Eva Pinkeling takes over Hinzenbach

Eva Pinkeling takes it all – with 90 and 90.5 metres and 246.6 points, the Austrian also won the second World Cup competition in Hinzenbach on Sunday afternoon. Second place went to the overall World Cup leader Nika Prevc from Slovenia with 86 and 87.5 metres and 238.9 points. Third place went to Pinkelnig’s team-mate Jacqueline Seifriedsberger (85.5 and 88 metres; 237.8 points). 

“It was a great pleasure to jump here today, I’m very happy with my jumps. There were a few more spectators here today and they made so much noise that it was really fun,” said a beaming Pinkelnig after her third victory of her career in Hinzenbach, which was also her fifth win on Austrian soil. With Lisa Eder in seventh place, a third Austrian even finished in the top ten. Sara Marita Kramer, Julia Mühlbacher and Chiara Kreuzer finished twelfth, 16th and 23rd respectively.

Josephine Pagnier was only 0.3 points off the podium in fourth place. Katharina Schmid was still in second place after 89 metres in the first round, then finished one point behind the Pagnier in fifth place after 83 metres. Alexandria Loutitt was also unable to maintain her interim place on the podium, dropping from third to sixth. The best Norwegian, Thea Minyan Bjoerseth, finished in eighth place ahead of the two Japanese –  Yuki Ito and Sara Takanashi.

Anna Rupprecht finished eleventh, while Selina Freitag came 15th with two consistent jumps. Juliane Seyfarth achieved her best result of the season in 17th place, while Luisa Görlich collected three World Cup points in 28th place. Bjoerseth’s team-mate Kjersti Graesli improved significantly compared to the previous day and finished in 13th place. The Slovenian team result was much weaker, however, mainly because Nika Kriznar messed up the first round and only just made it to the final. There she was at least able to redeem herself somewhat with ten positions gained and finished 19th.

Liangyao Wang from China was disqualified during the first round because her jumpsuit. Meanwhile, Poland’s Pola Beltowska equalled her best World Cup result in 38th place.