1/-6.2), only 0.5 points behind the Austrian. Sarah Hendrickson had participated in both of the previous World Championships, finishing 29th and 16th. She was determined to improve her best, as she launched herself into the air, flew very high, and her skies touched the ground at hill's HS-point, 106.0 meters (-5.4/-6.2)!! Jumper from the United States of America collected 127.4 points. World Cup leader during that time, Sara Takanashi didn't have an easy task to beat Hendrikcson. Japanese jumper got close, as Takanashi jumped 104.5 meters (-1.7/-6.2), gathered 124.1 points, and took 2nd position.
TOP10: 1. Hendrickson USA 127.4, 2. Takanashi JPN 124.1, 3. Seifriedsberger AUT 118.7, 4. Mattel FRA 118.2, 5. Vogt GER 115.6, 6. Jerome USA 111.8, 7. Insam ITA 106.1, 8. Sagen NOR 105.3, 9. Kykkaenen FIN 103.2, 10. Avvakumova RUS 102.1

Jury of the competition decided to return to starting position 21. Clouds added their role, as slight snowfall started to cover top of the hill. Wind was towards the hill, between 0.22 m/s and 1.52 m/s. Italian Manuela Malsiner started the final round, jumping 87.0 meters (-10.6/0.0), which was enough to rise from 30th to 29th position. Two years earlier, Maja Vtic gained 13 places on the second round in Oslo. In Val di Fiemme, her second competition jump was 94.5 meters (-6.3/0.0), and it helped Slovenian to get from 26th to 19th. Biggest climb of the round belonged to the very first World Champion in ladies' ski jumping, Lindsey Van. Van was 24th after the first round, but improved by 8 positions with a jump of 93.5 meters (-3.2/0.0). Elena Runggaldier was unable to defend her 2nd place from Oslo, but she flew 93.0 meters (-4.3/0.0), and got from 16th to 12th. Silver medalist from Liberec, Ulrike Graessler took the lead, by flying 95.0 meters (-7.1/0.0), and gathering 201.9 points in total. One of the youngest participants of the competion Chiara Hoelzl impressed on the second round as well. 15-year-old Austrian flew 94.5 meters (-7.6/0.0), and captured the lead from Graessler by 2.4 points. After 20 jumpers, Hoelzl led, Graessler was second and Runggaldier third.

Irina Avvakumova had 3.2 points' gap over Hoelzl. 10th jumper after the first round landed at 91.0 meters (-2.7/0.0), gathered 200.4 points, and took equal 4th with Slovenian Spela Rogelj. Kykkaenen was the next jumper attempting to take overtake Hoelzl. Finn got a nice finish for her competition, as she jumped 90.0 meters (-2.0/0.0), took 2nd place, and assured herself at least 10th position. One of the most experienced jumpers, winning 5 times Continental Cup overall standings, Norwegian Anette Sagen, was the one to beat Hoelzl. Sagen flew 94.5 meters (-2.0/0.0), collected 213.3 points, and was 1st. Evelyn Insam didn't steal the lead, as Italian landed at 92.5 meters (-3.6/0.0), but Italian public cheered for Insam's current 2nd place. Jessica Jerome returned colors of the Untied States of America on the 1st position, as she flew 98.0 meters (-4.9/0.0), and beat Sagen's total score by 11.6 points. Carina Vogt didn't allow Jerome to enjoy her 1st place for long: German's skies did touch the ground at 96.0 meters (-5.7/0.0), but her better points from style between 17.5 and 18.5 compared to Jerome's 16.5 and 18.0 were enough to give Vogt the lead by 0.5 points, as four jumpers were remaining. Coline Mattel was only 0.5 points behind the podium after her first jumps, so she did everything she could to take second medal for France in ladies' ski jumping. Mattel flew 95.5 meters (-5.2/0.0), and overtook German by 4.1 points. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger didn't care about the minimum set by the French jumper, and she secured herself a medal: Austrian landed at 98.5 meters (-1.5/0.0), and scored 237.2 points. Takanashi wasn't aiming for the silver. Japanese jumper launched herself in the air, and she didn't land until 103.0 meters' line. Takanashi's compensation points (-3.1/0.0) decreased her total score to 251.0 points. She was sure to beat Seifriedsberger, but would it be enough for beating Hendrikcson. Wind conditions improved a bit for Hendrikcson, as she had to jump 103.0 meters, even though she had 3.3 points' lead after the first round. Jumper from the United States gained a speed of 88.0 km/h (54,692 mph), 0.7 km/h less than Vogt, gained really nice height, and Hendrikcon's skies didn't touch the ground until 103.0 meters. It was enough according to the computers, but she needed better points from style than 18.0. Judges gave her 18.5, 19.5, 19.0, 19.0 and 19.0, which meant 3 x 19.0 points. Hendrickson was surrounded by her team mates, as the results were announced: 1st place, 253.7 points, and World Champioship title! Also coach of the United States, Paolo Bernardi showed his excitement furiously, and got congratulations from other coaches.

TOP10:
1. Sarah Hendrickson  USA   106.0 meters + 103.0 meters = 253.7 points
2. Sara Takanashi  JPN   104.5 m + 103.0 m = 251.0 p
3. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger  AUT 104.0 m + 98.5 m = 237.2 p
4. Coline Mattel  FRA   102.0 m + 95.5 m = 229.5 p
5. Carina Vogt  GER   99.5 m + 96.0 m = 225.4 p
6. Jessica Jerome  USA   100.0 m + 98.0 m = 224.9 p
7. Anette Sagen  NOR   97.0 m + 94.5 m = 213.3 p
8. Evelyn Insam  ITA   96.0 m + 92.5 m = 210.5 p
9. Chiara Hoelzl  AUT   95.5 m + 94.5 m = 204.3 p
10. Julia Kykkaenen  FIN   92.5 m +90.0 m = 203.2 p

All time medal standings in FIS Ski World Championships Ladies' Ski Jumping after Val di Fiemme:
1. the United States of America   2  -  -
2. Austria   1  -  1
3. Germany  -  1  -
3. Italy   -  1  -
3. Japan   -  1  -
6. Norway   -  -  1
6. France   -  -  1

Competition was very exciting to was watch: 7 jumps 100.0 meters or more, 106.0 meters was achieved, and yet another new World Champion was crowned. TOP15 crossed the border of 200.0 points in total, which also proved that level in ladies' ski jumping had increased massively. Next World Ski Championships in Falun would host even more interesting battle for medals in ladies' ski jumping. If everything goes according to the plans, we'll see the official results from Falun's finale in less than 21 hours. Thanks for checking out the third part of this very soon ending and exciting trip. Enjoy your/night, and hopefully you'll conclude the journey with me in our destination, Falun, Sweden. :)

Links:
Official results of the competition (PDF-file), 22nd of February, 2013, Val di Fiemme, Italy
Results of the 1st round (PDF-file), February 22nd, 2013, Val di Fiemme, Italy
Trial round's results (PDF-file), 22nd of February, 2013, Val di Fiemme, Italy