Hendrickson extends tour lead with Ljubno win
US athlete Sarah Hendrickson won the Viessmann FIS Ladies Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Ljubno, Solvenia today (Feb. 11) increasing her lead in the overall World Cup to 156 points.
Tour runner-up Daniela Iraschko from Austria finished third behind Sara Takanashi of Japan making a spectacular come back after being mired in 14th place after her first jump.
Hendrickson was in the lead after the first round with 85.5 meters and jumped 87.0 meters in the final round for a total of 246.5 points. Takanashi delivered jumps for second place in both rounds (86.5 m and 88.5 m) while Iraschko landed a 90.0m jump in her second attempt for the World Cup women’s hill record.
The Viessmann FIS Ladies Ski Jumping World Cup will continue with a second competition in Ljubno tomorrow.
Gepa photo.
Ljubno ob Savinji (SLO)
World Cup
Ladies’ HS95
| TD FIS | MATHIS HUBERT | SUI |
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Points |
| 1 | 46 | 5999 | HENDRICKSON Sarah | 1994 | USA | 85.5 | 87.0 | 246.5 |
| 2 | 34 | 6198 | TAKANASHI Sara | 1996 | JPN | 86.5 | 88.5 | 245.2 |
| 3 | 45 | 4130 | IRASCHKO Daniela | 1983 | AUT | 81.5 | 90.0 | 229.2 |
| 4 | 42 | 4767 | GRAESSLER Ulrike | 1987 | GER | 85.0 | 88.0 | 225.7 |
| 5 | 37 | 4632 | JEROME Jessica | 1987 | USA | 85.5 | 83.5 | 220.5 |
| 6 | 40 | 1953 | FAISST Melanie | 1990 | GER | 86.5 | 84.0 | 219.3 |
| 7 | 43 | 5000 | POZUN Katja | 1993 | SLO | 82.0 | 84.5 | 218.8 |
| 8 | 44 | 4637 | VAN Lindsey | 1984 | USA | 83.5 | 83.5 | 218.3 |
| 9 | 41 | 4890 | SAGEN Anette | 1985 | NOR | 84.5 | 81.5 | 214.9 |
| 10 | 39 | 1909 | SEIFRIEDSBERGER Jacqueline | 1991 | AUT | 85.5 | 81.5 | 214.3 |
| 11 | 27 | 4893 | JAHR Line | 1984 | NOR | 83.5 | 80.5 | 209.7 |
| 12 | 35 | 5388 | INSAM Evelyn | 1994 | ITA | 81.5 | 78.5 | 208.0 |
| 13 | 28 | 5855 | ROGELJ Spela | 1994 | SLO | 83.0 | 81.0 | 205.6 |
| 14 | 38 | 5498 | MATTEL Coline | 1995 | FRA | 83.5 | 80.0 | 205.4 |
| 15 | 9 | 6569 | SCHOITSCH Sonja | 1997 | AUT | 83.5 | 79.0 | 202.0 |
| 16 | 26 | 4538 | WATASE Ayumi | 1984 | JPN | 79.0 | 79.5 | 200.8 |
| 16 | 15 | 4537 | KASAI Yoshiko | 1980 | JPN | 80.0 | 77.5 | 200.8 |
| 18 | 25 | 2682 | HUGHES Abby | 1989 | USA | 77.0 | 78.5 | 199.4 |
| 19 | 32 | 5251 | WUERTH Svenja | 1993 | GER | 78.0 | 79.0 | 197.9 |
| 20 | 19 | 6197 | BOGATAJ Ursa | 1995 | SLO | 76.5 | 79.0 | 195.0 |
| 21 | 12 | 5707 | MIKOVA Lucie | 1994 | CZE | 77.5 | 80.0 | 188.9 |
| 22 | 21 | 4883 | JOHNSON Alissa | 1987 | USA | 74.5 | 80.5 | 188.0 |
| 23 | 8 | 5483 | DOLEZELOVA Michaela | 1994 | CZE | 79.5 | 76.0 | 187.7 |
| 24 | 14 | 5754 | ITO Yuki | 1994 | JPN | 79.5 | 73.0 | 185.7 |
| 25 | 22 | 6113 | ALTHAUS Katharina | 1996 | GER | 76.5 | 73.5 | 183.3 |
| 26 | 29 | 1912 | DEMETZ Lisa | 1989 | ITA | 78.0 | 72.5 | 181.1 |
| 27 | 23 | 5010 | VOGT Carina | 1992 | GER | 77.0 | 71.5 | 179.7 |
| 27 | 16 | 6013 | LEMARE Lea | 1996 | FRA | 77.0 | 73.5 | 179.7 |
| 29 | 4 | 6343 | GLADYSHEVA Anastasiya | 1987 | RUS | 75.5 | 75.5 | 177.8 |
| 30 | 36 | 4929 | VTIC Maja | 1988 | SLO | 76.0 | 71.0 | 176.8 |
| 31 | 10 | 1917 | D AGOSTINA Roberta | 1991 | ITA | 78.0 | 90.5 | |
| 32 | 24 | 5793 | KYKKAENEN Julia | 1994 | FIN | 73.0 | 89.0 | |
| 33 | 5 | 6599 | MA Tong | 1994 | CHN | 74.0 | 88.4 | |
| 34 | 33 | 5917 | CLAIR Julia | 1994 | FRA | 73.0 | 87.2 | |
| 35 | 11 | 5716 | ROIDER Cornelia | 1994 | AUT | 76.5 | 87.0 | |
| 36 | 3 | 5005 | POGRAJC Manja | 1994 | SLO | 73.0 | 84.4 | |
| 37 | 13 | 5742 | STEEN HANSEN Synne | 1993 | NOR | 72.5 | 81.0 | |
| 38 | 6 | 1916 | TEPES Anja | 1991 | SLO | 69.5 | 79.9 | |
| 39 | 2 | 6352 | HAGEMOEN Jenny Synnove | 1993 | NOR | 71.5 | 79.6 | |
| 40 | 31 | 5387 | WINDMUELLER Sabrina | 1987 | SUI | 71.0 | 79.3 | |
| 41 | 17 | 6186 | KEIL Katharina | 1993 | AUT | 69.0 | 77.5 | |
| 42 | 20 | 1921 | RUNGGALDIER Elena | 1990 | ITA | 68.5 | 76.1 | |
| 43 | 18 | 5015 | VUIK Wendy | 1988 | NED | 65.5 | 71.0 | |
| 44 | 7 | 6598 | LI Xueyao | 1995 | CHN | 65.0 | 61.6 | |
| 45 | 1 | 6602 | JI Cheng | 1993 | CHN | 58.0 | 51.5 | |
| Disqualified | ||||||||
| 30 | 1911 | HAEFELE Anna | 1989 | GER | ||||
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