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.
Showing posts with label Lillehammer. Show all posts
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Saturday, 17 January 2009
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
Lillehammer (1) 2005/6
The World Cup bandwagon rolled into Norway for its next stop on the Nordic Opening, but to due to adverse conditions Lillehammer was the venue rather than Trondheim.
And the former Olympic host offered up the third different winner so far in the season. Andreas Widhoelzl jumped to his first World Cup victory in 3 years, edging out surprise packet Henning Stensrud courtesy of his better marks from the judges. For the Norwegian it was the first time on a World Cup podium in his 150th start, on the very hill his career at this level had begun 9 years earlier.
Germany's Michael Uhrmann recorded the longest jump of the day (143.0m) to climb up from 15th after the first round to the bottom step of the podium.
The win propels Widhoelzl up to third in the overall World Cup standings just 4 points behind joint leaders Jakub Janda and Andreas Kuettel.
Full results can be found here.
Overall standings so far are here.
And the former Olympic host offered up the third different winner so far in the season. Andreas Widhoelzl jumped to his first World Cup victory in 3 years, edging out surprise packet Henning Stensrud courtesy of his better marks from the judges. For the Norwegian it was the first time on a World Cup podium in his 150th start, on the very hill his career at this level had begun 9 years earlier.
Germany's Michael Uhrmann recorded the longest jump of the day (143.0m) to climb up from 15th after the first round to the bottom step of the podium.
The win propels Widhoelzl up to third in the overall World Cup standings just 4 points behind joint leaders Jakub Janda and Andreas Kuettel.
Full results can be found here.
Overall standings so far are here.
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