Markus Schiffner, Stefan Hula, Junshiro Kobayashi
The Polish veteran Stefan Hula won the first of two competitions of the Continental Cup in Brotterode (GER) on Saturday evening.
The 34-year-old was already in the best in the first round with 113 m, he then secured the narrow win with the longest jump of the day of 115.5 m in the final and 269.9 points. The Pole stood on top of the podium in the COC for the third time in his career today and for the first time since February 2013.
Austria s Markus Schiffner, who won both competitions last weekend in Klingenthal, was second this evening. With 113 m and 112 m and a total of 269.3 points he came in close behind Stefan Hula.
Eva Pinkelnig named to Austrian team for Rasnov
Eva Pinkelnig
Good news from the Austrian ski jumping team: 32-year-old Eva Pinkelnig, who suffered a splenic rupture in a crash in training last December, will compete in the World Cup in Rasnov (ROU).
Women s individual competitions will be held on Rasnov on Thursday and Friday, a men s individual competition will take place on Friday, followed by a mixed team event on Saturday. While the Austrian men s top team with Stefan Kraft, Daniel Huber, Michael Hayboeck, Philipp Aschenwald, and Jan Hörl will not travel to Rasnov and train for the upcoming World Championships in Oberstdorf (GER) instead, Austrian women s head coach Harald Rodlauer named his best athletes to the team for Rasnov.
Cene Prevc, Markus Schiffner, Manuel Fettner
Markus Schiffner was the best ski jumper of the Continental Cup in Klingenthal. The Austrian could claim the win in both competitions in the Vogtland-Arena this weekend.
After his win on Saturday, the 28-year-old Austrian was the best athlete in both rounds on Sunday and took his fifth win in the COC with jumps of 141.5 m and 137.5 m and a total of 292.1 points.
Slovenia s Cene Prevc could also prove his currently very strong shape again. With 139 m and 137.5 m and 277.6 points repeated his second place from yesterday and was now on the podium in four of the last six competitions.
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.