Victory in the last raw-air competition before flying: Katharina Althaus achieved her 15th World Cup success in Lillehammer. Selina Freitag also flew far but missed the podium.
On Wednesday evening (03/15/2023) in Lillehammer, Freitag came fourth behind second-placed Alexandria Loutitt from Canada and Austrian Eva Pinkelnig. With her success, Althaus saved her chances to win the overall standings on the Raw Air Tour.
The triple world champion from Planica won in Norway for the seventh time this season and is in second place overall with 1424.1 points, just behind the leading Ema Klinec (1444.9). The Slovenian had to settle for sixth place.
Althaus raves about Norway
Althaus flew at 131.5 and 125.5 meters. “I actually always jump really well here. There’s something magical about the landscape here.”, said the 26-year-old on the sports show microphone. For Althaus it was the sixth World Cup success in Lillehammer.
Only the 15 best are allowed to ski fly
In the overall ranking of the Raw Air series in Norway, Freitag defended her third place, Anna Rupprecht also made it into the top 15 and could compete at the first official women’s ski flying event in Vikersund on Sunday (10 a.m., live on sportschau .de) be there.
| start time | Competition | Ort | winner |
|---|---|---|---|
10.03. | Individual women, Quali HS 134 | Oslo | Ema Klinec (SLO) |
11.03. | Single women HS 134 | Oslo | Chiara Kreuzer (AUT) |
12.03. | Individual women, Quali HS 134 | Oslo | Anna Odine Stroem (NOR) |
12.03. | Single women HS 134 | Oslo | Ema Klinec (SLO) |
13.03., 11.30 a.m | Individual women, Quali HS 140 | Lillehammer | Yuki Ito (JPN) |
13.03., 4.30 p.m | Single women HS 140 | Lillehammer | Silje Opseth (NOR) |
14.03., 7.30 p.m | Individual women, Quali HS 140 | Lillehammer | Alexandria Loutitt (CAN) |
15.03., 4.30 p.m | Single women HS 140 | Lillehammer | Catherine Althaus (GER) |
March 19, 10 a.m | Single women HS 240 | Vikersund |
Only jumpers who are at least 18 years old are allowed to start there. Although the competition in Vikersund counts towards the overall standings of the Raw Air Tour, the placements there are not included in the World Cup.
