Westman finished sixth after qualifying with the longest jump in the starting field and received the same position after the first round, even with the longest jump – 127.5 meters – but slightly fewer style points than he did. better placed.
And in the second round he got a slightly shorter but stylistically better jump and took the lead with five jumpers to go.
But Norway’s Silje Opseth, who won by far, and Austrians Marita Kramer and Eva Pinkelnig scored better total points after their jumps, and Westman therefore lost the podium by a 0.8 point margin.
It debuted last year
Frida Westman debuted in the Ski Jumping World Cup in November last year and has already been able to start finishing in the top 10 after the end of the year, with the best seasonal finish in fourth place in the Austrian Hinzenbach in February. She was also the first Swedish ski jumper in 28 years to compete in the Olympics, where she finished 16th.
Norwegian Maren Lundby, who was forced to miss last season and the Beijing Olympics to recover from problems caused by weight loss, among other things, is back in the competition. She finished in 16th place.
