The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 took place in Val di Fiemme. Ski jumping competitions took place on 21 February - 2 March in Predazzo at Trampolino Dal Ben.
It was the second time, together with the Championships 2011, that 5 ski jumping competitions were held. There were three individual competitions (one for men and one for women at the normal hill, HS 106, and one for men at the large hill, HS 134) and two team competitions (one for men at the large hill and one mixed at the normal hill). It was the first time for the mixed competition to be held at the World Championships. Each team consisted of two men and two women.
The winners from Oslo were defending the champion's titles: Thomas Morgenstern (individual men competition, normal hill), Gregor Schlierenzauer (individual men competition, large hill), Daniela Iraschko (individual women competition, normal hill) and the Austria team (team men competition, large hill).
At the individual women competition at the normal hill, the gold medal won Sarah Hendrickson, silver - Sara Takanashi, and bronze - Jacqueline Seifriedsberger.
In the first men competition, the winner was Anders Bardal. The second was Gregor Schlierenzauer, and the third - Peter Prevc.
In the mixed competition won the team of Japan (Yūki Itō, Daiki Itō, Sara Takanashi and Taku Takeuchi). The silver medal went to Austria (Chiara Hölzl, Thomas Morgenstern, Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, Gregor Schlierenzauer), and the bronze one – to Germany (Ulrike Gräßler, Richard Freitag, Carina Vogt, Severin Freund).
In individual men competition at large hill won Kamil Stoch, in front of Prevc and Anders Jacobsen.
Austria managed to defend the champion's title in the team men competition. The team consisted of Wolfgang Loitzl, Manuel Fettner, Thomas Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauer. The silver medal won the Germany team (Andreas Wank, Severin Freund, Michael Neumayer, Richard Freitag), and the bronze one – the Poland team (Maciej Kot, Piotr Żyła, Dawid Kubacki, Kamil Stoch).
It were the 36. World Championships in ski jumping for men and the 3. for women.
Before the Championships
World Cup
Before the Championships, 21 individual and 5 team (including one mixed) World Cup competitions took place. The most wins had Gregor Schlierenzauer (8 times). In three competitions won Anders Jacobsen; two wins for Severin Freund, Andreas Kofler and Jan Matura. Only once won Anders Bardal, Robert Kranjec, Jaka Hvala and Richard Freitag. The leader in general classification was Schlierenzauer, who had 538 points more than Bardal and 588 points more than Jacobsen.
Almost three weeks before the Championships, Gregor Schlierenzauer beat the Matti Nykänen's record of wins in the World Cup competitions. In Harrachov, he won for 48 time in his career. World Cup standings (men) before the ChampionshipsRankJumperCountrytotalLoss to the leader1. Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria 1320 -2. Anders Bardal Norway 7825383. Anders Jacobsen Norway 7325884. Severin Freund Germany 6996215. Kamil Stoch Poland 6027186. Robert Kranjec Slovenia 595 7257. Richard FreitagGermany 542 7788. Jan Matura Czech Republic 522 7989. Peter Prevc Slovenia 515 80510. Simon Ammann Switzerland 511 80911. Tom Hilde Norway 510 81012. Michael Neumayer Germany 508 81213. Jaka Hvala Słovenia 480 84014. Andreas Kofler Austria 470 85015. Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 465 85516. Andreas Wellinger Germany 370 95017. Jurij Tepeš Slovenia 352 96818. Maciej Kot Poland 344 97619. Taku Takeuchi Japan 334 98619. Dmitrij Wasiljew Russia 334 98621. Thomas Morgenstern Austria 312 100822. Andreas Stjernen Norway 308 101223. Anders Fannemel Norway 289 103124. Rune Velta Norway 235 108525. Andreas Wank Germany 232 108826. Piotr Żyła Poland 213 110727. Martin Koch Austria 179 114128. Manuel Fettner Austria 172 114829. Władimir Zografski Bulgaria 160 116030. Michael Hayböck Austria 156 116431. Noriaki Kasai Japan 143 117732. Lukáš Hlava Czech Republic 140 118033. Stefan Kraft Austria 131 118934. Dienis Korniłow Russia 120 120035. Sebastian Colloredo Italy 106 121436. Dawid Kubacki Poland 100 122037. Martin Schmitt Germany 98 122238. Krzysztof Miętus Poland 91 122939. Daiki Itō Japan 86 123440. Reruhi Shimizu Japan 78 124241. Karl Geiger Germany 71 124942. Maximilian MechlerGermany 66 125443. Lauri