This was truly a weekend of magnificent performances and amazing achievements. Third place and the first podium ever for Urša Bogataj, second place in the team event, and fourth place for Nika Križnar.
The organisers in Ljubno won the battle with the tough weather conditions and managed to pull off the third competition in three days. Among the Slovenian ski jumpers, Nika Križnar tackled the demanding conditions best and finished in excellent fourth place. She missed the podium by only 0.9 points.
In Ljubno ob Savinji, right underneath the Rajhovka peak, Urša Bogataj placed 3rd, jumping onto her very first podium! Other Slovenians competing at the event were also successful: Nika Križnar took 6th place, Špela Rogelj 14th, and both Jerneja Brecl and Katra Komar also received World Cup points.
It is never really hard to tackle the preparations of such an important event as the competition in Ljubno. However, when the sun appears from behind the clouds, we work twice as zealously.
In exactly a week, we will be excited to be part of the first ski jumps underneath Rajhovka at this year’s Ladies World Cup Ski Jumping event, spanning across three days.