IRON MOUNTAIN Ski fans were treated to two spectacular Continental Cup competitions today at Pine Mountain, witnessing the longest jumps in the “modern
Ulrich Wohlgenannt
Due to the strong wind, the first competition of the Continental Cup in Zakopane (POL) could not be held on Saturday evening as originally planned. That s why both competitions on the Wielka Krokiew took place on Sunday.
In significantly improved conditions compared to yesterday, Austria s Ulrich Wohlgenannt took his next win in the COC in the morning. The 26-year-old, who was the best in all four Continental Cup competitions in Willingen in early February, won with jumps of 138 m and 133.5 m and 266.1 points.
In this extremely tight competition on the HS 140, Manuel Fettner came in close behind his teammate and secured the 1-2 finish for Austria with 136.5 m and 131.5 m and 165.7 points.
Like on Friday, two competitions were held also on Saturday at the Continental Cup in Willingen. Due to the bad weather forecast, Sunday s competition was rescheduled. And just like on Friday, Ulrich Wohlgenannt was also the outstanding athlete on the Muehlenkopf-hill on Saturday.
After his two wins on Friday, the 24-year-old was able to prolong his winning streak on Saturday. The Austrian won the first competition in the morning with jumps of 141.5 m and 145 m and a total of 274.6 points.
Cene Prevc presented himself in strong shape after his Corona-quarantine recently and after he finished third and eighth yesterday, the Slovene was second in this competition with 136 m and 143.5 m and 254.5 points.
Simon Ammann
Due to the bad weather forecast for Sunday, the schedule of the Continental Cup in Innsbruck (AUT) was changed and both competitions there were already held on Saturday.
The first competition was won by Aleksander Zniszczol of Poland with 128 m and 127 m and a total of 259.5 points. This was already the eighth win in the Continental Cup for the 26-year-old.
The second place went to Norway s Anders Haare, with jumps of 126.5 m and 125.5 m that earned him 248.5 points. The leader after the first round, local hero Niklas Bachlinger, came in third with 129.5 m and 125 m and 246.8 points. It was his first podium in only his sixth COC competition.
In the second competition of the Continental Cup in Ruka (FIN) on Saturday afternoon, Jan Hoerl was able to confirm his strong performance from the first competition of the weekend and claimed his first-ever win in the COC.
The 22-year-old, who was second yesterday only behind his teammate Stefan Rainer, laid the foundation for this success in the first round with the longest jump of the competitions of 137 m. In the final round, the Austrian again had the longest jump with 132 m and won with 288.2 points.
The second place went to Jakub Wolny of Poland with 128.5 m and 130 m and a total of 272.0 points. Together with Wolny, Maciej Kot in fourth and Pawel Wasek in sixth provided for a very strong team result of the Poles.