Difficult weather conditions
For the Women’s World Cup, Titisee-Neustadt in Germany is the first Large Hill in this season and definitely the largest ever. Ready to compete on this Hochfirstschanze hill of 142m, 57 women were jumping this afternoon. The rain was quite strong but this didn’t prevent the athletes to enjoy the hill for the first training round. Due to the strong wind and weather conditions, the jury decided to cancel the second training round and the qualification was postponed until tomorrow.
Postponed to 16.30 already because of difficult weather conditions, the first training was nevertheless carried out smoothly. Current leader Austrian Marita Kramer fell after landing but remained the best in the first (and only fully completed) training round with a jump of 136 m but the longest jump was posted by Slovenian Nika Kriznar with 143.5 m.
Very good start for Marita Kramer in Ramsau
Marita Kramer
The 2020/21 World Cup season kicked off for the women ski jumpers on Thursday evening with the training and qualification in Ramsau am Dachstein (AUT). Austrian Ski Association had taken over hosting one event after the original premiere weekend in Lillehammer (NOR) had to be postponed in the season.
62 women from 16 nations entered this World Cup Competition and Austrian Marita Kramer won the qualification with the longest jump of 93.5 m and 128.1 points. 19-year-old won her first ever qualification on the first 2020 competition in January and she now closed with success this year in Ramsau. Slovenia s Nika Kriznar was also with a strong jump of 93 m, which earned her the second place today with 120.8 points.