PCR victory for youngster Nathalie Armbruster
Aug 26, 2022·Nordic Combined
Nathalie Armbruster took the victory of the PCR in Oberwiesenthal (GER), at her first Summer Grand Prix event.
The Provisional Competition Round for the womens first Individual competition at the 2022 FIS Summer Grand Prix took place in Oberwiesenthal this afternoon.
23 athletes from seven nations were on the Start List for two training jumps and the PCR afterwards.
The furthest jump of the day was performed by youngster Nathalie Armbruster with 97.5 meters. With 121.3 points the 16-year-old German took the lead and secured the victory of the PCR, at her first ever Summer Grand Prix participation.
Rank 2 was taken by Minja Korhonen from Finland, with 96.5 meters and 117.7 points.
Slovenian Ema Volavsek (95.5 mts, 117.4 pts), who placed third in the Overall World Cup ranking last season, took the third place.
If the PCR will have to be used for Sundays competition 10 athletes would go into the rollerski race up the Fichtelberg within the first minute.
The top favorites from Norway, including last years Overall World Cup champion Gyda Westvold Hansen, were not on start.
The teams will join the Summer Grand Prix at the final stop in Tschagguns (AUT).
