Weather chaos in ski jumping: competitions in Klingenthal canceled!
Weather chaos in ski jumping: competitions in Klingenthal canceled!
Klingenthal, Deutschland - On January 12, 2025, the jump competition was canceled as part of the Continental Cup in Klingenthal due to adverse weather conditions. On Sunday, the same date, strong winds again appeared, which led to the displacement and ultimately to cancel the Gundersen competition at 10 a.m. The trial passage also had to be canceled due to the weather; A decision was not possible in the 10-kilometer cross-country skiing.
The results of the PCR pass from Friday were used to participate in the competitions. The German Continental Cup ended with two podium places for the German combiners. Jakob Lange reached third place in the individual compact on Friday and in Gundersen on Saturday. Both races were won by a Norwegian athlete. There was also uncertainty about the implementation of the competitions for the special jumpers.
Details about the competitions
The first of two planned competitions on Saturday was canceled, while a catch -up for Sunday at 1 p.m. The second jumping should start at 4:15 p.m. The competitions were broadcast in the live stream via sports in the east. The prominent names on the registration list include ex-world champion Markus Eisenbichler, double Olympic champion Simon Ammann from Switzerland and 52-year-old Japanese Noriaki Kasai.
The current season 2023–24 of the FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup is the 33rd season of this series and started on September 9, 2023 in Oslo, Norway. It ends on March 17, 2024 in Zakopane, Poland. Other competition series such as the World Cup and the FIS Cup are also planned this season. The last season was characterized by a variety of changes and cancellations based on strong winds and other circumstances, which also led to changes in appointments, as it was reported in wikipedia
A total of 16 locations were selected for this season, the Continental Cup events, four of them in the summer and twelve in winter.
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