Nordic Skiing3. Nordic Combined Triple
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Gi & ugrave; his hat in front of Eric Frenzel who today & egrave; become the protagonist of one of the pi & ugrave; large companies in the recent history of Nordic combined. The German, who fell nell''odierno jumping segment, has recovered almost a minute to Akito Watabe and triumphed for the third consecutive time in the Nordic Combined Triple.
Sunday 31 January 2016 5 minutes reading time
The Japanese had appeared able to resist the return of the Saxon, since & eacute; tains dell''ultimo tour had kept 25 of the 56 seconds ahead of which was equipped from the start. In addition to fourteen hundred meters from the finish he still defended 18.
However, the Teutonic had the merit of never give up and to keep pushing to the maximum of his potentialities & agrave ;, while just in the home straight 'Asia has started to struggle exceedingly. In a pulsating final kilometer Frenzel has devoured the delay by the Japanese and then overcome to speed & agrave; double to a hundred meters from the finish. & nbsp;
The twenty-seven based in Oberwiesenthal then triumphed bringing to 11 his statements in a row in the Seefeld, Nordic Combined Triple doing just the third time in as many editions and above all proving to be a complete combined athlete, able to make a difference both in jump in the fund. Moreover Frenzel share touches 31 statements in races tier, reaching a single length from compatriot Ronny Ackermann, the German nordic combined pi & ugrave; winner ever.
To be sure to be stressed as Watabe has lost a few seconds to be stumbled uphill in the third round, however even without the 'inconvenience the result would in all likelihood & agrave; the same. The Japanese finished heartbroken seeing for the 'umpteenth time beaten by the same age.
Behind the duelists for success once again dominated the 'wait and see. Just like Friday & Igrave; and Saturday the dynamic has agreed with Fabian & Rie szlig; that in the final step of the harpooned more & ugrave; the bottom of the podium overcoming the Norwegian J ø rgen Graabak and Magnus Krog over compatriot Johannes Rydzek.
In truth & agrave; quest''ultimo would have concluded at least one quarter, and in the sprint could worry the teammate if all''imbocco the final straight he had not literally overturned after threading the ski in a pile of snow, losing cos & Igrave; time and at least two positions.
Seventh un''ottimo Bryan Fletcher, while the Austrians hosts saw Bernhard Gruber, the best of their heroes, attestastarsi in tenth place just ahead of Lukas Klapfer and Philipp Orter.
Italy is home Samuel Costa & egrave; expressed on their limits and ended in a good thirteenth position.
The race today awarded points doubled for the World Cup, where the test Frenzel 'extension hoisting 671 points against the 574 of Rie & szlig; and the 554 of Watabe. Krog & egrave; in fourth place, but & egrave; at an altitude of 390 and therefore well away from the summit. Next week we race in Oslo, Norway.
NORDIC COMBINED TRIPLE JUMP NH 20163 HS 109/25 km FONDO1. FRENZEL Eric (GER) 26''45 "82. Akito Watabe (JPN) 18" 73. RIE & szlig; LE Fabian (GER) in 1''09 "14. GRAABAK J ø rgen (NOR) in 1''11" 45. Krog Magnus (NOR) in 1''13 "06. RYDZEK Johannes (GER) in 1''15" 47. FLETCHER Bryan (USA) in 1''16 "88. Jan Schmid (NOR) in 1''19" 19. BRAUD Fran & ccedil; ois (FRA) 1''21 "710. Bernhard Gruber (AUT) in 1''37" 9
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