July 20, 2011 (Szcyrk, Poland) – The 2011/2012 ladies’ Ski Jumping Continental Cup season started with victory by the Junior World Champion Coline Mattel yesterday in Szcyrk (POL). The 15 year-old French athlete impressed with jumps of 103.5 metres and 100.5 metres and captured the victory with a total of 238.4 points. “I’m very satisfied with my jumps today. I really like the hill and the organization of the competitions”, stated Coline Mattel after her success.

As the runner up Sara Takanashi from Japan beat the rest of the competition. The leader after the first round, scored 237,4 after both jumps whilst Slovenian Maja Vtic completed the podium as third with 236,8 points.

The ladies’ Continental Cup series that includes eight competitions in summer this year, will continue in Zakopane next Friday. In August, competitions in Germany at Bischofsgrün and Oberwiesenthal are on the schedule before the summer season will conclude in Trondheim, Norway on 10th and 11th September.