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2006–07 Four Hills Tournament

The 2006–07 Four Hills Tournament was a series of ski jumping competitions held in the traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria. The tournament was part of the 2006–07 Ski Jumping World Cup and points scored in each of the four competitions also counted towards the World Cup rankings. Before the tournament started on 28 December 2006 the World Cup leader was Simon Ammann.

Norwegian Anders Jacobsen won the tournament, after finishing on the podium in both hills in Austria and never finishing worse than fifth on any of the four hills. He thus became the first debutant since Toni Nieminen in 1991–92 to win the tournament.[1] Gregor Schlierenzauer, who turned 17 on the day of the final event in Bischofshofen, won the first and last event, but finished over 15 points behind after 11th place in Innsbruck.

Tournament review edit

Results are listed for the top 15 skiers, as well as skiers among the top six in the overall World Cup before the tournament, former overall World Cup winners, former Four Hills Tournament winners, former world record holders, and former World or Olympic champions.

Oberstdorf, 30 December 2006 edit

Austrian junior world champion and newcomer Gregor Schlierenzauer, who with his 16 years of age was one of the key factors and surprises of the pre season also excelled in the first day of the Four Hills Tournament. His first jump of the day (135.5 metres) was the furthest jump in competition, with only World Cup leader Simon Ammann and Martin Koch able to finish 0.5 metres short. While Andreas Küttel set a new record for the day in the second jump when he reached a distance of 136.5 metres Schlierenzauer again showed his skills and his capability of keeping his nerves in control when he jumped 142.0 metres, just 1.5 metres short to equalise the hill record set by Sigurd Pettersen in 2003. Switzerland's Andreas Küttel claimed the second position, but trailed by 9.5 points, while Adam Małysz of Poland finished in third position, 6.2 points behind Küttel. The win was Schlierenzauer's third win in five World Cup meetings. 2005–06 shared winners Janne Ahonen and Jakub Janda only finished in seventh and 21st position respectively, while Olympic champion Thomas Morgenstern just reached a top 10 ranking. With his win Schlierenzauer not only took the lead in the Four Hills Tournament, but he also overtook Ammann to lead the overall World Cup.

Pos. Oberstdorf Jump 1 Jump 2 Points Pos. Total Points
1.   Gregor Schlierenzauer 135.5 142.0 296.0 1.   Gregor Schlierenzauer 296.0
2.   Andreas Küttel 133.5 136.5 286.5 2.   Andreas Küttel 286.5
3.   Adam Małysz 132.0 134.0 280.3 3.   Adam Małysz 280.3
4.   Anders Jacobsen 131.5 135.0 279.7 4.   Anders Jacobsen 279.7
5.   Simon Ammann 135.0 133.0 276.9 5.   Simon Ammann 276.9
6.   Arttu Lappi 131.0 135.0 276.3 6.   Arttu Lappi 276.3
7.   Janne Ahonen 132.5 131.0 274.8 7.   Janne Ahonen 274.8
8.   Martin Koch 135.0 129.5 270.6 8.   Martin Koch 286.5
9.   Anders Bardal 130.0 129.5 267.1 9.   Anders Bardal 267.1
10.   Thomas Morgenstern 130.5 128.5 265.2 10.   Thomas Morgenstern 265.2
11.   Andreas Kofler 128.5 125.0 255.3 11.   Andreas Kofler 255.3
12.   Jörg Ritzerfeld 129.5 124.5 254.7 12.   Jörg Ritzerfeld 254.7
13.   Martin Höllwarth 127.5 125.5 254.4 13.   Martin Höllwarth 254.4
14.   Wolfgang Loitzl 126.5 124.5 251.8 14.   Wolfgang Loitzl 251.8
15.   Michael Uhrmann 128.5 122.5 249.3 15.   Michael Uhrmann 249.3
16.   Roar Ljøkelsøy 128.0 121.0 246.2 16.   Roar Ljøkelsøy 246.2
17.   Harri Olli 126.5 122.0 243.3 17.   Harri Olli 243.3
18.   Martin Schmitt 126.0 122.0 241.4 18.   Martin Schmitt 241.4
19.   Matti Hautamäki 126.5 120.0 239.7 19.   Matti Hautamäki 239.7
20.   Denis Kornilov 125.0 120.0 236.5 20.   Denis Kornilov 236.5
21.   Jakub Janda 121.5 123.5 235.0 21.   Jakub Janda 235.0
23.   Dmitry Vassiliev 123.0 120.5 232.8 23.   Dmitry Vassiliev 232.8
24.   Andreas Widhölzl 123.5 119.5 232.4 24.   Andreas Widhölzl 232.4
25.   Veli-Matti Lindström 125.0 118.0 231.9 25.   Veli-Matti Lindström 231.9
28.   Bjørn Einar Romøren 122.0 118.0 227.0 28.   Bjørn Einar Romøren 227.0
29.   Kamil Stoch 123.5 116.5 226.0 29.   Kamil Stoch 226.0
30.   Roman Koudelka 120.0 116.0 215.8 30.   Roman Koudelka 215.8
31.   Rok Benkovič 121.5 DNQ 115.2 31.   Rok Benkovič 115.2
45.   Takanobu Okabe 112.0 DNQ 96.6 49.   Takanobu Okabe 96.6