Asikainen Finland 50 127044. Čestmír Kožíšek Czech Republic 46 127444. Gregor Deschwanden Switzerland 46 127446. Matjaž Pungertar Slovenia 38 128246. Roman Koudelka Czech Republic 38 128248. Danny Queck Germany 37 128349. Antonín Hájek Czech Republic 36 128450. Ilja Roslakow Russia 31 128951. Vincent Descombes Sevoie France 30 129052. MacKenzie Boyd-ClowesCanada 27 129353. Yūta Watase Japan 26 129453. Stefan Hula Poland 26 129455. Peter Frenette USA 21 129955. Olli Muotka Finland 21 129957. Kim René Elverum Sorsell Norway 17 130358. Aleksiej Romaszow Russia 14 130659. Jakub Janda Czech Republic 13 130759. Junshirō Kobayashi Japan 13 130761. Andrea Morassi Italy 12 130861. Marinus Kraus Germany 12 130863. Jan Ziobro Poland 11 130964. Vegard Swensen Norway 9 131164. Janne Happonen Finland 9 131166. Fredrik Bjerkeengen Norway 8 131266. Ole Marius Ingvaldsen Norway 8 131266. Felix SchoftGermany 8 131266. Aleksander Zniszczoł Poland 8 131266. Kento Sakuyama Japan 8 131271. Ville Larinto Finland 7 131371. Lukas Müller Austria 7 131373. Klemens Murańka Poland 6 131474. Kaarel Nurmsalu Estland 5 131574. Davide Bresadola Italy 5 131576. Atle Pedersen Rønsen Norway 4 131677. Simen Key Grimsrud Norway 3 131778. Hiroaki Watanabe Japan 2 131878. Anton Kaliniczenko Russia 2 131880. Krzysztof Biegun Poland 1 1319 World Cup winners by nations before the ChampionshipsRankNationTotalLoss to the leader1. Austria 4462 –2. Norway 4205 2573. Germany 3968 4944. Slovenia 3430 10325. Poland 2102 23606. Japan 1415 30477. Czech Republic 1320 31428. Russia 851 36119. Switzerland 582 388010. Italy 323 413911. Finland 237 422512. Bulgaria 160 430213.USA 121 434114. France 30 443215. Canada 27 443516. Estland 5 4457 World Cup standings (women) before the ChampionshipsRankJumperCountryTotalLoss to the leader1. Sara Takanashi Japan 1137 –2. Sarah Hendrickson USA 847 2903. Coline Mattel France 733 4044. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger Austria 697 4405. Anette Sagen Norway 551 5866. Katja Požun Slovenia 425 7127. Carina VogtGermany415 7228. Daniela Iraschko Austria 390 7479. Lindsey Van USA 386 75110. Špela Rogelj Slovenia 358 77911. Jessica JeromeUSA 346 79112. Evelyn Insam Italy 330 80713. Line Jahr Norway 318 81914. Urša Bogataj Slovenia 309 82815. Eva Logar Slovenia 240 89716. Maja Vtič Slovenia 225 91217. Anja Tepeš Slovenia 215 92218. Yūki Itō Japan 186 95119. Atsuko TanakaCanada 178 95920. Abby Hughes USA 157 98021. Elena Runggaldier Italy 138 99922. Katharina Althaus Germany 122 101523. Léa Lemare France 118 101924. Maren Lundby Norway 117 102025. Melanie Faißt Germany 96 104126. Wendy Vuik Netherlands 90 104727. Alexandra PretoriusCanada 85 105228. Misaki Shigeno Japan 83 105429. Yurika Hirayama Japan 79 105830. Svenja Würth Germany 78 105931. Alissa Johnson USA 69 106832. Bigna Windmüller Switzerland 65 107233. Julia Clair France 63 107434. Taylor HenrichCanada 61 107635. Ulrike Gräßler Germany 51 108636. Julia Kykkänen Finland 43 109437. Ramona Straub Germany 40 109738. Michaela Doleželová Czech Republic 37 110039. Ayumi Watase Japan 30 110740. Irina Awwakumowa Russia 28 110941. Anastasija Gładyszewa Russia 23 111441. Roberta D'Agostina Italy 23 111443. Juliane Seyfarth Germany 22 111544. Yurina Yamada Japan 21 111645. Ayuka Takeda Japan 16 112145. Liu Qi China 16 112147. Seiko Koasa Japan 12 112548. Barbara Klinec Slovenia 11 112649. Anna Häfele Germany 8 112950. Manuela Malsiner Italy 6 113150. Sonja Schoitsch Austria 6 113152. Gyda Enger Norway 3 113453. Aki Matsuhashi Japan 1 113653. Chiara Hölzl Austria 1 113653. Yoshiko Kasai Japan 1 1136 In November 2012, for the first time, the mixed competition took place. It belonged to the World Cup. The winner was Norway (Maren Lundby, Tom Hilde, Anette Sagen, Anders Bardal); second place for Japan, and third - for Italy.
Favourites One of the favourites, the gold medalist from Oslo, Daniela Iraschko, resign from the Championships because of injury. Sara Takanashi, Sarah Hendrickson, Coline Mattel, Evelyn Insam, Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, Anette Sagen and Katja Požun were seen as favourites.
In individual men competition at normal hill the favourites were Gregor Schlierenzauer, Anders Bardal, Richard Freitag, Severin Freund, Michael Neumayer and Manuel Fettner. The favourite became also the oldest jumper Noriaki Kasai, because of his long jump during training session.
