Ski jumping at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013
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Ski jumping competition took place on 21 February to March 2 in predazzo at trampolino
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The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 took place in Val di Fiemme. Ski jumping competitions took place on 21 February - 2 March in Predazzo at Trampolino Dal Ben.
It was the second time, together with the Championships 2011, that 5 ski jumping competitions were held. There were three individual competitions (one for men and one for women at the normal hill, HS 106, and one for men at the large hill, HS 134) and two team competitions (one for men at the large hill and one mixed at the normal hill). It was the first time for the mixed competition to be held at the World Championships. Each team consisted of two men and two women.
The winners from Oslo were defending the champion's titles: Thomas Morgenstern (individual men competition, normal hill), Gregor Schlierenzauer (individual men competition, large hill), Daniela Iraschko (individual women competition, normal hill) and the Austria team (team men competition, large hill).
It were the 36. World Championships in ski jumping for men and the 3. for women.
Before the Championships
Thomas Morgenstern – the gold (three times) and silver medalist from the Championships 2011
World Cup
Gregor SchlierenzauerSara TakanashiAnders Bardal
Before the Championships, 21 individual and 5 team (including one mixed) World Cup competitions took place. The most wins had Gregor Schlierenzauer (8 times). In three competitions won Anders Jacobsen; two wins for Severin Freund, Andreas Kofler and Jan Matura. Only once won Anders Bardal, Robert Kranjec, Jaka Hvala and Richard Freitag. The leader in general classification was Schlierenzauer, who had 538 points more than Bardal and 588 points more than Jacobsen.
Almost three weeks before the Championships, Gregor Schlierenzauer beat the Matti Nykänen's record of wins in the World Cup competitions. In Harrachov, he won for 48 time in his career.
World Cup standings (men) before the Championships
In November 2012, for the first time, the mixed competition took place. It belonged to the World Cup. The winner was Norway (Maren Lundby, Tom Hilde, Anette Sagen, Anders Bardal); second place for Japan, and third - for Italy.
In the mixed competition the favourites were Austria, Slovenia, Japan, Germany and Norway.
For gold medal in the team men competition the favourites were Austria, Norway, Japan and Germany. What is more, Poland and Slovenia were mentioned as favourites, too.
Ski jumping hills
Three competitions took place at the normal hill - individual women and men competition and mixed competition. There were two competitions at the large hill - individual and team men competition.
Chief of the Competition were: Chika Yoshida (women competitions) and Walter Hofer (men competitions). Yoshida's assistant was Agnieszka Baczkowska, and Hofer's assistant was Miran Tepeš.
There were two accidents during the individual women competition at normal hill. Line Jahr fell after her 90-meter jump and Léa Lemare fell after she jumped 84 meters.
During the individual men competition at large hill, Thomas Morgenstern fell after his first jump. It happen just after he crossed the fall line and his notes were normal. Because of the fall, Morgenstern's knee was injured and he couldn't jump in some competitions after the Championships.
During the team men competition, Manuel Fettner managed not to fall before the fall line. His right ski got detached but he managed to keep the balance until the fall line.
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