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Third consecutive victory for the German who won the second race of Klingenthal in a comeback, preceding Rydzek 2nd and Watabe 3rd.
Sunday 18 March 2018 3 minutes reading time
This morning the adverse weather conditions made it impossible to install the Saxon resort, after five jumps the race direction was forced to cancel the race segment. The results of the Provisional Competition Round disputed on Friday were therefore taken into consideration for determining the starting order of the background test.
Akito Watabe kicked off with 18 "on Jan Schmid, 36" on Riessle and 46 "on Rydzek, these four athletes played the podium positions, the Japanese decided to keep a constant pace right away to try to resist to possible comebacks, behind his chase he composed a trio, as the two Germans have reached Norwegian.
Progressively the pursuers have gnawed seconds towards the tread and the comeback was completed one km from the finish line. In the final stretch Schmid broke away, in front of Riessle went to the attack and on the straight line he got the better for a second of his compatriot Rydzek. He finished third at 5 "Akito Watabe that with the result today mathematically wins the World Cup, having 212 points on Jan Schmid only two races from the end of the season Watabe is the second Japanese in history after Kenji Ogiwara to conquer the ball crystal of the Nordic combined.
The Norwegian today fell literally in the final and on the finish line preceded the compatriot Graabak, the Austrians Gruber, Klapfer and Seidl, the German Faisst and the Finnish Herola. Offside the points both the Azzurri in the race, Alessandro Pittin 32nd and Aaron Kostner 44th, Denis Parolari, who was suspended in PCR on Friday, did not start.
Here the complete result of today's race!
Here the overall World Cup standings!
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Riessle ago tris in the second race of Klingenthal, Akito Watabe wins the crystal ball
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