Lara Malsiner is happy about her success. © Social Media

Double victory: Malsiner wins Summer Grand Prix ahead of Sieff

Lara Malsiner from Val Gardena and Annika Sieff from Trento made history in the women's ski jumping summer Grand Prix. With a sensational double victory in the overall ranking, the two celebrated a historic success for the azure blue sport of ski jumping.

05 October 2024

Von: tu/leo

That was not to be expected. Lara Malsiner won the overall ranking of the Summer Grand Prix in women's ski jumping on Saturday. On the large hill in Klingenthal, Germany, 15th place was enough for the Val Gardena native to secure the summer title. Completely unexpectedly, Annika Sieff from Trentino also came second in the overall ranking, thus guaranteeing a double victory for the azure blues.

Many top athletes from the World Cup on the large hill were present at this competition, but the two Azzurre remained calm, concentrated on their jumps and defended their positions confidently. The German Katharina Schmid won the competition with 253,6 points, followed by the Norwegian Eirin Marie Kvandal (240,6) and the Japanese Yuki Ito (235,8), but the spotlight belonged to Malsiner (15th place/196,3) and Sieff (14th place/204,7), whose performances were enough to ensure success.

Insam verpasst Coup

Alex Insam musste etwas später alle Hoffnungen auf den Gesamtsieg begraben. Der Wolkensteiner, der die Grand-Prix-Wertung lange angeführt hatte, verpasste mit einem Sprung auf 121,5 m den zweiten Durchgang und sammelte als 32. keine Punkte. Insam landete in der Gesamtwertung hinter dem Sieger Pawel Wasek (Polen), Stefan Kraft (Österreich) und Marius Lindvik (Norwegen) auf Rang 4. Den Tagessieg schnappte sich Lindvik vor Timi Zajc (Slowenien) und dessen Landsmann Halvor Egner Granerud. Die Sommer-Saison wird am Sonntag mit einem Teamwettbewerb abgeschlossen, bevor es dann nicht mehr lange dauert, ehe der Winter beginnt.