Press Release 28 January 2014

TAKANASHI WORLD CHAMPION IN VAL DI FIEMME (ITALY)
MATTEL AND LUNDBY SEIZE SILVER AND BRONZE

Japanese Sara Takanashi new Junior World Champion in the HS 106 Normal Hill
Silver medal for the French jumper Coline Mattel
Maren Lundby of Norway jumps up places in the second round and grabs bronze medal

The opening event at the FIS Nordic Junior & Under 23 World Ski Championships went with the script when Japanese teenage ski jumping sensation Sara Takanashi took the gold medal in the HS 106 Normal Hill competition in Predazzo – Val di Fiemme, tonight. Coline Mattel of France seized silver and Maren Lundby of Norway had a brilliant second jump to climb onto the third step of the podium.
In the first round, the 17-year old from Hokkaido who is also the current World Cup leader as well as two times Junior World Champion in 2012 and 2013, had a small lead with her 100,5 meter jump scoring 131,6 points. Her closest rival was the French athlete Mattel who followed just 8 points behind, while the third place was occupied by fellow Japanese Yuki Ito ahead of the German Althaus and the Norwegian Lundby. 
In the second round, a 97-meter jump made Lundby’s night and she stayed in the lead until Mattel showed up at the gate for her final jump. The French jumper, hungry for a medal after the previous two editions of the Junior World Championships, gritted her teeth and jumped 97 meters scoring a total of 248.7 points, 2.5 points more than the Scandinavian. Takanashi was the last one to take off and she did enough to once again jump to the top step of the podium (262.9 points).
Day 2 of the FIS Nordic Junior & Under 23 World Ski Championships tomorrow at the XC Stadium in Lago di Tesero kicks off cross country skiing with the Under 23 Sprint event scheduled at 10am (qualification) and 12pm (finals). Juniors get on track at 1.45pm (qualification) and 3.30pm (finals).
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Results SJ Ladies HS 106
1 TAKANASHI Sara JPN points 262.9; 2 MATTEL Coline FRA 248.7; 3 LUNDBY Maren NOR 246.2; 4 ITO Yuki JPN 241.2; 5 ALTHAUS Katharina GER 236.0; 6 BOGATAJ Ursa SLO 233.9; 7 CLAIR Julia FRA 220.5; 8 ROGELJ Spela SLO 216.4; 9 ERNST Gianina GER 203.2; 10 FORSSTROEM Susanna FIN 203.1