NIZHNIY TIGIL, Russia – (Dec. 10, 2016) – The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup tour headed to Russia, with Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, UT) leading the way finishing 14th in Nizhny Tagil.
Japan’s Sara Takanashi was uncharacteristically off the top spot of the podium, finishing third with Norway’s Maren Lundby notching her first World Cup victory. Austria’s Danielo Iraschko-Stolz was second.
Hendrickson went 89.0 meters on both of her jumps. Ironically, Takanashi had the long ride of the day with 102.0 meters on her first jump – beating her old hill record of 99.0 meters. But she had troubles on her second, flying only 86.0 meters and dropping to third.
The Nizhny Tagil jumping complex is located in the region of Sverdlovsk Oblast, more than 1,000 miles east of Moscow just into Asia. Ski jumps in the community were renovated and new facilities constructed beginning in 2009 in the lead-up to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. It was the second straight year the women’s World Cup tour has competed at the Russian site.
It was Hendrickson’s first visit to the Nizhny Tagil jumps and just her third World Cup since returning after a nearly 15-month break to recover from knee surgery.
The women will be back on the jump for a second competition Sunday.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, UT) led the USA finishing 14th on the HS100 meter hill in Nizhny Tigil.
- Japan’s Sara Takanashi set a new hill record of 102.0 meters, but finished third after having problems on her second jump.
- Nita England (Florence, WI) was in the points at 30th.
RESULTS
Women’s HS97 Meter Jump
