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Schwarzwaldpokal!
Finally, as someone who used to watch a lot of it, I've been to a ski jumping event in person! And it wasn't just jumping, it was nordic combined, which sees a jump followed by cross-country skiing; the same people, doing both. It happened today at Schonach, in the Black Forest, next to Triberg and all those cuckoo clocks.
The hill was built in October 1924, and is therefore celebrating its 100th anniversary, hence the big "100" on the knoll. Much younger is the concept of the Womens' Nordic Combined World Cup - it only exists since 2020! Ski jumping has been the final frontier for women in winter sport, so it was great to see men and women compete.
The longest jump of the day was 102 m, twice, for Norway's Jarl Magnus Riiber and Austria's Thomas Rettenegger. In the womens' contest, Germany's Maria Gerboth took the lead with 95 m.
The competitions follow the Gundersen format, in which the jump comes first, and the gaps in points after that equate to time handicaps at the start of the cross-country race. Above left are the time penalties for some in the womens' race, and right, the start, with the top three starting almost together, while the others must wait. The race is effectively a pursuit, with the athlete crossing the line first being the winner.
In the end, Norway were unbeatable today. Despite starting with a 25-second handicap, Ida Marie Hagen took the lead of the womens' 4 km race in the middle of the first lap and didn't look back, celebrating her upcoming win in the final corner (left picture)! Nathalie Armbruster got the host nation's only podium of the day, ahead of the Kasai twins from Japan.
The mens' race was longer, at 10 km, and required more effort management. On the final lap, Jarl Magnus Riiber lost his long-held lead to Jens Luras Oftebro (right picture), who would defeat Austria's Johannes Lamparter in the final sprint to the finish.
All in all, a great day. Fresh in the morning, especially with the hill in shade, which also made photos more difficult, nice in the sunshine in the afternoon, the races were easy to follow (it was surprising how much of the cross-country course we could see), the atmosphere was really pleasant, and I wasn't going it alone for a change!
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hello ! first time posting on this tag after a lot of lurking - am looking at tickets for Raw Air in Oslo and have no idea where it’s best to stand/sit at a SJ comp… i am thinking of numbered seating alongside the hill to avoid the anxiety of the whole first come first served thing with standing tickets. does anyone know what the best location is in relation to the hill? i.e. do you choose seats closer to the hill or further back to be higher up?!
any advice on holmenkollen or other venues more generally would be v v appreciated - good luck to everyone getting through the final weeks before the world cup is back eee🫶🫶
fuck austria, fuck germany, i REALLY need a podium with žaba and/or forfi
Stephan was at a Kids ski jumping comp
First Robert saying he's retiring and now king Kamil saying it'll be his last season? 😭😭😭
It’s been 5 weeks since the World Cup finale, 14 weeks to go until sgp and 28 weeks to go until next season.
aahahah 😍😍
Omg are you seeing what i am seeing? The girls get to fly in planica 😍
alex insam and his gf in kronplatz with andi and his gf?? that looks so fun, i hope they have an amazing off season
who has the prettiest smile in ski jumping and why is it stephan leyhe
did someone else also see that Andi kinda cut out Consti in Stephan's retirement post? I mean, Consti kinda looks like he falls asleep every second, but it's still kinda funny 😂
So fun seeing all the germans & austrians struggling to talk to each other in english lmao
Also it says a lot about fis that we had so much fun in a competition that they had no part off and I cant even imagine fis doing something similar
It's weird to think that Wellinger and Schmitt were actual team mates for a few years. Welle as the up and coming teenager and Schmitt as the 35yo experinced team dad. Or something.