Jänicke Wins JWC Finale, Pietschmann Takes Title

From Bludenz, AUT

(January 20, 2023) – Anka Jänicke cruised to victory in Bludenz to conclude the 2022/2023 Junior World Cup season, taking gold by over .4.

The German had the two fastest runs of the race. On her first run she opened up a .2 second advantage over teammate Alina Bräutigam. Her second run was another .2 quicker, this time ahead of Austria’s Barbara Allmaier. The end result was a .462 victory over Allmaier.

The win was the third in six races this season for Jänicke.

Behind Jänicke, Allmaier held off Germany’s Antonia Pietschmann for silver, with Pietschmann winning bronze.

Austria’s Teresa Maria Kirchmair finished fourth, ahead of Bräutigam and Anna Cezikova who rounded out the top six in Bludenz.

With her bronze medal, Pietschmann won the season title, 51 points ahead of Bräutigam. Jänicke finished the season in third.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Anka Jänicke GER 11 5.687 5.660 32.524 32.559 1:05.083
2 Barbara Allmaier AUT 9 5.693 5.704 32.773 32.772 1:05.545
3 Antonia Pietschmann GER 12 5.675 5.691 32.755 32.818 1:05.573
4 Teresa Maria Kirchmair AUT 7 5.794 5.798 32.851 32.938 1:05.789
5 Alina Bräutigam GER 10 5.686 5.695 32.729 33.186 1:05.915
6 Anna Cezikova CZE 5 5.681 5.699 32.964 33.033 1:05.997
7 Zane Kaluma LAT 6 5.653 5.663 32.971 33.046 1:06.017
8 Melina Fischer GER 8 5.643 5.645 32.831 33.238 1:06.069
9 Jiaying Zhao CHN 18 5.626 5.660 33.173 33.242 1:06.415
10 Anna Vejdelkova CZE 4 5.756 5.667 33.474 33.180 1:06.654
11 Aneta Hrinikova CZE 3 5.757 5.770 33.416 33.440 1:06.856
12 Lucie Jansova CZE 2 5.740 5.759 33.676 33.514 1:07.190
13 Dominika Piwkowska POL 15 5.768 5.782 33.569 33.658 1:07.227
14 Johanna Kohala SWE 1 5.798 5.791 33.725 33.772 1:07.497
15 Lihui Xin CHN 21 5.719 5.726 34.215 33.360 1:07.575
16 Anna Shkret UKR 13 5.721 5.716 33.060 34.751 1:07.811
17 Viktoria Praxova SVK 14 5.714 5.712 34.179 33.794 1:07.973
18 Dariia Nekotienieva UKR 23 5.893 5.951 33.911 34.278 1:08.189
19 Desana Spitzova SVK 22 5.792 5.805 34.269 33.921 1:08.190
20 Nikola Domowicz POL 16 5.787 5.772 35.065 33.545 1:08.610
21 Daryna Fedorchuk UKR 17 5.826 5.871 43.027 43.300 1:26.327
DNF Oliwia Bas POL 20 5.929 DNF
DNS Liangziting Zhou CHN DNS