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It is already the fifth win of the season for the 19-year-old from Salzburg, 91 points behind leader Kriznar.
Marita Kramer also won the Ski Jumping World Cup in Nizhny Tagil on Sunday and celebrated a double victory. The 19-year-old from Salzburg achieved her fifth win of the season or sixth overall. She won 10.8 points ahead of Nika Kriznar (SLO), who is now almost the World Cup leader again, and Sara Takanashi of Japan (+13.1). Kriznar is now five points ahead of Takanashi, Kramer narrowed the gap to 91 points.
“I am really satisfied. I wanted to be on the podium again and I want to win the Blue Bird Tour,” Kramer said in an interview with the FIS. “The World Cup is still a problem and I am very happy with it,” said Austria’s best candidate for the overall victory. The year before, Chiara Hölzl, second overall, missed this by 65 points. “It will be difficult, but I will keep fighting. I will jump as best I can and see what comes out.
This ensures the excitement before the World Cup final in Tchaikovsky, where an individual competition takes place on the normal hill and on the big hill. Currently the best trio in the World Cup are fighting a three-way battle for the great crystal ball, but Kramer is of course not the main favorite before the last two individual competitions in Russia. The Salzburg resident leads after two victories on the “Blue Bird Tour” held in Russia.
A team competition is also still on the schedule and will likely make the decision in the equally exciting Nations Cup. Reigning champions Austria are only 31 points behind Slovenia and still have a good chance of catching up with the leaders.
