Ski jumping: Pinkelnig narrowly beaten for the first time

ski jumping

Eva Pinkelnig had to admit defeat for the first time on the New Year’s tour. After her two victories in Villach, the 34-year-old from Vorarlberg finished second behind Anna Odine Ström in the first of two competitions in Ljubno. The Norwegian left Pinkelnig by 0.9 points. Third place went to the German Katharina Althaus.

31.12.2022 15.59

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Despite the day’s maximum distance of 93.5 meters in the second round, Pinkelnig ultimately had to bow to the Norwegian as second at halftime. The 34-year-old extended her lead in the overall standings. With a total of 776.9 points, she leads following three competitions ahead of Ström (753.6) and Althaus (740.7). The last tour competition will also be staged in Ljubno on Sunday (4.30 p.m., live on ORF1).

Second best Austrian on Saturday was Chiara Kreuzer as seventh, Marita Kramer took 18th place, Hannah Wiegele 28th place. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger missed the final as 33rd.

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Winner Ström on the podium flanked by Pinkelnig (left) and Althaus

“It’s going amazing right now”

“It was very, very close. I’m very happy for Anna to have her first victory,” emphasized Pinkelnig, who had finished 29th in qualifying the day before. “In the competition I manage to call up my performance.” She hopes for a relaxed finish on Sunday. “It’s going amazingly right now, I’m enjoying it.”

ÖSV head coach Harald Rodlauer was impressed by the consistently strong Pinkelnig. “She did it once more, sensational,” said Rodlauer and wasn’t upset regarding the missed victory. “We’re back on the podium, so we can be very satisfied.”

Saturday jumping in Ljubno

final score:
1.	Anna Odine Ström	NOR	91,5 / 90,5	259,7
2.	Eva Pinkelnig	AUT	90,5 / 93,5	258,8
3.	Catherine Althaus	GER	90,0 / 85,5	247,0
4.	Ema Klinec	SLO	87,5 / 86,0	246,6
5.	Sara Takanashi	JPN	93,5 / 91,0	243,0
6.	Nika Kriznar	SLO	90,5 / 89,5	241,8
7.	Chiara Kreuzer	AUT	85,5 / 86,5	241,6
8.	Luisa Gorlich	GER	87,0 / 89,0	241,4
9.	Ursa Bogataj	SLO	87,5 / 86,5	237,8
10.	Yuka Seto	JPN	90,0 / 86,0	237,4
11.	Selina Friday	GER	90,5 / 94,0	236,7
12.	Silje Opseth	NOR	89,5 / 85,5	236,1
13.	Josephine Pagnier	FROM	90,5 / 86,0	235,8
14.	Thea Minyan Björseth	NOR	89,0 / 87,0	232,7
15.	Anna Ruprecht	GER	87,5 / 91,5	232,3
16.	Nora Midtsundstad	NOR	85,0 / 86,5	231,3
.	Lara Malsiner	ITA	86,0 / 91,0	231,3
18.	Marita Kramer	AUT	85,5 / 85,0	229,7
19.	Yuki Ito	JPN	84,0 / 89,0	229,4
20.	Nozomi Maruyama	JPN	88,0 / 87,0	228,0
21.	Abigail Strate	CAN	89,5 / 91,5	226,8
22.	Julia Clair	FROM	81,5 / 88,0	223,6
23.	Daniela Haralambie	ROU	85,0 / 87,5	222,4
24.	Alexandria Loutitt	CAN	88,0 / 90,5 *	221,9
25.	Ringo Miyajima	JPN	83,0 / 82,5	220,1
26.	Nika Prevc	SLO	86,0 / 89,0	219,0
27.	Every Komar	SLO	85,5 / 82,5	218,2
28.	Hannah Wiegele	AUT	87,0 / 82,0	212,9
29.	Nicole Konderla	POL	86,5 / 80,0	202,3
30.	Nika Vetrih	SLO	90,0 / 80,5	199,2

Silvester-Tour 2022/23

Status following three of four competitions:
1.	Eva Pinkelnig	AUT	776,9
2.	Anna Odine Ström	NOR	753,6
3.	Catherine Althaus	GER	740,7
4.	Nika Kriznar	SLO	736,4
5.	Ema Klinec	SLO	729,9
6.	Selina Friday	GER	726,8
7.	Anna Ruprecht	GER	718,4
8.	Chiara Kreuzer	AUT	714,7
9.	Marita Kramer	AUT	714,0
10.	Sara Takanashi	JPN	710,3
28.	Jacqueline Seifriedsberger	AUT	523,8
35.	Hannah Wiegele	AUT	391,7