Tobias Simon the best in jumping dellultima race of the season in Schonach, the struggle for general remains open

Against the weather forecast on the eve of this day we have been able to jump in Schonach, at the last seasonal competition of Nordic combined. The wind has nevertheless played an important role, varying in intensity in a matter of minutes.

Sunday 19 March 2017 4 minutes reading time

Tobias Simon has achieved the best result achieved by its potential: it has obtained the best score in the jump, thanks to a performance of 104.5 meters, the best day measure. This way the athlete stationed in Breitnau (town 40 km away from Schonach) will start in front of everyone with a fair degree, most likely insufficient to close in the top positions of the bottom segment. Second place for Johannes Rydzek, having a grudge after the naivety carried out yesterday: the Bavarian will start at 27 '' from the tread, by virtue of a high leap terminated at 101.5 meters, with great style. The victory of the day should only be a formality, but that in the overall World Cup still seems very complicated: the target for the nordic combined Oberstdorf will be to bring to Jan Schmid goal (28 '') and hope for a bad day rival Eric Frenzel. For its part, the Saxon leave for 8 to 57 ^ '' from the head and just cross the finish line in fourth position to graduate winner of its 5th consecutive crystal ball. One who could fit between the two contenders, ie Fabian Riessle, has performed the best, but a fall after landing at 102 meters has relegated in 38th place at 1'51 '', complicandogli life optic third place in general. From this point of view it appears well placed Akito Watabe, despite the different problems experienced in the execution of his jump: fire to 16th at 1'14 '' and he himself could play a decisive role in the allocation of the crystal globe, as well as Bernhard Gruber (1'04 ''), Eero Hirvenen (1'05 '') and Philipp Orter (1'09 ''). Samuel Costa (54 '') is the author of a thick performance: the 99.5 meters achieved have been obscured by a landing stage deficient in style. Alessandro Pittin (2'30 '') has had major problems, but the points are located less than one minute, then within reach. Lukas Runggaldier did not gain access to the competition, because in qualifying before the race did not go beyond the 55th position. The same fate suffered the Fletcher brothers, with Bryan 52 Â° and 56 Â° Taylor, while Tomas Portyk gave packages after the fall of 24 hours ago. The test on the narrow skis will start at 16.15, will be decided when the winner of the 2016-17 World Cup.

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