Successful start
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Successful start for Austria's ski jumping quartet! Julia Mühlbacher, Lisa Eder, Stefan Kraft and Jan Hörl jumped to third place in the mixed competition in Lillehammer on Friday. Victory went to Japan, with Slovenia in second place.
The Austrian team finished third in the mixed event at the start of the Ski Jumping World Cup season in Lillehammer. Julia Mühlbacher, Stefan Kraft, Lisa Eder and the strong final man Jan Hörl were only beaten by Japan and Olympic champions Slovenia on Friday, who finished 10.1 and just 1.2 points ahead of them respectively. Germany finished 31.5 points behind Austria in fourth place, while world champions Norway had to make do with fifth place.
"Pushed by each other"
The ÖSV quartet managed their tenth World Cup podium finish in a row, but they will have to wait a little longer for their second mixed victory after Titisee-Neustadt in December 2022. Their only chance before the Winter Games in Italy comes at the end of January in Willingen. "We pushed each other. I had a very good day, it's a mega start, I'm looking forward to more," said Hörl in the ORF interview. Only the landing, including the posture marks, was not ideal, according to the man from Salzburg. Two individual competitions are on the program this weekend. Hörl, Kraft and defending World Cup champion Daniel Tschofenig are considered contenders for victory.
Eder, who has risen to number one following the retirements of Sara Marita Kramer and Jacqueline Seifriedsberger and the withdrawal of Eva Pinkelnig, also has her sights set on the podium. "It hasn't been so easy in the last few weeks. The second jump was really good. I'm glad that I was able to improve in the competition. It was a step in the right direction," said Eder.
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