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Continues the winning streak of Eric Frenzel, now more and more & ugrave; launched towards the conquest of the third consecutive crystal ball. In Sapporo German has strung the fifth win in a row, proving once again the 'man pi & ugrave; in the form of the moment.
Saturday 24 January 2015 4 minutes reading time
The twenty six year old Teutonic realized the second score in the jump, so it has long gigioneggiato segment bottom where & egrave; came gradually to form a group of eight units & agrave; ahead of the competition.
Sull''ultima climb the American Taylor Fletcher, author of un''importante comeback, launched a strong attack to which they responded only Frenzel and Akito Watabe. The nordic combined Oberwiesenthal then counterattacked and removed the two opponents, fly away to victory.
They were nine years that an athlete could not establish itself in at least 5 consecutive races counting towards the crystal ball. The 'last capable of so much was the Finn Hannu Manninen, arrived at 7 in January 2006.
Akito Watabe in the final & egrave; went to take the place of 'honor, while the generous Taylor Fletcher finished third, winning cos & Igrave; the second podium of his career. However, they closed the top ten also their brothers Yoshito (fifth) and Bryan (eighth).
Among the competitors for the World Cup, H & aring; vard Klemetsen and Johannes Rydzek have "clocked" concluding fourth and sixth respectively. Fabian Rie & szlig; is the & egrave; ranked eleventh, while Jan Schmid & egrave; withdrawn.
Italy did not arrive home points. Samuel Costa concluded 31 & deg ;, being beaten in the sprint from Tobias Kammerlander for the 'last placement helpful. Lukas Runggaldier you & egrave; instead placed 33 & deg ;.
Frenzel extends again in the overall World Cup where he now leads with 821 points against 541 Akito Watabe, 500 Rie & szlig; the, 475 of Klemetsen, 470 and 448 of Rydzek Jan Schmid.
Considering how missing five races counting towards the crystal ball, the twenty-six of Oberwiesenthal could close the game mathematically gi & agrave; next week in Val di Fiemme.
SAPPORO (II) HS134 / 10 KM1. FRENZEL Eric (GER) 27''14 "02. Akito Watabe (JPN) 1" 83. FLETCHER Taylor (USA) 3 "54. KLEMETSEN H & aring; vard (NOR) 12" 35. Yoshito Watabe (JPN) 15 "86. RYDZEK Johannes (GER) 18" 97. Klapfer Lukas (AUT) 20 "38. FLETCHER Bryan (USA) 21" 99. FAI & szlig; T Manuel (GER) 33 "210. KATO Taihei (JPN) 40" 6Click here for full results.
Next weekend to the maximum circuit & agrave; stage in Trentino. The program includes two gundersen (Friday & Igrave; 30 and Sunday, 1) and a team sprint (Saturday 31).
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