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Today was held the second gundersen pre-Olympic in Pyeongchang, with a thrilling denouement. The company has been signed by Johannes Rydzek, who beat Eric Frenzel photo finish after a powerful comeback.
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Right from the start the favorite of obligation was the holder of the World, since only trailing by 35 '' behind the leader after the jump Mario Seidl Cup. Frenzel was reported to the Australian in the second round, then putting himself in the head to dictate the pace.
But behind, who started from sixth place with a gap of 1'16 '', Rydzek immediately set a possessed pace, catching up on the lead up to the hang-up occurred in the mid-third round.
At that point the Saxon has let slide going back of the group, with Seidl to make the pace. The gait is therefore significantly decreased and has benefited the Bavarian, managing to catch his breath after having spent a lot of energy so far.
The deadlock was finally broken by Rydzek that last difficult climb he attacked opponents. Frenzel responded, marking it man, while Austrian was called out of the game.
The yellow bib has also embarked on the final straight with a couple of meters ahead of team-mate, who, however, has recovered up to the photo finish. Here it was awarded Rydzek, which split preceded Frenzel of a few centimeters, relegating him to the place of honor.
The athlete from Oberstdorf this weekend has redeemed the disappointment of the final race of Seefeld triptych, taking back the yellow bib yesterday and showing great superiority in the fund today, having recovered 41 '' to the Saxon and beating him in the final sprint for the third time in of 2 weeks.
With this outcome Frenzel lost 20 more points in general, but what morally caused him more harm is the velocity at which the defeat came. The athlete from Oberwiesenthal has not been able to correctly read the situation and for him was fatal the choice to get up, when Rydzek back, leaving him catch his breath.
Third position for Mario Seidl, who thus get the second podium in two days after having to wait long to climb for the first time.
Fabian Rießle stood in 4th place, ahead of finalizing a great comeback and another Teutonic, Manuel Faißt 5 °, which improves the position yesterday. Tim Hug concluded 6th, unable to resist the return of the two Teutonic last round, but for him it is still an extremely positive weekend.
Excellent performance on the narrow skis Philipp Orter 7th, 8th and Akito Watabe Ilkka Herola 9th, which have recovered numerous positions. The top 10 was closed by Jan Schmid, ahead Eero Hirvonen.
Optic World Ranking List have gained important points the Norwegians Harald Johnas Riiber, elder brother of the most talented Jarl Magnus, and Espen Bjørnstad, who entered among the top 55 as well as the Russian Ernest Yahin.
Korean Je-An Park in his own way today made history, going to conquer with the 30th place the first point ever for Korea.
In general in the lead ranking it remains Rydzek with 1390 points, with Frenzel according to quota 1354. Fabian Rießle puts on ice rising to the third position 949, while Akito Watabe (646) is trailing by more than 300 lengths.
Next meeting scheduled next weekend in Sapporo, when they are in two gundersen Friday and Saturday program.
Pyeongchang II - HS 140/10 KM1. RYDZEK Johannes (GER) 26'14''02. FRENZEL Eric (GER) 0''03. SEIDL Mario (AUT) to 19''04. RIESSLE Fabian (GER) 38''35. FAISST Manuel (GER) 44''36. TIM HUG (SUI) 53''47. Örter Philipp (AUT) to 1'05''58. Akito Watabe (JPN) in 1'05''89. HEROLA Ilkka (FIN) in 1'05''810. Jan Schmid (NOR) to 1'16''0
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