Eva Pinkelnig perfect in Poland as Austrian claims fourth Ski Jumping World Cup win in style

BySportsbeat

Updated 06/11/2022 at 19:21 GMT

The Austrian Eva Pinkelnig was 10.6 pointa clear of her closest challenger in the second event of the 2022/23 season. After a stellar first round from the reigning champion and the victorious Pinkelnig, Austria lead the Nations Cup. Stream top winter sports action live on discovery+ and eurosport.co.uk

‘Excellent, really good’ - Pinkelnig holds nerve to produce fine jump and win in Wisla

Eva Pinkelnig claimed her fourth World Cup victory in the second event of the 2022/23 season in Wisla.

The Austrian's first jump of 129m propelled her well clear at the halfway stage, with her second effort of 128.5 enough for victory as she finished on 262.3 points.

That steered her 10.9 clear of second-placed Katharina Althaus, whose second round jump of 131m set the hill record at Adam Malysz.

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Pinkelnig, 34, leads the general classification after two contests, with the next event set to take place in Lillehammer, Norway on the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of December.

Sweden's Frida Westman finished third, while Marita Kramer, last year's World Cup winner, finished sixth and sits third in the overall standings.

After a stellar first round from the reigning champion and the victorious Pinkelnig, Austria lead the Nations Cup.