01 | Paschke, P. | 317.1 | ||
02 | Tschofenig, D. | 309.2 | ||
03 | Ortner, M. | 307.1 | ||
04 | Kraft, S. | 306.0 | ||
05 | Hoerl, J. | 300.9 | ||
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Lillehammer, December 2011, opening of the first FIS Ladies' World Cup. An American teenager wins in Norway and the insiders of the sport know: A star has just been born.
Oslo, March 2012, final of the first FIS Ladies' World Cup. The American teenager has already won in Hinterzarten, in Val di Fiemme (2), in Ljubno (2), in Zao (2) and comes to the Midtstubakken as overall winner. To that hill, where the young athlete was 16th at the World Championships about a year ago and didn't attract a lot of attention back then.
And now she is the center of attention and it's almost too much. She jumps on 104 m in the first round and has a clear lead of twelve points. Japanese Sara Takanashi showed the longest jump of the day on 108 m in the final. But at the end the Asian is second, ahead of Anette Sagen. The World Champions Lindsey Van (2009) and Daniela Iraschko (2011) came in fourth and fifth.
Pictures of the final in Oslo »
The teenager, you know it, is Sarah Hendrickson. What you don't know is that the High School graduate is as confident and cool off the hill as she is during her performances on the hill. TV interviews, photo-shooting, mixed-zone interviews, press conference: the hours after her final jump were more intense than some of the competition days.
"I'm very satisfied with how the season went - it was better than I could've imagined in my wildest dreams", she said. "When I landed the final jump I realized that the season is now over. It will definitely be one to remember."