WARSAW, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) Norwegian Marius Lindvik made a surprise win on Sunday in the men singles event of the ski jumping FIS Cup in Zakopane, Poland. The
Marius Lindvik
Norway s Marius Lindvik won the second Ski Jumping World Cup in Zakopane on Sunday evening. In a great and extremely exciting final, the 22-year-old finished just ahead of Slovenia s Anze Lanisek and his teammate Robert Johansson.
Lindvik was second behind Lanisek after the first round, but he raised the pressure on the Slovene with his final jump of 145.5 m. Lanisek then had a strong jump of 143.5 m, but he lost some valuable points at the landing and so he closely missed his first-ever World Cup win today.
For Lindvik, this was the third World cup win, the first this winter. Today my jumps were really good and I am happy with this competition and the whole weekend as well. Our team is very strong, everyone is able to jump on a high level. Now I would like to keep that level for the upcoming competitions , said Lindvik, who was forced to take a break during the 4-Hills-Tournament due to a jaw surgery but obviously recovered very well from that.
Austria win men s team event at FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Zakopane Saturday, 16 January 2021
Austria celebrated victory in the men’s team competition as the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup season continued in Zakopane.
Michael Hayboeck, Jan Hoerl, Phillip Aschenwald and Daniel Huber combined for Austria to achieve a total of 991.2 points in the night event.
Huber led the Austrian challenge with his jumps earning 136.2 and 130.7 for their tally.
The Austrian team had posted the second highest team score in the first and second round, but their consistency proved enough to triumph overall.
Poland had led at the halfway mark of the competition with Piotr Zyla, Kamil Stoch, Andrzej Stekala and Dawid Kubacki impressing to score 511.6 points.
Team Austria beats strong Poles
Daniel Huber, Philipp Aschenwald, Jan Hoerl, Michael Hayboeck
The Austrian ski jumpers won the team competition on Saturday in Zakopane (POL). In an exciting competition, Daniel Huber, Philipp Aschenwald, Michael Hayboeck, and Jan Hoerl scored a total of 991.2 points and came in ahead of the team of Poland (982.3 points). The third place went to Norway with 974.8 points.
Snowfall and changing winds provided for difficult conditions and an extremely exciting competition on the Wielka Krokiew hill in Zakopane. The Polish team had looked like the clear winner, but newcomer Andrzej Stekala landed already at 115 m in the second round, his direct opponent Philipp Aschenwald jumped 18 m farther in the third group and took the lead for Austria. In the end, Austria had a lead of 8.9 points over Poland.
Yukiya Sato with strong first day in Zakopane
Yukiya Sato
Japan s Yukiya Sato won the qualification in Zakopane on Friday evening. Sato posted a jump of 133 m (139.8 points) and took the top spot ahead of Markus Eisenbichler (132 m; 137.0 points) and local hero Andrzej Stekala (130 m; 135.8 points).
In freezing temperatures, Sato had already proven in training that he can jump extremely well on the Wielka Krokiew hill in Zakopane. After today s performance, Sato is now among the top favorites for the individual competition on Sunday. The first competition in Zakopane will be a team event on Saturday.
Besides Sato, also Markus Eisenbichler presented himself in top shape in the qualification. He was satisfied with his jump of 132 m: This was stable today, that s the start I wanted here. In the team event tomorrow we want to finish on top of the podium, but, of course, we also know that the competition is very strong. Severin Freund,