First World Cup win delights Austrian ski jumper Pinkelnig

BySportsbeat

Published 12/01/2020 at 13:46 GMT

Eva Pinkelnig continued the dominance of Austria's ski jumpers as she made it three wins in a row for the country by soaring to victory in the Women's HS137 competition in Sapporo.

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Following the victories of Chiara Hoelzl in Klingenthal and Marita Kramer a day earlier in Sapporo, the 31-year-old delivered two fine jumps to top the podium with 250.8 points.

Her efforts of 135m and 130m earned her a lead of more than 11 points over nearest rival, Norwegian Maren Lundby, who settled for second with a total of 239.6.

Austrian Daniela Iraschko-Stolz completed the podium after moving up from 12th with a jump of 135.5m in the final round to join her compatriot on the podium.

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And Pinkelnig was over the moon after claiming her first World Cup win in her 68th competition.

She said: "It's a great feeling to win, I had three great jumps together with the qualification round, the hill was prepared perfectly. I'm really happy about my results.

"It's my first World Cup win, I'm surprised and I can't believe it. I woke up today and I had a good feeling."

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