13:04
Welcome back
The second part of the Nordic Combined in Otepää is scheduled for the women and the first starter will take to the track at 1:30 p.m. Since there is only a two-kilometer loop available, six kilometers will be run today instead of five.
11:10
See you later!
With that we say goodbye to the Estonian Otepää. At 1:30 p.m. the women will start their cross-country skiing competition in the Gundersen competition. Since the combined athletes only completed four kilometers instead of five yesterday due to the shortened route, the women in the Gundersen competition are running six kilometers instead of five today.
11:06
Gruber goes into the trail in fifth place
Katharina Gruber also has a good starting position for the run with her jump of 89.5 meters in the first provisional competition jump and fifth place. The Austrian starts the course 1:46 minutes behind. Her compatriots Claudia Purker (+2:03 mins) and Lisa Hirner (+2:11) are also in the top 10 with eighth and tenth places. Anna-Sophia Gredler (+3:19) and Annalena Slamik (+3:26) want to finish in the top 15 from ranks 19 and 20.
11:03
Nowak with a good starting position
After her fourth place in the first provisional competition jump, Jenny Nowak is the best German after jumping. She starts the trail from fourth place, 1:38 minutes behind Låte. Nathalie Armbruster starts from eleventh place, but is already 2:16 minutes behind. The other Germans are starting the race with Trine Göpfert (+2:18), Ronja Loh (+2:24), Sofia Eggensberger (+3:50) and Maja Loh (+4:04) from places 12, 13, 25 and 29.
11:01
Låte wins the PCR ahead of Hagen and Korhonen
Once again, the best jumper in the World Cup, Ingrid Låte, showed the best performance in the first PCR on Thursday and jumped a strong 102 meters. This means that the Norwegian starts the race with a lead of 1:12 minutes over her compatriot Ida Marie Hagen and the Finn Minja Korhonen (+1:33 minutes).
10:58
Women’s jumping also canceled
After a small wind window where Maja Loh was the only athlete able to get off the beam, there are now gusts of up to eight meters per second again. For this reason, the jury decided to cancel the combined jump and to use the first provisional competition jump from Thursday as the basis for the run at 1.30 p.m.
10:55
It remains to be seen
It’s her compatriot Sofia Eggensberger’s turn. She also has to sit on top of the beam for a long time and has to come down again after a minute. In her second attempt, the 18-year-old had to go down again because there were now gusts of up to seven meters per second. Even in the third attempt, the DSV athlete was not let down. Now one more jumper is lowered. It’s now a matter of waiting, the athletes have covered themselves with blankets on the steps, but the jumper is currently not being lowered due to too much wind. There are wind gusts of up to eight meters per second.
10:47
Maja Loh (GER)
The first athlete sits on the beam. Maja Loh is making her second World Cup start today and starts from hatch 13. The DSV athlete is waved off and flies to 79 meters. She has problems landing, but is able to hold the jump and sets the first best distance of the day.
10:42
Jury probably wants to try it
The conditions have improved somewhat. Two forerunners have already left the beam. It looks like the jury wants to at least give the women a try. The wind has weakened somewhat and there are only wind gusts of a maximum of four meters per second.
10:40
Five Austrians reported
In addition to the currently best Austrian in the World Cup, Katharina Gruber (start number 30), who celebrated her first victory in her career in the mass start this season, there are four other Austrians with Lisa Hirner (27), Claudia Purker (14), Annalena Slamik (13) and Anna-Sophia Gredler (6).
10:32
Six DSV athletes at the start again
As on Friday, six German combined athletes are taking part in the Gundersen competition today. Sofia Eggensberger and Maja Loh made it directly into the points in their World Cup debut yesterday and are starting with numbers one and two today. Likewise, Maja Loh’s sister, Ronja Loh (20). Trine Göpfert (21), Jenny Nowak (24) and Nathalie Armbruster are also set.
10:28
Armbruster comes third with Ida Marie Hagen winning
The women’s jumping was also canceled on Friday due to too much wind and the second PCR on Thursday was counted. When Ida Marie Hagen won, the 20-year-old took third place behind the Finnish Minja Korhonen. At the same time, the Finn achieved her best result in her career to date.
10:18
The conditions
As with the men, it also seems tidy for the women and it is windy. After the cancellation of the men’s jumping, those responsible are now hoping to at least get the combined women’s jumping through. If no jumping can take place for the women, the first provisional competition jump on Thursday will also be counted for them.
10:12
Good morning
Hello and welcome to the second day of competition at the Nordic Combined in Otepää, Estonia. At 10.45 a.m. the women start off the jump in the Gundersen competition. Whether jumping is possible for women remains questionable after the men’s cancellation.