Andreas Kofler wins the duel with Gregor Schlierenzauer in Innsbruck

Andreas Kofler vince il duello con Gregor Schlierenzauer a Innsbruck
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Andreas Kofler wins the duel with Gregor Schlierenzauer in Innsbruck

The Austrian championship on large hill, held at the historic Bergiselschanze of Innsbruck, proved to be extremely uncertain and extremely balanced.

The challenge for the national title focused on the two home favorites Andreas Kofler and Gregor Schlierenzauer. At the end of the two race series was the most senior party, took first prize for only 4 points. Kofler has therefore obtained the second "Meistertitel" in two days after he had already headed the small trampoline Stams on Saturday. It is notable as the victory was the result of twenty-nine Tyrolean exclusively assessments of the judges. In fact, in the computation of both series the measure jumped by dueling was the same (253 total yards), but the style has rewarded at the expense of Andreas Gregor. Great fight for the third place. Michael Hayböck managed to occupy the lowest rung of the podium (at 11.3 points Kofler) thanks to an excellent second series in which he got the better of Manuel Fettner by 2.6 lengths. Fifth place for Christoph Stauder, who was third after the first half. The veterans Wolfgang Loitzl and Martin Koch were placed sixth and seventh respectively. Absent Thomas Morgenstern, since even in conditions of poor form after the long break as a result of'' operation to the nasal septum to which it is subjected in the spring.
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