Saturday 17 January 2009

Lillehammer (2) 2005/6

The last event of the Nordic Opening threw up yet another different winner as Thomas Morgenstern of Austria dominated with the best score in both rounds to record a convincing win by over eight points. It was the second individual World Cup win for the 19 yeard old from Spittal.

The best jump of the day came from Finnish superstart Janne Ahonen. After two disappointing events he reclaimed a spot in the top 5 overall and a place on the podium on the day with a second round jump of 135.0m pulling him up from third after the first round.

Consistency was the key for Andreas Kuettel' s place on the bottom step of the podium. His jumps of 124.0m and 130.5m were enough for him to take advantage of others inconsistency as he claimed the overall World Cup lead despite not registering in the top 3 for either jump.

The man tied for the overall going into the event, Jakub Janda, was forced into damage limitation mode as his first round effort fell well short of the K-point and left him languishing in 21st before his second round jump hauled hi back up to 8th.

Full results can be found here.

The latest World Cup standings are here.

The next stop on the World Cup is Harrachov in the Czech Republic.

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