Weekend Analyses of Ladies' Ski Jumping: Chapter 3.2: No major surprises in the first competition in Ljubno on Saturday

Greetings!

After Friday's practice sessions, competitors were getting ready for the competition. Last preparations would take place on the trial round.

Saturday, February 14th, 2015, Ljubno, Slovenia (Trial round and Competition 1):

Trial round [Gate 11, Wind: 0.95 m/s from behind (+6.8 points) to 0.01 m/s towards (-0.1 p)] :

Trial rounds results were quite expected, excluding Slovenian Katja Pozun's very high 5th place, with a jump of 86.0 meters (+1.8/0.0), and 63.8 points. One of the competition's strongest candidates for podium, Sarah Hendrickson flew 84.5 meters (+4.2/0.0), 7th place with a score of 63.2. Friday's TOP3 jumper, Maren Lundby finished 3rd: 85.0 meters (+5.9/0.0), 65.9 points. Line Jahr got biggest compensation points (+6.8/0.0), and she was 10th, after a jump of 81.5 meters, which gave her 59.8 points in total. Maja Vtic was 6th, as Slovenian jumped 84.5 meters (+4.5/0.0), and scored 63.5 points. Another local hero, Spela Rogelj proved that she would be fighting for a podium position: 2nd place, thanks to her flight of 87.0 meters (+3.2/0.0), and a score of 67.2. Sara Takanashi took 4th, as she jumped 86.0 meters (+2.7/0.0) and scored 64.7 points. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz was in her own class, as Austrian flew 90.0 meters (+3.2/0.0), and scored 73.2 points, 6.0 points more than Rogelj. Iraschko-Stolz became even stronger favorite for the win.

First round [Gate 11, Wind: 1.02 m/s from behind (+7.3 p) to 0.54 m/s towards (-3.2 p)] :

Wind got stronger, and less equal for the first round of the competition. Some of the clouds drifted away with the wind. This round was started by Julija Srsen. Slovenian jumped 74.5 meters (+2.8/0.0), scored 88.8 points, and finished 39th in the results. Gyda Enger was the unluckiest with the conditions (+7.3/0.0), but her jump of 78.5 meters, and a score of 105.3 brought Norwegian equal 20th position with Julia Clair. Katja Pozun handled the pressure on the first round:81.5 meters (+5.8/0.0), 111.8 points, 10th place. Japanese jumper, Kaori Iwabuchi was the first one to cross K-point's line: number 21 landed exactly at 85.0 meters (-0.2/0.0), and a score of 104.8 points gave her 23th place after the first round. Coline Mattel didn't impress on the first round: according to the compensation points, French jumper had the best wind conditions of the round: 81.0 meters (-3.2/0.0) was enough for 29th position, and 100.3 points. Chiara Hoelzl flew 86.5 meters (-0.8/0.0), and Austrian took the lead of the competition from Pozun with a score of 114.2. Juliane Seyfarth jumped between Hoelzl and Pozun, with a jump of 84.5 meters (+0.5/0.0), and 113.0 points. Sarah Hendrickson 86.0 meters (-0.2/0.0), but her better points from style comparing to Hoelzl brought Hendrickson first position, due to her score of 115.8. Qualification's winner, Maren Lundby didn't allow Hendrickson to enjoy the lead for long: Norwegian jumped 85.0 meters (+2.5/0.0), and scored 117.0 points.

TOP10 jumpers had trouble to beat Lundby's score. Line Jahe was 12th with a jump of 86.0 meters (-3.2/0.0), Irina Avvakumova 16th, 82.5 meters (+2.3/0.0), and Nita Englund's 83.5 meters (+2.1/0.0) brought 11th position. Maja Vtic sat on the starting position. Vtic gave a reason for Slovenians to enjoy, as one of the local heroes flew 84.5 meters (+6.0/0.0), scored 119.0 points, and took the lead from Lundby. Eva Pinkelnig's 85.5 meters (+1.5/0.0) were enough for current 4th. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger and Yuki Ito disappointed, as Austrian was only 14th, and Ito 13th after the first round. Spela Rogelj wanted to join Vtic, but Rogelj's jump of 84.0 meters (+2.1/0.0) was enough for 8th place in the first round's results. Sara Takanashi stole the lead from Vtic, as Japanese jumper flew 88.0 meters (+5.1/0.0), and scored 123.1 points in total. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz took her position, as Austrian landed at 89.0 meters (+4.0/0.0), and gathered 126.0 points.
TOP10: 1. Iraschko-Stolz AUT 126.0, 2. Takanashi JPN 123.1, 3. Vtic SLO 119.0, 4. Lundby NOR 117.0, 5. Hendrickson USA 115.8, 6. Pinkelnig AUT 114.5, 7. Hoelzl AUT 114.2, 8. Rogelj SLO 114.1, 9. Juliane Seyfarth GER 113.0, 10. Pozun SLO 111.8

Second round [Gate 11, Wind: 1.11 m/s from behind (+7.9 p) to 0.46 m/s towards (-2.7 p)] :

Partly clouded sky was covering the HS 95 hill, as 31 jumpers were ready to participate on the second round. Anna Rupprecht began the round: German's jump ended at 77.0 meters (+5.4/0.0), and she scored 198.9 points in total. Lisa Wiegele had equal points with Rupprecht after the first round, but Austrian jump of 74.0 meters (+5.2/0.0) she finished in unpleasant 31st position, 8.2 points behind Rupprecht, who was 30th in the results. Tara Geraghty-Moats made the biggest climb of the competition, as the jumper from the United States of America flew 85.0 meters (+2.9/0.0), gathered 215.2 points in total, and got from 28th to 17th. Anna Haeffele couldn't use the best conditions of the round, as German jumped 82.0 meters (-2.7/0.0), and her score of 205.8 were enough for the 27th  place in the results. In contrast, Slovenian Ursa Bogataj had the worst conditions: Bogataj landed at 79.5 meters (+7.9/0.0), and dropped from 19th to 22nd. Yuki Ito was the best TOP10 jumper to improve her position after first round's disappointment: she flew 87.5 meters (-0.1/0.0), and took the lead of the competition with a score of 226.8. Ito was leading after 20 jumps, followed by Line Jahr and Nita Englund.

