Daniela Iraschko-Stolz closes fifth in Holmenkollen and wins the World Cup

A Daniela Iraschko-Stolz was enough to win a twentieth place mathematically its first World Cup. Mission accomplished for the 'Austrian who finished in fifth place.

Friday 13 March 2015 6 minutes reading time

Iraschko you & egrave; Limited to & ldquo; & rdquo homework; to write the history and become the first European to get their hands on the crystal ball of the ski jumping female, in just four years, has already & agrave; Queens seen from three different continents. In fact before the Styrian had imposed the American Sarah Hendrickson (2012) and Japan's Sara Takanashi (2013, 2014). Unlike the North American and dell & rsquo; Asian, respectively born in 1994 and 1996, l & rsquo; athlete Eisenerz & egrave; being a veteran coming to the world in November 1983. No coincidence that belongs to the category of & ldquo; & rdquo ;, ie pioneer of girls at the beginning of the XXI century gave birth to the female version of this discipline. The career of Iraschko & egrave; even started in February 2002 and the last thirteen years & egrave; remained at the top, showing cos & Igrave; the rare quality & agrave; to know evolve as athlete to adapt to changes countless regulations and consequently technique. It must not be forgotten that, especially in recent times, Daniela has been the victim of repeated knee injuries from which has been able to be reborn in pi & ugrave; filming. L & rsquo; Austrian had already & agrave; twice won the overall ranking of the Continental Cup when this was the maximum existing circuit. However, with the birth of the World Cup, had always had to bow to one of the pi & ugrave rivals; young. Consequently, the conquest of the crystal ball 2014- & rsquo; 15 represents a lifetime achievement award for a woman who Meriter & agrave; to be remembered as one of the & ldquo; & rdquo founding mothers; the ski jumping female. Moreover Iraschko become the second jumper after Hendrickson to realize the & rsquo; coupled World Cup - World Championship gold, albeit in different seasons. Carina Vogt offers instead the pair Olympic Gold & ndash; world gold. No athlete & egrave; still managed to win the & ldquo; Triple Crown & rdquo ;. If the Styrian avr & agrave; and so want to continue for another three winters for her (cos & Igrave; as for the US) l & rsquo; appointment with the triple crown & egrave; set at Pyeong Chang 2018. About Hendrickson, now has achieved the best result post-injury in August 2013. The twenty Utah finished second, surpassed only by 6.7 points from a Sara Takanashi closing a & rsquo; vintage very consistent, but without evidence of relief. The podium & egrave; was won by Canada's Taylor Henrich, overwhelmingly grown shots in 2014- & rsquo; 15. The general classification of the World Cup ends with Iraschko-Stolz at an altitude of 1,007 points against 973 and 672 of the Takanashi champion rainbow Carina Vogt, now fourth. HOLMENKOLLEN HS 134 1. Sara Takanashi (JPN) 263.8 2. HENDRICKSON Sarah (USA) 257.1 3. HENRICH Taylor (CAN) 250.4 4. Carina VOGT (GER) 239.5 5. Iraschko-STOLZ Daniela (AUT) 237.0 6. VTIC Maja ( SLO) 233.6 7. Yuki ITO (JPN) 224.6 8. Rogelj Spela (SLO) 224.2 9. KYKK & auml; NEN Julia (FIN) 222.2 10. PINKELNIG Eva (AUT) 221.4 Click here for complete results. Not & egrave; released yet no draft calendar of the World Cup in 2015 - '' 16. At present, the Company plans five races of Summer Grand Prix, the first of which should take place August 14 in Courchevel. However in the coming weeks the 'attention sar & agrave; all focused on "spring meeting" in which the subcommittee for jumping discuter & agrave; any change of rules.

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