Lillehammer Triple

     “Lillehammer Triple” opened the 2017-2018 Ski Jumping World Cup season. The mini-tournament consisted of three individual events, two on the normal hill -HS98- and the third one on the large hill, Lysgardsbakken, HS140.

The Olympic Flame

     The first event on the normal hill was won by the norwegian Maren Lundby after two great jumps. She therefore took the lead in the individual World Cup Ladies Leaderboard. The germans Katharina Althaus and Carina Vogt –the 2014 Olympic Gold Medalist- were on the event’s podium.

Maren Lundby

     Maren Lundby: “It feels great to start a season with a victory, especially here in Lillehammer where I train. I jumped well although there are some things I need to improve. I want to focus on jumping well and on my technique this weekend.“  

     

Katharina Althaus, Maren Lundby, Carina Vogt

     Germany’s Katharina Althaus won the second “Lillehammer Triple” event ahead of Lundby and Yuki Ito after two jumps of 98.5m and 93m. Lundby was still ahead in the “Lillehammer Triple” rankings.

Maren Lundby, Katharina Althaus, Yuki Ito

     Katharina Althaus: “I am very happy and overwhelmed with this victory. So far it is a really good weekend here in Lillehammer. I am looking forward to jump on the large hill tomorrow."

     Katharina Althaus won the last event of “Lillehammer Triple” on the large hill and secured her overall victory of the tournament.  It was her second victory of the season. She had the  longest jumps in both rounds to 138,5 and 139,5 meters and won ahead of Maren Lundby and Sara Takanashi. 

Katharina Althaus

     The “Lillehammer Triple” trophy went to Althaus, ahead of Maren Lundby and Sara Takanashi.

Maren Lundby, Katharina Althaus, Sara Takanashi

     Katharina Althaus: “It was a great start of the season with one second place and two victories. I jumped really well in Lillehammer. Today I had the  longest jump in the competition and I am very satisfied with the performance. I like jumping on big hills. It's more fun.“

     It’s worth mentioning that our girl, Daniela Haralambie, took the 20^th place in the first event and the 24^th in the last two.

Daniela Haralambie