TOP10 was started by Katja Pozun. Slovenian wanted to give the crowd a good jump: Pozun landed at 84.0 meters (+2.8/0.0), scored 225.6 points, and couldn't take the lead from Ito. Since Carina Vogt was absent, Juliane Seyfarth was the best German jumper after the first round. Seyfarth didn't stay in the TOP10, because she jumped only 81.0 meters (+4.9/0.0), and the best German finished 13th in the official results. Spela Rogelj prepared for her jump. After slightly disappointing first round she wanted to improve the atmosphere among Slovenian fans. Rogelj did take the lead with a score of 232.0 points, but her jump of 85.0 meters (+2.9/0.0) wasn't as good as Slovenians wanted. Chiara Hoelzl wasn't able to beat Rogelj, because Austrian landed at 84.5 meters (+4.0/0.0), and took current 5th position. Eva Pinkelnig achieved the second best distance of the competition: 89.0 meters (-0.8/0.0), and a total score of 233.7 points gave her current 1st place. Sarah Hendrickson sat on the starting bench. Hendrickson launched herself into the air, landed at 87.0 meters (+2.3/0.0), gathered 237.1 points, and took the lead of the competition. Maren Lundby wanted to return back to the TOP3, and Norwegian flew for the second time 85.0 meters (+3.3/0.0), but her score of 234.8 wasn't enough to beat Hendrickson. Slovenians hopes for podium remained with Vtic. To take the lead, Vtic had to fly about 85.0 meters. She got the start signal from her coach, gained a total speed of 84.9 km/h (52,766 mph), gained height, but landed at 83.0 meters (+4.9/0.0). Vtic waited for her total score, but unfortunately she had to satisfy with current 4th with 232.9 points. Sara Takanashi had to take lead to keep World Cup hopes alive. Japanese jumper gained a total speed of 85.2 km/h (52.952 mph), and flew the longest jump of the competition: 90.0 meters (+2.9/0.0), and the total score of 248.5 points gave her a massive lead of 11.4 points. Iraschko-Stolz couldn't beat Takanashi: 88.0 meters (+0.9/0.0), and 245.4 points were enough for the second position. These results also meant that Sarah Hendrickson took her first podium in the World Cup since her win in Oslo in March 2013, and her injury from August 2013.
TOP10: 1. Takanashi JPN 248.5, 2. Iraschko-Stolz AUT 245.4, 3. Hendrickson USA 237.1, 4. Lundby NOR 234.8, 5. Pinkelnig AUT 233.7, 6. Vtic SLO 232.9, 7. Rogelj SLO 232.0, 8. Ito JPN 226.8, 9. Pozun SLO 225.8, 10. Jahr NOR 224.9

There were no major changes in the World Cup standings (11/13 competitions) :
1. D. Iraschko-Stolz   AUT   862
2. S. Takanashi   JPN   773
3. C. Vogt   GER   622
4. S. Rogelj   SLO   499
5. Y. Ito   JPN   358
6. E. Pinkelnig   AUT   353
7. M. Vtic   SLO   342
8. J. Seifriedsberger   AUT   334
9. N. Englund   USA   298
10. K. Althaus   GER   288
...
12. S. Hendrickson   USA   259

The competition was quite interesting, and it predicted another very interesting one for Sunday. Check out the blog to find about that as well. Chapter 3.3 coming soon! Thank you for this one!

Links:
Full World Cup standings after the first competition in Ljubno (PDF-file)
Official results of the first competition in Ljubno (PDF-file)
Results of the first round in Ljubno, Saturday, (PDF-file)
Results of the trial round Ljubno, Saturday (PDF-file)

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

25th post of the blog: All the best for ladies, International Women's day (March, 8th)

Greetings!

I want to wish all the best for ladies, as today it's time to celebrate the International Women's Day! :) May this day be great to all of you, and hopefully we'll see more female participants in ski jumping competitions.

I'm planning to start a series about important female ski jumpers, and first three jumpers in the series will be: Carina Vogt, Anette Sagen and Sarah Hendrickson. You can let me know in the comments, who would you like to see in this series of posts. The first post will be released on week 12, after this World Cup season has concluded.

Just to remind you, Ladies' Ski Jumping World Cup finale will be held in Oslo, Norway on Friday, 13th of March, at 17:00 (GMT+1), at Holmenkollbakken. Also Weekend Analyses will return, on Tuesday and Wednesday, we'll recall the events from Slovenian Ljubno!

All in all, I wsih you great Sunday, and hopefully you have excellent weather, wherever you are! :)

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!!! :)

World Ski World Championships, Falun, 2015, Ladies Ski Jumping, Normal Hill

Greetings!

First round of the competition has finished, here are the unofficial results:
1. D. Iraschko-Stolz. AUT  92.5 meters (+2.9/0.0)  122.9 points
2. Carina Vogt GER  91.5 meters (+2.2/0.0)   119.2 points
3. Taylor Henrich CAN  90.5 meters   115.5 points
4. Yuki Ito JPN   89.0 meters 113.9 points
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8. Sarah Hendrickson USA   87.0 meters   111.6 points
9. Sara Takanashi  JPN   90.0 meters   111.4 points

Second round nas already begun, I believe in Vogt, she's the lady to take the gold!!! :)