5:32 p.m
It goes on
And it continues. After the first round took longer than planned due to the many breaks in the wind, the break between the rounds was quite short. Josie Johnson is about to start.
5:28 p.m
Eder is at the forefront
The two Austrians have also qualified for the second round and Lisa Eder in particular (5th after the first round) still has a really good chance of being at the front. Julia Mühlbacher will start in ninth position.
17:23
Good German interim result
From a German perspective, this first round went well. Selina Freitag, Katharina Schmid and Agnes Reisch are all among the top seven jumpers. Juliane Seyfarth comes 14th. Because Emely Torazza lost her duel and didn’t make it to round two via the Lucky Looser, the day is unfortunately over for her. Nevertheless, she leaves the competition with the first World Cup points of her season.
17:21
Strategize with great leadership
So this is the first round. Due to the wind and many changes in approach, a lot of things got mixed up here. Particularly noteworthy: Nika Prevc only made it to 17th place and is now 40.7 points behind the leader Abigail Strate. The Canadian pushed a huge jump of 136 meters. Nika Vodan from Slovenia and Silje Opseth are in second and third place, a few points behind.
5:19 p.m
Interim results 1st round
5:18 p.m
Yuki Ito (JPN) vs. Nika Prevc (SLO)
5:18 p.m
Yuki Ito (JPN) vs. Nika Prevc (SLO)
This is the last duel of this round. And it goes on, Yuki Ito also has to get off the beam and wait until the wind gets better. 105 meters is her result after this jump. And Nika Prevc? She also starts with a tailwind, jumps with great enthusiasm and only manages 105 meters! The two are tied in 17th place and are both in the second round.
5:14 p.m
Annika Sieff (ITA) vs. Nozomi Maruyama (JPN)
5:14 p.m
Annika Sieff (ITA) vs. Nozomi Maruyama (JPN)
5:13 p.m
Annika Sieff (ITA) vs. Nozomi Maruyama (JPN)
Annika Sieff couldn’t find her jump at all and was standing again after just 104 meters. The overall World Cup leader Maruyama also has a few problems. Although 111 meters are enough to win this duel, she only finishes in tenth place.
5:10 p.m
Katharina Schmid (GER) vs. Anna Odine Strøm (NOR)
5:10 p.m
Katharina Schmid (GER) vs. Anna Odine Strøm (NOR)
5:09 p.m
Katharina Schmid (GER) vs. Anna Odine Strøm (NOR)
Katharina Schmid is competing in her last competition today in front of her home audience in Oberstdorf and with 116.5 meters she does it quite well. Anna Odine Strøm shows a very similar jump. She doesn’t get off very well and jumps two meters shorter. And that’s why Schmid wins the duel, which she acknowledges with a big grin!
5:07 p.m
Jenny Rautionaho (FIN) vs. Lisa Eder (AUT)
5:06 p.m
Jenny Rautionaho (FIN) vs. Lisa Eder (AUT)
A completely different picture now again with Jenny Rautionaho. Your success today was certainly your qualification for this round. With 112.5 meters there will be nothing to win against Lisa Eder. But that’s not really clear. The Austrian is not entirely satisfied with 119 meters, as she has already shown other jumps in the past. It is now just behind Friday.
5:04 p.m
Julia Mühlbacher (AUT) vs. Abigail Strate (CAN)
5:04 p.m
Julia Mühlbacher (AUT) vs. Abigail Strate (CAN)
Now the jury has increased the pace and sent Julia Mühlbacher down very quickly. 120 meters is her decent interim result. But she can’t do anything against Abigail Strate!” 136 meters, that’s by far the longest distance in this competition! Of course that means the current lead.
5:03 p.m
Heta Hirvonen (FIN) vs. Selina Freitag (GER)
5:02 p.m
Heta Hirvonen (FIN) vs. Selina Freitag (GER)
Hirvonen also had to wait briefly before she placed 109 meters in the snow. Opposite her now is Selina Freitag, who of course wants to build on yesterday’s success. And she succeeds! 128 meters and the cheers of the spectators are the reward for a good jump. She wins the duel clearly, which means third place in the results list.
16:59
Minja Korhonen (FIN) vs. Gyda Westvold Hansen (NOR)
16:57
Minja Korhonen (FIN) vs. Gyda Westvold Hansen (NOR)
Two former Nordic combined athletes are now facing each other. Minja Korhonen starts things off. But the Finn doesn’t bring the jump down far enough. 109 meters does not satisfy them at all. Although Hansen is in a completely different position in the air, he does not manage to jump further than 105.5 meters. The victory therefore goes to the Finnish woman.
16:53
Yuzuki Sato (JPN) vs. Ping Zeng (CHN)
16:53
Yuzuki Sato (JPN) vs. Ping Zeng (CHN)
16:53
Yuzuki Sato (JPN) vs. Ping Zeng (CHN)
The young Japanese lands her jump at 115.5 meters and now has to wait to see what Ping Zeng does. But she still has to wait for that because the wind isn’t right again. But then it starts and Ping Zeng repeats her good performances from the last jumps. The jump of 126.5 meters is really impressive and the victory clearly goes to Zeng. That’s fifth place for them at the moment.
16:48
Yuka Seto (JPN) vs. Eirin Maria Kvandal (NOR)
16:48
Yuka Seto (JPN) vs. Eirin Maria Kvandal (NOR)
Next up is Yuka Seto. But not without slipping off the beam again. The wind once again caused a change in approach. Seto jumps off the take-off table quite explosively, but is a little late and jumps to 118 meters. Eirin Maria Kvandal takes off from two hatches below. Her coach decided that. The Norwegian is a bit crooked in the air and only reaches 118 meters. But the Japanese got more points overall and won the duel.