In the mixed competition the favourites were Austria, Slovenia, Japan, Germany and Norway.
For gold medal in the team men competition the favourites were Austria, Norway, Japan and Germany. What is more, Poland and Slovenia were mentioned as favourites, too.
Ski jumping hills Three competitions took place at the normal hill - individual women and men competition and mixed competition. There were two competitions at the large hill - individual and team men competition. Name Place Construction point HSRecord Gate factorWind factor Trampolino Dal Ben Predazzo K-95 HS 106 107,5 m Adam Małysz 28 February 2003 5,0 points/m 7,0 points/m/s Trampolino Dal Ben K-120 HS 134 136,0 m Adam Małysz 22 February 2003 5,58 points/m 10,80 points/m/s
Jury Chief of the Competition were: Chika Yoshida (women competitions) and Walter Hofer (men competitions). Yoshida's assistant was Agnieszka Baczkowska, and Hofer's assistant was Miran Tepeš.
Medalists
Men
Individual competition HS106 (23.02.2013) Rank Jumper Jump 1 Jump 2 Total Loss to the leader1.Anders Bardal103,5 m 124,1 pkt100,0 m 128,5 pkt252,6 pkt –2.Gregor Schlierenzauer98,0 m 120,0 pkt97,5 m 128,4 pkt248,4 pkt4,2 pkt3.Peter Prevc102,5 m 118,3 pkt98,5 m 126,0 pkt244,3 pkt8,3 pkt
Individual competition HS134 (28.02.2013) Rank JumperJump 1 Jump 2 Total Loss to the leader1.Kamil Stoch131,5 m 144,9 pkt130,0 m 150,9 pkt295,8 pkt –2.Peter Prevc130,5 m 139,8 pkt130,5 m 149,9 pkt289,7 pkt6,1 pkt3.Anders Jacobsen129,0 m 138,4 pkt131,0 m 150,7 pkt289,1 pkt6,7 pkt
Team competition HS134 (02.03.2013) Rank Team JumperJump 1 Jump 2 Points Total Loss to the leader1.Austria Wolfgang Loitzl 130,5 m 150,2 pkt128,0 m 146,7 pkt296,9 pkt 1135,9 pkt –Manuel Fettner 125,5 m 137,6 pkt128,0 m 138,8 pkt276,4 pktThomas Morgenstern 121,0 m 137,0 pkt129,5 m 144,5 pkt281,5 pktGregor Schlierenzauer 124,5 m 139,7 pkt129,0 m 141,4 pkt281,1 pkt2.GermanyAndreas Wank 135,5 m 141,5 pkt126,5 m 143,0 pkt284,5 pkt 1121,8 pkt 14,1 pktSeverin Freund 122,0 m 137,3 pkt125,0 m 134,7 pkt272,0 pktMichael Neumayer 123,5 m 140,3 pkt126,0 m 136,8 pkt277,1 pktRichard Freitag 130,0 m 144,4 pkt129,5 m 143,8 pkt288,2 pkt3.PolandMaciej Kot123,0 m 131,6 pkt128,5 m 140,7 pkt272,3 pkt 1121,0 pkt 14,9 pktPiotr Żyła 122,0 m 135,9 pkt126,0 m 134,7 pkt270,6 pktDawid Kubacki 126,0 m 138,9 pkt128,0 m 137,3 pkt276,2 pktKamil Stoch 134,0 m 152,1 pkt130,0 m 149,8 pkt301,9 pkt
Women
Individual competition HS106 (22.02.2013) Rank Jumper Jump 1 Jump 2 Total Loss to the leader1. Sarah Hendrickson106,0 m 127,4 pkt103,0 m 126,3 pkt253,7 pkt –2.Sara Takanashi104,5 m 124,1 pkt103,0 m 126,9 pkt251,0 pkt2,7 pkt3.Jacqueline Seifriedsberger104,0 m 118,7 pkt98,5 m 118,5 pkt237,2 pkt16,5 pkt
Mixed team competition HS106 (24.02.2013) RankTeam JumperJump 1 Jump 2 Points Total Loss to the leader1.JapanYūki Itō 90,0 m 108,1 pkt91,5 m 110,1 pkt218,2 pkt 1011,0 pkt –Daiki Itō 100,0 m 127,8 pkt100,0 m 131,3 pkt259,1 pktSara Takanashi 101,5 m 132,0 pkt106,5 m 135,5 pkt267,5 pktTaku Takeuchi 100,5 m 132,5 pkt101,5 m 133,7 pkt266,2 pkt2. Austria Chiara Hölzl 92,5 m 109,4 pkt98,5 m 121,3 pkt230,7 pkt 986,7 pkt 24,3 pktThomas Morgenstern 99,5 m 126,0 pkt100,0 m 130,1 pkt256,1 pktJacqueline Seifriedsberger97,5 m 123,6 pkt99,5 m