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This morning in Ruka has competed in the jump segment of the first race of nordic combined season. The main news is a flat rate of Jarl Magnus Riiber, has not registered in the starting pole. The young Norwegian was considered the favorite, given its great quality leap in the background and the results of the PCR and the round trial. Still unknown the causes of the global sum.
Saturday 26 November 2016 4 minutes reading time
This first segment of the race has been greatly influenced by the weather, did usual in the Finnish town. In fact they alternated moments when the wind was blowing from the front panel, to others they entered strong gusts cross. It also adds a power failure that stopped the chairlift to the top of the pad, leading to an enforced break of 15 minutes, given the failure of athletes to arrive at the starting pole.
In this situation Akito Watabe has found a great leap from the technical point of view, the valsogli of 141.5 meters measure and the first position. The Japanese took full advantage of the favorable conditions and not appear at all affected the summer troubled, when it was at a standstill due to a fall on a mountain bike.
Second place for Johannes Rydzek, surprise jump why earlier in the season had appeared so technically square. With the measurement of 140.5 meters, achieved in less favorable conditions than the Japanese, it will depart substantially matched with the latter in the bottom of a second.
It is surprising, but not too much, the third placement of Eero Hirvonen, given in good condition in the jump. The young Finn has long been considered a quality jumper and will be interesting to weigh on the part of the fund, which will start with a lead of 17 '' from Watabe. The twenty year old was found to jump early in the race, then before the blackout and he taking advantage of the good weather conditions.
The bottom segment is shaping up very interesting, because at 24 '' from the leading pair will start Jørgen Graabak. Much larger detachments from 5th position onwards, with Mario Seidl 50 '', Bjørn Kircheisen at 1'05 '', Erik Frenzel at 1'13 '', Fabian Rießle to 1'37 '' and Philipp Orter to 1'56 ''.
It is pointed out that the 15th will start already with a greater gap to 2 '' and 27 ° it will exceed 3 ''. Lingered Norwegian Magnus Krog (2'42 ''), Harvard Klemetsen (4'03 '') and Mikko Kokslien (7'09 ''). Will be as many as 14 athletes who will leave with the wave 4 '', led blue Samuel Costa. Then it is hard to find athletes who are not present at the start in the fund segment.
Meet at 15:00 for the fund.
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