Sara Takanashi dominates GP final
After a jump on 98 m with a shorter inrun this weekend's double winner showed a jump on 107 m in the final and set yet another hill record. 240.1 points and a lead of 38.8 points ahead of the second-placed made Takanashi's dominance on the normal hill more than clear.
The results of Sara Takanashi »
With Sara Takanashi, Alexandra Pretorius and Katja Pozun, yesterday's Top 3 were also on course to the podium this time. Katja Pozun then had to be disqualified because she used too long skis, but still the Slovene could jump in the final round due to the small field of competitors. At this time Russian Irina Avvakumova was sixth, but with the second longest jump in the final round she could move up to the podium and this performance earned her the second place.
Alexandra Pretorius showed the longest jump in the first round with 105 m, but because of the deduction of points due to strong head wind she was 12.6 points behind Sara Takanashi at the beginning of the second round. With only 89 m she was then not able to keep up with the best, but Alexandra Pretorius was still happy that she could finish third once again (200 points).
With the overall title of the first ever Ladies' Summer Grand Prix, Sara Takanshi could top of a perfect weekend for her. With 312 points she won this ranking ahead of Alexandra Pretorius (249 points) and Daniela Iraschko (180 points).