16:44
Ringo Miyajima (JPN) vs. Silje Opseth (NOR)
16:43
Ringo Miyajima (JPN) vs. Silje Opseth (NOR)
Ringo Miyajima is the next Japanese woman on the beam, but she has to get down there first. The wind isn’t making it easy for the jury and jumpers at the moment. And in between comes the news that Frida Westman was disqualified because her skis were too long!
But now Miyajima can go. But she didn’t make the jump. She didn’t find her way into her system and landed after 107.5 meters. Siljie Opseth takes this further. 124.5 meters give her a clear victory in this duel.
4:40 p.m
Anna Twardosz (POL) vs. Sara Takanashi (JPN)
16:39
Anna Twardosz (POL) vs. Sara Takanashi (JPN)
It starts relatively quickly for her, but Anna Twardosz is not entirely satisfied with 113 meters. Sara Takanashi looks focused into the valley and then shows a significantly better jump. 127 meters is the result of a good position over the ski and a strong landing. The duel goes to the Japanese, who is in third place.
16:37
Nika Vodan (SLO) vs. Maja Kavacic (SLO)
16:37
Nika Vodan (SLO) vs. Maja Kavacic (SLO)
16:36
Nika Vodan (SLO) vs. Maja Kavacic (SLO)
It continues with a purely Slovenian duel. The jury previously extended the start to Luke 30. That was a very strong jump from Vodan. 129 meters with mediocre conditions now present Kavacic with a big task. Because the updraft was too strong, she had to wait a long time. Your jump is then very smooth, but unfortunately also significantly too short. She also had significantly more tailwind and had to say goodbye to the competition with 105.5 meters.
4:30 p.m
Josie Johnson (USA) vs. Frida Westman (SWE)
16:29
Josie Johnson (USA) vs. Frida Westman (SWE)
16:28
Josie Johnson (USA) vs. Frida Westman (SWE)
We continue directly with Josie Johnson. Your skis don’t really lie still in the air and it reaches 111.5 meters. Frida Westman now wants to surpass that. But that still takes a while. The wind has changed, the inrun is adjusted several times by the jury and coach and a lead jumper also goes down. Josie Johnson has been sitting comfortably at the finish line for so long. But then the Swede can go. Despite having to wait so long, she showed a reasonable jump of 116 meters. That’s enough to win the duel and so Westman is now in second place between Reisch and Seyfarth.
4:20 p.m
Ingvild Synnoeve Midtskogen (NOR) vs. Agnes Reisch (GER)
16:18
Ingvild Synnoeve Midtskogen (NOR) vs. Agnes Reisch (GER)
Ingvild Synnoeve Midtskogen takes the lead in the next duel, but she doesn’t really manage to land at 111.5 meters. And Agnes Reisch? It pulls down significantly further and is celebrated for 128 meters! The German gets a thumbs up!
16:18
Emely Torazza (GER) vs. Juliane Seyfarth (GER)
16:16
Emely Torazza (GER) vs. Juliane Seyfarth (GER)
It starts straight away with a German duel. Emely Torazza jumps against Juliane Seyfarth. Torazza lands her jump at 108 meters and is not very happy with it. Seyfarth seems to be looking forward to her jump as she sits on the beam smiling. And her jump also goes significantly further at 119 meters, which means she wins the duel and is in the second round.
16:09
It’s starting soon
After the women are on the way up again after qualifying, the first round begins, which will again be held in knockout mode.
4:05 p.m
Will Prevc hold on to overall victory?
It probably goes without saying that Nika Prevc is once again the biggest favorite to win the day and therefore the overall victory. But things get more exciting after that. We have already talked about Selina Freitag’s chances. The Japanese Nozomi Maruyama has had a really good season so far. And Anna Odine Strøm and Abigail Strate will definitely be at the forefront. However, the Norwegian no longer has a chance of a good placement in the overall ranking because she was disqualified yesterday.
16:02
No Swiss women in the competition
Unfortunately, none of the three Swiss women qualified for the competition today. Sina Arnet, Rea Kindlimann and Simone Buff are only allowed to watch.
3:59 p.m
Eder also wants to move forward
With Lisa Eder and Julia Mühlbacher we see two Austrians in the first round today. Eder is also one of those who are aiming for a place at the very top. Many top 10 placements and podium finishes are evidence of their class this season. With fourth place in the qualification, she showed that the Schattenbergschanze doesn’t cause her any major problems.
15:56
On course for the podium on Friday
The DSV qualified with a large group. Five of them made it into the first round. Above all, of course, Selina Freitag, who only had to admit defeat to the dominator Nika Prevc in the opening competition yesterday. This means that she is of course in second place in the overall ranking and can have legitimate hopes of being on the podium after today. Katharina Schmid and Agnes Reisch also got along well yesterday. They finished the day in a joint eighth place. Schmid only ended up in 28th place in the qualifying and now needs a decent improvement. Juliane Seyfarth and Emely Torazza are also there.
3:47 p.m
Welcome
Welcome and first of all a happy new year! The ski jumpers also want to start 2026 as well as possible. And that on the Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf. The first competition of the two-night tour took place yesterday, today the second and therefore decisive competition follows from 4:15 p.m.