In Garmisch

Hill record! Eva Pinkelnig jumps onto the podium

Eva Pinkelnig(Bild: APA/dpa/Daniel Karmann)

Ski jumper Eva Pinkelnig finished third at the start of the "Two Nights Tour" in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The Vorarlberg native recorded her first podium finish of the season on Tuesday at the end of the year, including a hill record. 

Pinkelnig was 16.5 points behind the Slovenian winner Nika Prevc (275.8 points), second place went to the Norwegian Eirin Maria Kvandal (-7.2). Lisa Eder in seventh and Jacqueline Seifriedsberger in ninth also made it into the top 10.

(Bild: Rene Krammer)

Hill record 
Pinkelnig showed two strong jumps over 134 and 137.5 m in the 30-strong field including the knockout format, with the latter being a hill record. As a result, the 36-year-old improved from fifth place to the podium. Eder finished with jumps over 127.5 and 132.5 m, while Seifriedsberger improved from twelfth to ninth place with 133.5 m after a failed first set (119 m). Julia Mühlbacher, who had started the competition with a cold, finished 19th. The Upper Austrian had lost the direct duel with Pinkelnig in the first round. Marita Kramer missed out on the final round of the top 20 in 24th place.

With the turn of the year, the ski jumping team moves from Garmisch to Oberstdorf, where the second and final Tour competition will take place on Wednesday. The jumping starts at 4.15 p.m., with the qualification taking place immediately beforehand.