The Nordic combined uncovers evidence multistage [Presentation Seefeld]

Over the weekend in Seefeld, Austria, the World Cup Nordic Combined will have to do for the first time in its history with a multistage event called "Nordic Combined Triple"

Thursday 16 January 2014 6 minutes reading time

The program requires that all athletes registered to take part in the first stage structured on a jump and 5 km skiing. Only the top 50 at the end of the first day will enter the second stage. The second day will compete on a jump and a 10-km cross-country. Only the first 30 will gain access to the final stage where they will play two jumps and 15 km cross-country. Each athlete will bring a dowry the result of the previous day, and then at the end of the segments underlying the gaps in seconds will be converted into points and gundersen the next stage will start by adding the points of the segment to jump to those inherited from the day before. World Cup points halved (rounded up if the decimal) will be awarded to the first 30 athletes who cross the finish line at the end of the first and second stage. Instead of points doubled the World Cup will be awarded on the basis of'' order of arrival of the final day. Seefeld then host the opening round in the history of Nordic combined multistage having already been the scene of the opening race of the World Cup. He ran on December 17, 1983 and the victory was won ex aequo by Kerry Lynch'' American'' s east and from the German Uwe Dotzauer. Located near Innsbruck in Tyrol and not far from the border with Germany, Seefeld were held over the years numerous events primissmo plan such as the 1985 Nordic World Ski Championships and races from different disciplines (biathlon, Nordic combined, jumping, cross country skiing) on â€‹â€‹the occasion of the Olympic Games of 1964 and 1976. The trampoline, entitled in 1948 to Anton Seelos, winner of four gold medals in alpine skiing world championships, was completely rebuilt in 2010. It is currently considered the'' plant ever more extreme among the normal hill as evidenced by the fixed point K to 99 meters and from'' Hill Size place 109 meters. So far in Seefeld were held 24 individual races counting towards the World Cup. There are 12 athletes to have at least one success in representing 8 different countries. The most successful of all is nordic combined Hannu Manninen, able to impose itself 6 times, however streak. The Finn has in fact won all competitions played between January 2004 and January 2006. Follows at 4 French Jason Lamy-Chappuis, while the German Eric Frenzel has excelled in 3 occasions. In addition to the trans and the Teutonic there are three other Combiners still in business to boast of victories in the Seefeld. This is the Norwegian Magnus Moan (2) and Austrian Mario Stecher (2) and Christoph Bieler (1). In terms of controls the nations Finland followed with 6 wins at 5'' from Austria and the Germans (3 as a united Germany, 1 1 West Germany and East Germany). They are then to 4 in France and 1 in the United States. Podiums to voice commands instead Magnus Moan. The Norwegian is credited with 7 placings in the top-three with Hannu Manninen and Jason Lamy-Chappuis stop at 6. Among the countries Austria'' s always stands at a height of 14 to 13 hunted by Norway and the German movement by adding the results of united Germany (10), East Germany (2) and West (1). They are then Finland (9), France (7), United States (5), Italy (3), Switzerland and Japan (2), Czech Republic (1). The three podiums blue bear the signature of Alexander Pittin reach, third January 31, 2010 and December 17, 2011 before closing the second December 18, 2011.

Francesco Paone

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