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In eight days from Saturday 23 to Saturday, August 30 will go & agrave; scene in the Summer Grand Prix 2014 Nordic combined, the only opportunity for the Combiners to compete at the international level away from winter.
Tuesday 19 August 2014 3 minutes reading time
In truth & agrave; the Grand Prix of combined has a value much lower than that of ski jumping as not equated to the World Cup.
In fact, the 'event & egrave; valid to draw up the World Ranking List. In other words it is a competition end in s & eacute; itself be taken as a test in progress between a winter and the 'other.
In any case, the athletes have the opportunity & agrave; to regain the feelings of the race, so the tests are generally frequented.
The 'Italian so you presenter & agrave; in strength. A Oberwiesenthal (23-24 August) and Villach (27 August) will be the jump & agrave; on small trampoline. Will the match Alessandro Pittin, Armin Bauer, Samuel Costa and Manuel Maierhofer.
Pittin for & ograve; eviter & agrave; the trip to Oberstdorf (29-30 August). It garegger & agrave; on the mythical Schattenbergschanze, aka a HS 137, and the coaching staff prefers to avoid committing the twenty-four of Cercivento on a trampoline cos & igrave; challenging.
In the final stage the leader of the blue team could be replaced by Raffaele Buzzi. It decider & agrave; about behind the trip to Bavaria. Instead Lukas Runggaldier and Mattia Runggaldier will desert the Grand Prix and will focus on training.
Then why this & egrave; a summary of the Italian squad:
And OBERWIESENTHAL VILLACHBAUER Armin (1990) COSTA Samuel (1992) MAIERHOFER Manuel (1992) Pittin Alessandro (1990) OBERSTDORFBAUER Armin (1990) Raffaele Buzzi (1995) [TO BE CONFIRMED] COSTA Samuel (1992) MAIERHOFER Manuel (1992)
It should not be forgotten that it was in Oberstdorf happening also the first women's events of the story, reserved for athletes born in 1995 or later.
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