A hair away from the tragedy on the ski jumping hill. Half-ton milling machine “gave the leap” [WIDEO]

The second part of the Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup season is underway. The leader of the general classification after 18 competitions is Austrian Eva Pinkelnig with 1242 points. The only Polish competitor with points is Nicole Konderla, who scored six points in eight competitions and is ranked 47th. On Friday, February 10, the first individual competition took place in Hinzenbach, Austria, which was won by Eva Pinkenig, ahead of two rivals from Slovenia – Ema Klinec and Nika Prevc. Polish women did not start.

A 500-kilogram milling machine fell from the runway in Hinzenbach. “Chain of Unfortunate Circumstances”

During the preparations for the women’s World Cup competition in Hinzenbach, a dangerous event occurred. A 500-kilogram milling machine for the preparation of the inrun track broke off the handle, rolled down the inrun of the hill and landed on the hill of the facility in Hinzenbach. Workers compacting snow on the landing hill quickly noticed the speeding machine and managed to move away. Apart from the fact that nothing happened to anyone, the landing hill was not damaged by the milling machine either.

The recording of this event was published by the Austrian TV station ORF. Bernhard Zauner, head of the organizing committee of the competition in Hinzenbach, explained to ORF that the milling machine fell from the runway due to a broken safety rope, and in addition “a chain of unfortunate circumstances occurred”. The inrun track in Hinzenbach was not damaged and the incident will be thoroughly investigated in the coming days.

The second women’s WC individual competition in Hinzenbach will take place on Saturday, February 11 at 9:00. Qualifying will start an hour earlier. The report from the competition will be available on Eurosport 1 and in Player.