Luca Roth inspires ski jumping in Beijing and conquers the podium!

Luca Roth inspires ski jumping in Beijing and conquers the podium!

In an exciting opening round of the winter season in Zhangjiakou, China, Ski jumper Luca Roth from SC Meßstetten showed. Despite the initial difficulties with the difficult wind conditions that thrown him back to 89.5 meters in the first competition, he was able to fight 220.4 points and third place in the second round. Roth, who jumped in a gripping competition on Sunday, showed immense progress by making six places with a jump of 99.5 meters. The victory at this event went to the Japanese Tomofumi Naito, who left his competition behind, while Roth only landed 0.1 points in front of the fourth -placed Austrian Markus Müller. Roth's urge confirmed these achievements on the Olympic hill to be at the front of the Continental Cup in Finland next week, such as Schwäbische.de reported .

successful debuts and exciting results for women

The ladies of the German ski jumping team also convinced in Zhangjiakou. Katharina Schmid dominated the competitions and secured victory with excellent jumps on both days. In the first competition, she set a clear record with a wide of 101 and 103 meters and a total of 245.1 points, while her pursuer Qi Liu from China finished over 50 points behind. In the second competition, Schmid again performed outstanding and achieved another clear victory with 277 points and jumps of 102.5 and 105.5 meters. Selina Freitag, who only became a teeth manufacturer after a disqualification in the first competition, fought in second place in the second fight, which secured a strong podium for the German women. skispringen-news.de reported .

The German gentlemen also showed a strong performance; Benjamin Oestvold and Felix Hoffmann in particular, who took the first two places in the first competition. The German team has thus prepared for the upcoming competitions that will take place in Zhangjiakou next week.