Prevc wins
Eva Pinkelnig celebrates podium finish in Zao
Villach winner Eva Pinkelnig took another podium place in the first of three competitions at the Ski Jumping World Cup in Zao on Friday.
The Vorarlberg native landed at 94 and 97.5 meters and was only beaten by Slovenia's Nika Prevc and Norway's Thea Minyan Björseth. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger was the second best ÖSV athlete in fifth place. A super team competition will follow in Japan on Saturday, followed by another individual competition on Sunday.
"We've started to work through a lot of things that have happened in the last two or three years together. Then the rucksack got a bit lighter," explained Pinkelnig. "The fact that we've now achieved a podium place is the icing on the cake."
For Pinkelnig, the podium place is probably also an important motivational boost, as a few days ago she was still speculating about ending the season prematurely due to a "heavy emotional burden". The reason for this, she said, was undefined irritations in unnecessary side events.
Super team competition
Pinkelnig and Seifriedsberger were nominated for the super team competition (with three jumps each, note). Seifriedsberger was particularly pleased with the last jump on Friday. "I'm super-happy with fifth place. I'm delighted, we already competed together last year," recalled the Upper Austrian.
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