Ski Jumping: Sensational victory for Iraschko-Stolz

It was Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, who returned after a long injury break, who secured the first win of the season in the ÖSV ski jump camp on Sunday.

The 34-year-old Styrian, who had more than justified her Olympic nomination with fourth place the day before, jumped sensationally to her 13th place in Ljubno on Sunday. World Cup victory. And all this after an absence of almost a year.

The Olympic silver medallist from Sochi, who was already in the lead at half-time, confirmed her mid-term lead and relegated the Norwegian Maren Lundby from Norway, who last won six times in a row, to second place by 1.8 points. Third place went to German Katharina Althaus (+ 3.1 points).

Iraschko-Stolz landed on the hill on which she holds the record with 96.5 metres at 89 and 89.5 metres. Austria’s other Olympic competitors, Chiara Hölzl and Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, finished tenth and 13th. For Eva Pinkelnig, who started this weekend for the first time in a year, the second World Cup competition as 33rd place was enough. not yet for the final round.

Iraschko-Stolz, the seasoned 2011 World Champion of 2011, had been cautiously optimistic just a few days ago when the Olympic team in Vienna was dressed:”I don’t think I have to hide and can already provide a surprise,”she said with regard to Pyeongchang. In Slovenia, this has more than just underpinned it.