Monday’s mixed team competition had an amazing and crazy ride. Already in the first series of the competition, there were three disqualifications of the main players for illegal prosecutions – the Japanese Sara Takanashi, the Austrian Daniela Iraschko-Stolz and the German Katharina Althaus. In the second round, two Norwegians were disqualified: Anna Odine Stroem and Silje Opseth.
Disqualifications and sensational medals
The disqualifications made NorwayAustria i Germany they did not count for a medal. Also, the German national team did not qualify for the final series, as they took ninth place. Until the last jump, the Japanese fought for the medal. They had their chance as Ryoyu Kobayashi jumped 106 meters. However, Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes responded brilliantly, leaping 101.5 meters and Canada sensationally won the bronze medal. In second place, also very unexpected – the Russians.
The Slovenians, who won the competition with an advantage of more than 110 points over the Russians, performed phenomenally in the competition. The Poles took sixth place, as Kinga Rajda (80.5 and 73.5 meters) and Nicole Konderla (75.5 and 72.5 meters) fared poorly.
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Kubacki and Stoch confirmed they were in good shape. The normal hill bronze medalist jumped 96 and 101 meters. Stoch, meanwhile, jumped 99.5 and 102.5 meters.
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