Settimo successo stagionale per Akito Watabe,

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Schonach Watabe wins 7 seasonal success, 16 Pittin

The penultimate competition of the 2017-18 World Cup ended with the deserved victory of the one who already secured the record in the general classification last week.

Saturday 24 March 2018 4 minutes reading time

The jump segment disputed in the morning was tormented by the wind, which forced the race direction to impose numerous and prolonged pauses and penalized the last athletes who presented themselves in the starting pole. The best score was at the end that of Jarl Magnus Riiber, able to reach 103.5 m, 2.5 meters longer than Go Yamamoto, second to 1.8 lengths from the leader. These two athletes have made the difference sharply, trimming 40 "to the third classified, the 'Austrian Mario Seidl who preceded by size the compatriot Rehrl and the Japanese Yoshito Watabe and Watanabe.All the top of the general classification are instead finished out of the top ten positions, testifying to really bad wind conditions. The first part of the background segment saw Yamamoto reassemble the 7 "that separated him from the tread and Akito Watabe start his pursuit from the 11th square.In the beginning the winner of the crystal ball was reported on those who had left immediately before he and then, shortly after the passage at mid-race, completed the comeback against the leading duo, thus forming a quartet, including also Seidl and Gruber, who played podium positions in the final. Go Yamamoto lost ground instead. On the last climb, 1.5 km from the finish line, Akito Watabe broke the delay and with an overwhelming acceleration took the opponents off the wheel, reaching the finish line with a minimum advantage that allowed him to conquer the 7th success seasonal, the 16th in career. Behind the sprint for the place of honor was won by Riiber, while Gruber had to sit on the bottom step of the podium. Fourth final position for Seidl, who arrived almost 20 "behind the winner, the Austrian preceded Graabak 5th, Herola 6th, Riessle 7th, Andersen 8th, Denifl 9th â€‹â€‹and Geiger 10th. Out of ten Yamamoto 13th, difficult race also for Hirvonen 17th, Frenzel 18th, Schmid 21st and Rydzek 22nd. Good performance for Alessandro Pittin who finished in 16th place, after reassembling 32 positions. Tomorrow the last race of the season is scheduled, at 10:00 the first of the two jump series will start, at 13:00 the background test, which will be played on the 15 km.

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