In qualification
World Championships: Seifriedsberger third on normal hill
Upper Austrian Jacqueline Seifriedsberger underpinned her World Championship medal ambitions on Thursday evening in Trondheim by finishing third in the normal hill qualification. The second best Austrian was Lisa Eder in fifth place. Eva Pinkelnig finished eighth.
Slovenia's Nika Prevc underlined her position as favorite for the competition on Friday with a clear victory. The World Cup dominator won by 7.9 points ahead of Anna Odine Ström (NOR/101.5 m) after a jump of 99.5 m.
Seifriedsberger (95 m) was 10.5 points behind Prevc. "I'm super happy, that was a nice bedtime treat. It's a good feeling to know that you can compete at the top, but I don't want to put too much pressure on myself," said Seifriedsberger and said that he still had reserves.
Eder (92.5 m) was one position behind Norway's Eirin Maria Kvandal in terms of points and was already well behind the medal places, Pinkelnig (92) was a little further behind. "We have to build on the qualifying jump, which was okay. I can't get into this performance mode yet, I'm still far too cerebral.
I'll have to do it twice tomorrow when it counts," said Pinkelnig, who struggled a little with her approach squat. The fourth Austrian, Julia Mühlbacher (92 m), also finished in a confident 18th place among the top 40 who are allowed to compete. The elimination was overshadowed by another knee injury to Germany's Luisa Görlich.
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