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1 January 2007 edit

In windy and rainy conditions, the New Year's Day ski jumping (Neujahrsskispringen) was cancelled after one jump. Noriaki Kasai, who failed to qualify for the event in Oberstdorf, finished third here after having the longest jump, but without a Telemark landing he was docked style points and finished third. Andreas Küttel won the event, and is now three points behind Schlierenzauer in the overall standings. Following Małysz' 12th place and Ammann's 16th place, Jacobsen advanced to third in the overall standings and second in the World Cup standings despite not having finished on the podium thus far in the Four Hills.

Pos. Garmisch-Partenkirchen Jump 1 Points Pos. Total Points
1.   Andreas Küttel 125.5 135.9 1.   Gregor Schlierenzauer 425.4
2.   Matti Hautamäki 125.0 133.0 2.   Andreas Küttel 422.4
3.   Noriaki Kasai 128.0 132.9 3.   Anders Jacobsen 407.8
4.   Gregor Schlierenzauer 123.0 129.4 4.   Arttu Lappi 404.4
5.   Anders Jacobsen 122.0 128.1 5.   Adam Małysz 404.2
5.   Arttu Lappi 122.0 128.1 6.   Simon Ammann 394.9
5.   Bjørn Einar Romøren 122.0 128.1 7.   Janne Ahonen 393.2
8.   Martin Schmitt 122.0 127.6 8.   Thomas Morgenstern 389.9
9.   Andreas Kofler 120.5 124.9 9.   Anders Bardal 383.8
9.   Michael Uhrmann 120.5 124.9 10.   Andreas Kofler 380.2
11.   Thomas Morgenstern 124.0 124.7 11.   Martin Koch 377.2
12.   Adam Małysz 120.5 123.9 12.   Michael Uhrmann 374.2
13.   Jakub Janda 120.0 123.5 13.   Matti Hautamäki 372.7
14.   Dmitry Vassiliev 121.5 122.2 14.   Martin Schmitt 369.0
15.   Roman Koudelka 118.5 119.8 15.   Jörg Ritzerfeld 367.6
16.   Simon Ammann 117.5 118.5 17.   Jakub Janda 358.5
17.   Janne Ahonen 118.0 118.4 18.   Roar Ljøkelsøy 356.0
20.   Anders Bardal 116.5 116.7 19.   Bjørn Einar Romøren 355.1
23.   Jörg Ritzerfeld 115.5 112.9 20.   Dmitry Vassiliev 355.0
27.   Martin Koch 112.0 106.6 24.   Andreas Widhölzl 346.2
31.   Andreas Widhölzl 116.0 113.8 29.   Roman Koudelka 335.6
33.   Roar Ljøkelsøy 113.5 109.8 34.   Rok Benkovič 215.8
41.   Rok Benkovič 109.5 100.2 43.   Takanobu Okabe 172.9
49.   Takanobu Okabe 98.5 76.3 44.   Noriaki Kasai 132.9

Innsbruck, 4 January 2007 edit

With neither Küttel nor Schlierenzauer able to make it past 123 metres in either leap, they lost plenty of points to winner Jacobsen, who won his second World Cup event of his career. He gained 38 points on Schlierenzauer, and went from third place to a ten-point lead, ahead of Finland's Lappi who finished fourth in the race. Schlierenzauer fell six places in the overall Four Hills standings, but remained within 20 points, or 11 metres, of Jacobsen.

Norway called up Olympic champion and last year's Innsbruck winner, Lars Bystøl, to represent them in the Innsbruck event. However, Bystøl failed to qualify.

