World Falun 2015 - Nordic Combined, Relay

The second race of the program of the Nordic Combined World Cup in Falun 2015 & egrave; the relay race where four athletes in each team will perform a jump on Large Hill and will travel 5 km skiing. The teams will compete from 10.00 and from 16.00 to Sunday, February 22.

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HISTORY MONDIALIIl February 20, 2015 in the Nordic combined will come & agrave; awarded the thirty-eighth world title in individual competition with a jump on the Normal Hill. The 'Event & egrave; the 'single of this discipline to be inserted in the program of all issues, including the opening of 1925. However until 1997 was the only individual race to assign a global gold. Over the years the test has completely changed appearance in virt & ugrave; the changes all''ordine segments race, the number of hops required, the mileage to go skiing tight, the method of starting at the bottom, the criterion for drawing up the final classification and the conversion table in seconds detachments accumulated on the trampoline. & nbsp; The 'last "restructuring" dates from the end of the last decade and since the World Championships in Liberec 2009, the competition has become the' current look: a jump followed by a 10 km cross-country to go with the method gundersen. The gaps starting skiing tight are distributed according all''equivalenza 4 seconds for each point in the jump. Just Liberec 2009 & egrave; was the 'One World program in which were inserted two individual races with jumping on trampoline small. All''epoca addition to gundersen was held also the mass start, where athletes disputed before the segment of the bottom and then two jumps. This format is not & egrave; pi & ugrave; was repeated in subsequent editions. Taking into account all the faces of the race, until now are 28 athletes able to graduate world champions in a test jump on Normal Hill. The absolute record holder in terms of successes & egrave; German Ronny Ackermann, nordic combined only able to conquer the 'gold on trampoline champion three times (2003, 2005 and 2007). Are seven men to boast two successes. Five of them are Norwegian: Hans Vinjarengen (1929 and 1930), Johan Gr & oslash; ttumsbr & aring; ten (1926 and 1931), & nbsp; Oddbj & oslash; rn Hagen (1934 and 1935), Fred B & oslash; rre Lundberg (1991 and 1995) and Bjarte Engen Vik (1999 and 2001). The Scandinavian quintet plus the Japanese Kenji Ogiwara (1993 and 1997) and the American Todd Lodwick (both races in 2009). Are only two athletes in activities & agrave; to have gi & agrave; graduates world champions in this race. This is the German Eric Frenzel (2011) and the French Jason Lamy-Chappuis (2013). In terms of countries, eight countries are able to produce at least one world champion. Domina Norway, which boasts 17 world titles. Germany follows & nbsp; all-inclusive to 9. So we find Czechoslovakia with 3. Finland, Japan and the United States are accredited to two hits, while France and Sweden 1. Obviously Norway & egrave; the nation to have expressed the most iridescent, as many as 11 (Johan Gr & oslash; ttumsbr & aring; ten, Hans Vinjarengen, Oddbj & oslash; rn Hagen, Sigurd R & oslash; en, Olaf Hoffsbakken, Sverre Stenersen, Arne Larsen, Torbj & oslash; rn L & oslash; kken, Trond Einar Elden, Fred B & oslash; rre Lundberg, & nbsp; Bjarte Engen Vik). Besides the gi & agrave; mentioned gold, on small trampoline Lamy-Chappuis also won a bronze in the mass start of 2009. In French and Frenzel added another 5 athletes in activities & agrave; to be on the podium in races with jumping on Normal Hill: Tino Edelmann (silver in the mass start in 2009 and in gundersen 2011) Bill Demong (silver in 2007 and bronze in 2009), Bj & ouml; rn Kircheisen (silver in 2005 and bronze in 2013 ), Jan Schmid (silver in 2009), Mario Stecher (silver in 2013). & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; HISTORY FALUNTenendo considerations in all formats, in Falun in history were played 11 competitions with jumping on Normal Hill, of which three have had value champion. On 13 February 1954, Norway monopolizz & ograve; the 'entire podium as Sverre Stenersen won the medal' gold, Gunder Gundersen that of 'silver and Kjetil M & aring; rdalen the bronze. The February 18, 1974, instead there was a brace of East Germany. Ulrich Wehling conquered & ograve; medal 'gold ahead of compatriot G & uuml; GÃ¼nther Deckert, silver. The podium was completed by the Polish Stefan Hula, bronze, father dell''omonimo jumper contemporary. On 18 February 1993, the medal 'gold was the prerogative of the Japanese Kenji Ogiwara that preceded the Norwegian Knut Tore Apeand, silver, and Trond Einar Elden, bronze. All tests were held in iridescent format of two jumps and 15 km of skiing tight. In 1954 and 1974 the segment was down against the clock, in 1993 instead sull''uomo. The only race held on the new Lugnet, trampoline HS100 built tains all of the years' 70s but completely renovated between 2012 and 2013, particularly in view of this World Cup, with the format of a jump and 10 km of skiing & egrave; staged on March 15, 2014 with the victory of the Japanese Akito Watabe before the Norwegian J & oslash; rgen Graabak and all''italiano Alessandro Pittin. & Nbsp; SEASON 2014-2015 Nell''inverno underway were held only two competitions with jumping on Normal Hill followed by a 10 km cross-country. On December 21 in Ramsau, Austria, you & egrave; imposed French Jason Lamy-Chappuis before the Norwegian Mikko Kokslien and German Fabian Rie & szlig; the. Instead January 4 in Schonach, Germany, has excelled the 'Austrian Lukas Klapfer before the Japanese Akito Watabe and Norwegian Jan Schmid. Just in the match played in land Teutonic Alessandro Pittin finished in sixth place. Inultile deny the competition's inaugural program of the Nordic combined is one in which the 'Italian places the highest number of medal hopes. N.B. : True & egrave; that even in Seefeld & egrave; held a competition with jump on the trampoline and small 10 km skiing tight, however, should not be forgotten as it was the second leg of the Nordic Combined Triple therefore detachments starting the fund held into account the results of the previous day (a jump / 5 km cross-country). & Nbsp; SO '' A FIEMME 2013 1. FRANCE (FRA) 57''34 "02. NORWAY (NOR) 0" 43. UNITED STATES (USA) at 4 "24. JAPAN (JPN) to 5" 75. AUSTRIA (AUT) 7 "66. GERMANY (GER) in 1''07" 6 7. ITALY (ITA) in 1''10 "5 8. FINLAND (FIN) to 3''36" 8 Click here for full results.

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