Take from Kuusamo World Cup Nordic Combined [PRESENTATION]

Over the weekend begins from Kuusamo, Finland, the 32 th edition of the World Cup Nordic Combined. The 'opening in the earth Finnish & egrave; has become a classic in that it starts from the "Land of a Thousand Lakes" for the seventeenth time in the last eighteen years.

Friday 28 November 2014 7 minutes reading time

With the exception of 2012, when part & igrave; Lillehammer, since 1996 the World Cup & egrave; always started in Finland. The 'honor to baptize the new winter racing & egrave; touched in Rovaniemi (1996-1998), then Vuokatti (1999 and 2000), then in Kuopio (2001), and in Kuusamo (from 2002 to 2014 with the gi & agrave; that exception of 2012) & Nbsp; During the off-season the novelty & agrave; set within the circuit of the Nordic combined were very few. The 'only retirement noteworthy international & egrave; that dell''americano Todd Lodwick, while for the Italian team records the 'farewell to Joseph Michielli. On the contrary, several long-time veterans who seemed destined to hang your skis to the nail decided to continue at least for un''altra season (our thoughts turn to the Austrian Mario Stecher and Christoph Bieler as well as the Norwegian H & aring; vard Klemetsen and all '' American Bill Demong). On the 'other hand, Demong apart, their winter 2013 -' '14 & egrave; was very satisfying. From the point of view of regulatory changes & more ugrave; important are recorded from the regulatory point of view, where, as regards the overalls, c '' & egrave; was a partial return to the past. & nbsp; & Nbsp; Compared to what we saw nell''ultima season, it will be & agrave; increased the thickness of the same overalls (4 to 6 mm) and above will come & agrave; modified tolerance to "distance between the suit and the body," in other words the width. Nell''inverno just ended the suit could be up to 2 inches more & ugrave; large compared to the body dell''atleta. But now you will & agrave; minimum and maximum different for men and women. In the men will have the width & agrave; be between 1 and 3 cm, while in the female sector of between 2 and 4 cm. Therefore, the suits will go back to being slightly more & ugrave; large (although it is far from the 6 cm granted until 2011), but potr & agrave; attend suspensions, so far non-existent for suits too tight. & Nbsp; CLICK HERE FOR THE 'LIST OF ATHLETES CALLED FOR KUUSAMO & Nbsp; Coming to the location you have to remember that in Kuusamo you jump on the trampoline ever more & ugrave; imposing inserted in the circuit of the Nordic combined. No coincidence that the Rukatunturi, built in 1964 and renovated in the mid & agrave; the early '90s, has held for nearly four decades, the primacy of Large Hill & more ugrave; in the world, then lost in 2003 with the 'opening of the M & uuml; hlenkopfschanze in Willingen. Historically, in the resort & agrave; of & nbsp; the province of Oulu jump & egrave; predominant as the gaps inflicted in this segment of the race are difficult to recover in the end despite the hardness of the track. The proof & egrave; that athletes such as Janne Ryyn & auml; nen and Evgeny Klimov have historically achieved the best results of their career in this context. So far in Kuusamo were played 20 individual competitions won by 10 different athletes representing only 5 countries. Moreover, the majority of the races has excelled only three Combiners. In particular, stands the name of Ronny Ackermann, capable of playing 5 times (two in 2003 and in 2004, 2007 and 2008). Followed at 4 claims the Finnish Hannu Manninen (2002, 2004, 2005, 2009) and the French Jason Lamy-Chappuis (2006, 2009, 2010, 2012). Therefore, the trans has the 'opportunity & agrave; to reach the Teutonic tops the list of most men & ugrave; winners of all time in this resort & agrave ;. In addition to Lamy-Chappuis among athletes in activities & agrave; have a successful Mario Stecher (2005), Bj & ouml; rn Kircheisen (2007), Magnus Krog (2011), Tino Edelmann (2011) and Eric Frenzel (2013). The rank by country & egrave; then controlled by Germany with 8 wins, followed by Finland (5), France (4), Austria (2) and Norway (1). Under podiums & egrave; Hannu Manninen instead to have no rivals. The Finn & egrave; credited with as many as 10 placings in the top-three with Ackermann stop at 7 and Lamy-Chappuis 5. Athletes in business & agrave; to having at least a top-three without ever having climbed on the step pi & ugrave; are high Christoph Bieler, Bill Demong, Janne Ryyn & auml; nen, Tino Edelmann, Mikko Kokslien, Akito Watabe, Sebastien Lacroix and J & Ã¸ rgen Graabak.

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