Frenzel and Akito Watabe for the'' gold. Well Alessandro Pittin and Lukas Runggaldier

Frenzel e Akito Watabe per l'oro. Bene Alessandro Pittin e Lukas Runggaldier
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Frenzel and Akito Watabe for the'' gold. Well Alessandro Pittin and Lukas Runggaldier

Eric Frenzel has achieved the best score in the segment to jump on the Normal Hill gundersen today. The German has landed 103 meters and will start with a lead of 6 "on Akito Watabe. The Teutonic and Japanese are therefore the favorites to win Olympic gold in today'' s.

Definitely more detached everyone else. The Russian Evgeny Klimov leave for third with 27 'delay by Frenzel, but not being competitive in the fund will not be a factor in the race for the medals which must be taken into consideration other athletes. '' The Austrian Lukas Klapfer, German Tino Edelmann and French Jason Lamy-Chappuis basically start with a delay of 30 "from the leader.'s Not cut off even Johannes Rydzek (41"), provided you can keep the tails Magnus Moan (48 "behind), serious candidate for the podium. At home in Norway is rather difficult Mikko Kokslien that start with 1'' 37 "behind. Among the blue surprise is the best Lukas Runggaldier which has a gap of 1'' 03", as well as Magnus Krog. Alessandro Pittin instead pay 1'' 12 ', 1'' Amin Bauer 37 "and 42'' 1 Samuel French." In other words for the Italian'' there is the possibility of placing athletes in the top ten targets that had to be considered'' the goal of eve. The bottom segment will take place from 13:25.
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