Rașnov

         The first events after the Winter Olympic Games were hosted by Rasnov, Romania.

Rasnov

         Katharina Althaus won the first of two competitions, ahead of Maren Lundby of Norway and Carina Vogt of Germany.

         The longest jump of the day of 93.5 m and 118.6 points secured Althaus the victory.

         The final round was first postponed due to the difficult wind conditions and then canceled after only two competitors.

         For Katharina Althaus, this was the fourth World Cup win of her career and the third this season.

Maren Lundby, Katharina Althaus, Carina Vogt

         Althaus: "I'm very happy. The jump in the competition was my best here and I had some luck with the wind. The conditions were not easy, but that's Ski Jumping. It's nice to be here in Rasnov again and I hope the conditions will be better tomorrow so we can have two jumps then".

         Lundby: "The result is good and I'm happy that I could show quite a good jump in the competition. It was a bit difficult today, but I think the jury managed to provide almost equal conditions for everyone. I'm happy that we could jump. My goal is to defend the lead in the overall World Cup until the end of the season".

         Vogt: "I'm really happy that I could show that I'm able to finish on the podium. I had some good jumps here and it feels good. The conditions were not a big challenge, we had to wait a while on top of the hill, but we had that before. The wind was not dangerous and the jury did a good job in handling it. I hope tomorrow we can have a competition with two jumps."

Press conference

         Daniela Haralambie finished the competition on 30th place.

Daniela Haralambie

         Quali: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRR4eJR5vLQ

         First competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvzkPpzgAxk

         In the second competition, Maren Lundby once again proved her extraordinary skills with a clear win. Katharina Althaus of Germany came in second and 17-year-old Nika Kriznar of Slovenia finished third, 0.1 points behind Althaus, and achieved her first ever podium in the World Cup.

Katharina Althaus, Maren Lundby, Nika Kriznar

         Maren Lundby: "It feels very good to be back on top of the podium. My jumps were much better today so I'm happy with the competition. I hope I can continue like that until the end of the season and I'm looking forward to jumping on the Holmenkollen next weekend". 

Maren Lundby

          Katharina Althaus: "My jumps were not the best but I'm happy with the second place. My goal for the rest of the season is to defend my second place in the overall World Cup and I also hope we can win the Nations Cup. I hope we will have good competitions on the large hill in Oslo and at home in Oberstdorf".

Katharina Althaus

         Nika Kriznar of Slovenia stood on the podium in a World Cup event for the first time in her career. "It's amazing to be on the podium, my jumps were very good and I'm really happy. It has a been a while since a Slovenian jumper was on the podium and I want to thank my coaches".

Nika Kriznar

         Second competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97zkea_Z1Dw