Pos. Innsbruck Jump 1 Jump 2 Points Pos. Total Points
1.   Anders Jacobsen 129.0 128.5 265.0 1.   Anders Jacobsen 672.8
2.   Thomas Morgenstern 128.5 129.5 263.9 2.   Arttu Lappi 662.1
3.   Simon Ammann 125.5 132.0 261.5 3.   Simon Ammann 656.4
4.   Arttu Lappi 125.5 128.5 257.7 3.   Andreas Küttel 656.4
5.   Janne Ahonen 125.5 126.0 257.2 5.   Adam Małysz 654.1
6.   Adam Małysz 124.0 126.5 249.9 6.   Thomas Morgenstern 653.8
7.   Andreas Küttel 122.0 120.5 234.0 7.   Gregor Schlierenzauer 652.7
8.   Martin Höllwarth 123.0 118.5 231.2 8.   Janne Ahonen 644.4
9.   Manuel Fettner 123.5 118.0 230.7 9.   Michael Uhrmann 603.9
10.   Michael Uhrmann 115.5 126.0 229.7 10.   Andreas Kofler 600.2
11.   Gregor Schlierenzauer 122.0 119.0 227.3 11.   Martin Höllwarth 596.3
12.   Dmitry Vassiliev 122.0 117.0 224.7 12.   Anders Bardal 592.5
13.   Andreas Kofler 121.0 114.0 220.0 13.   Martin Koch 590.5
14.   Wolfgang Loitzl 115.0 120.0 219.0 14.   Martin Schmitt 584.1
15.   Kamil Stoch 120.0 115.5 217.9 15.   Dmitry Vassiliev 579.7
17.   Martin Schmitt 121.0 113.5 215.1 16.   Jörg Ritzerfeld 575.5
18.   Martin Koch 119.0 114.5 213.3 17.   Wolfgang Loitzl 572.8
19.   Jakub Janda 119.5 113.5 212.9 18.   Jakub Janda 571.4
20.   Denis Kornilov 118.5 113.5 212.1 19.   Harri Olli 566.3
21.   Harri Olli 116.5 116.0 211.5 20.   Matti Hautamäki 565.0
23.   Andreas Widhölzl 120.0 111.0 209.3 21.   Roar Ljøkelsøy 563.5
24.   Veli-Matti Lindström 118.5 113.0 209.2 22.   Denis Kornilov 561.2
25.   Anders Bardal 118.5 113.0 208.7 23.   Kamil Stoch 559.6
26.   Jörg Ritzerfeld 115.5 115.0 207.9 24.   Andreas Widhölzl 555.5
27.   Roar Ljøkelsøy 119.0 111.0 207.5 25.   Veli-Matti Lindström 449.5
28.   Noriaki Kasai 117.0 109.5 202.2 26.   Bjørn Einar Romøren 458.6
29.   Matti Hautamäki 116.5 109.5 192.3 31.   Noriaki Kasai 335.1
33.   Bjørn Einar Romøren 115.0 DNQ 103.5 41.   Manuel Fettner 230.7
DNS   Rok Benkovič 43.   Rok Benkovič 215.8
DNS   Takanobu Okabe 50.   Takanobu Okabe 172.9

Bischofshofen, 7 January 2007 edit

Gregor Schlierenzauer took his fourth World Cup win on his seventeenth birthday, but it wasn't enough to beat Jacobsen in the overall standings; despite having won two events to Jacobsen's one, Schlierenzauer had to be content with second place overall in the Four Hills tournament.

Pos. Innsbruck Jump 1 Jump 2 Points Pos. Total Points
1.   Gregor Schlierenzauer 139.5 141.0 291.9 1.   Anders Jacobsen 961.9
2.   Anders Jacobsen 137.5 142.0 289.1 2.   Gregor Schlierenzauer 944.7
3.   Simon Ammann 135.0 137.5 275.5 3.   Simon Ammann 931.9
4.   Dmitry Vassiliev 133.5 136.0 269.1 4.   Thomas Morgenstern 916.2
5.   Thomas Morgenstern 133.0 132.5 262.4 5.   Andreas Küttel 910.4
6.   Arthur Pauli 132.0 131.0 254.9 6.   Arttu Lappi 908.3
7.   Andreas Küttel 130.5 132.0 254.0 7.   Adam Małysz 906.5
8.   Adam Małysz 129.5 133.5 252.4 8.   Janne Ahonen 890.7
9.   Kamil Stoch 126.5 124.5 251.3 9.   Michael Uhrmann 852.0
10.   Michael Uhrmann 127.0 132.5 248.1 10.   Dmitry Vassiliev 848.8
11.   Janne Ahonen 128.0 132.5 246.3 11.   Martin Koch 832.5
12.   Arttu Lappi 131.0 128.0 246.2 12.   Andreas Kofler 828.6
13.   Tom Hilde 127.5 129.5 243.1 13.   Martin Höllwarth 824.7
14.   Martin Koch 126.0 131.5 240.8 14.   Martin Schmitt 819.9
15.   Mario Innauer 128.5 127.5 240.8 15.   Kamil Stoch 810.9
16.   Roar Ljøkelsøy 125.5 128.5 237.2 17.   Roar Ljøkelsøy 800.7
18.   Martin Schmitt 129.0 126.5 235.8 18.   Jakub Janda 791.8
22.   Martin Höllwarth 125.5 125.0 228.4 20.   Matti Hautamäki 788.9
24.   Andreas Widhölzl 124.0 124.0 224.9 22.   Andreas Widhölzl 780.4
25.   Matti Hautamäki 124.0 124.0 223.9 31.   Bjørn Einar Romøren 458.6
27.   Jakub Janda 123.5 122.0 220.4 34.   Noriaki Kasai 435.8
40.   Lars Bystøl 121.0 DNQ 104.3 50.   Takanobu Okabe 264.1
42.   Noriaki Kasai 119.0 DNQ 100.7 51.   Rok Benkovič 215.8
49.   Takanobu Okabe 114.0 DNQ 91.2 58.   Lars Bystøl 104.3

See also edit

References edit

Further references and notes edit

  1. ^ Arne Scheie, NRK telecast from the Bischofshofen event, 7 January 2007.
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