Schonach, the classic in January where the united Germany has never won [Presentation]

After two weekends off, one of which forced restarts the World Cup Nordic Combined. The maximum circuit is staged in Schonach, resort & agrave; German house where athletes have never won after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Thursday 3 March 2016 6 minutes reading time

ATTUALITA''La cancellation stage Klingenthal, scheduled for 2 and 3 January, has extended the Christmas break of the Nordic combined, whose hostility & agrave; however, they begin from Germany. The first part of the season has given birth to a maximum balance, with four different winners in as many races. Therefore & egrave; still very early to understand what may be the characteristics of the struggle for the crystal ball that, at the time, could affect at least half a dozen men. & Nbsp; STORIALa resort & agrave; German nell''estremo located southwest of Germany, about 50 km away from both the French border and from a Swiss, is preparing to host events of up circuit for the twenty-seventh season. The first competition was held almost thirty-two years ago, on January 7, 1984, and & egrave; was the first of 28 individual events go on stage until now. Moreover Schonach has almost always hosted the World Cup Nordic Combined in the month of January. & Nbsp; There are 16 athletes to boast at least one success representing 8 different countries. The pi & Combiners ugrave; all are victorious Fred B Ã¸ rre Lundberg and Jason Lamy-Chappuis, capable of commanding 4 times. Norway in 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1996; the French in 2008, 2010, January 2013 and December 2013. Are only two athletes in activities & agrave; to have gi & agrave; excelled on this slope. It is Magnus Moan (2013) and Lukas Klapfer (2015). In terms of countries controls the Norway with 8 victories followed at 5 by France. Are then West Germany and Finland (4); Austria (3); United States (2); Switzerland and Japan (1). You will notice & agrave; so as to house the athletes have never managed to win after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The 'last victory of a German & egrave; dated January 3, 1987 and was signed by Hubert Schwarz. Since reunification, Germany has collected more than two second places with Ronny Ackermann in 2004 and Johannes Rydzek last year. The success in Schonach & egrave; l & rsquo; & ugrave last tab; history of the united Germany in the Nordic combined. L & rsquo; other & ldquo; & rdquo ;, the curse of winning a medal & rsquo; gold in a big event, & egrave; It was broken last year at the World Championships in Falun. The voice podiums always commands Fred B Ã¸ rre Lundberg, credited with 5 placings in the top-three. The Japanese Kenji Ogiwara, the 'Austrian Mario Stecher, the Finns Samppa Lajunen and Hannu Manninen, and l & rsquo; other Japanese Akito Watabe follow at 4. & nbsp; Just about Akito Watabe goes out an interesting fact. L & rsquo; Asian & egrave; on the podium in the last four races in Schonach finishing second twice and third twice. Therefore, despite not having even excelled, like extremely the context of race. Among the countries always stands Norway at 18 followed by Finland at 11. Then come Austria and Japan (9); Unified Germany (7); West Germany (6); France and the United States (5), Switzerland (4), Czech Republic and the Soviet Union (2), Italy (1). The podium blue & egrave; dated January 23, 2010 and is signed by Alessandro Pittin's reach third behind Lamy-Chappuis and Pavel Churavy.

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