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In today's afternoon it began the penultimate stage of the World Cup Nordic Combined in Trondheim, with the provisional competition round valid for tomorrow's competition. The strong wind that has plagued Norway has not spared even the location in question, forcing the race direction to make several breaks and partially distorting the values ​​in the field.
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The protagonists of the day were found to be: Austrian Mario Seidl and the Teutonic Manuel Faisst. These two have divided the training jumps and in the valid also as qualifying occupied respectively the first and second place.
At the decisive moment the Salzburg has made a performance by 138 meters, with little pressure under the skis, telemark and not from a higher starting gate than the German. The latter, for its part, had previously achieved a measure 135.5 meters in a time generally more favorable. Finally, the gap between the two was found to be 4 points to change 16 '' on the narrow skis.
Third place went to Eric Frenzel, able to come out of complex weather conditions. Worst fate for another contender to the crystal ball: Johannes Rydzek, ranking 11th. The Bavarian has found one of the unfavorable winds (only Fabian Riessle 12th found the least) and paid 14.2 lengths from Saxon, or nearly 1 minute in the background. Translated: if tomorrow it is impossible to jump on Granasen, the elder of the two will be able to enjoy a huge advantage, perhaps even decisive optic final victory of the general maximum circuit standings.
Maxime Laheurte confirmed the good feeling with the jump segment: the proof was the fourth place today. French preceded by a few tenths of a point Akito Watabe, the reborn Tomas Portyk, David Pommer, Wilhelm Denifl, Haavard Klemetsen and Kristjan Ilves, all enclosed in only 4 lengths.
positive signals have emerged from the provision of Samuel Costa: 15 ° the score reported in the pre injury Seefeld ranking area. Alessandro Pittin exceeded easily the qualifying cut with the 38th place. No other blue is committed on Scandinavian snow.
54 athletes are registered to the stage, then only 4 will not start tomorrow. Two home favorites were disqualified: Thomas Kjelbotn due to start when the green light was now expired, while Magnus Krog for atavistic irregular suit. For Norway are 12 disqualifications in season between jump - male and female - and combined, a record that represents a dark flaw to one of the richest movements and talented in the world.
Tomorrow there will be the competition itself: it will start at 14.00 with jumping segment to continue at 16.00 with proof of cross-country skiing.
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