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The fourth edition of the World Cup Jumping female & egrave; opened today in Lillehammer with a historic achievement. & Egrave; in fact, came the long-awaited first victory of Slovenia in the maximum circuit thanks to Spela Rogelj.
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The twenty-year old native of Ljubljana & egrave; sets with about making a difference in the second series after finishing third in the first, showing clearly the pi & ugrave; brilliant day. This is not a complete surprise Since & eacute; in recent weeks the 'athlete tesserata for SciClub Costella Ilirija had been sighted in excellent athletic condition at that Kranj.
It is a very significant success Because & eacute; Slovenian movement, despite being one of the quality & agrave; average pi & ugrave; high absolute in the landscape of female jumping, had never managed to climb on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium in the World Cup. The tab & ugrave; & Egrave; quest''oggi been broken by a girl dall''indubbio talent in recent times for conditioning & ograve; negative by repeated back problems.
Piazza d''honor for one who could be considered the favorite of the eve. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, leader of half & agrave; race, nothing has been against Rogelj in the second set and & egrave; pipped to the pi & ugrave; young opponent of 1.1 points. The thirty-one Austrian pu & ograve; for & ograve; biting your hands for not having performed better both jumps race, especially the second.
Third place for Sara Takanashi which stretches to 25 his string of consecutive podium finishes in World Cup events. The extension of the primacy & egrave; the 'only bright spot for the Japanese, appeared less explosive than usual and beat of 2.2 points from the winner of a race unexpectedly balanced. Fourth place for the young Russian Sofya Tikhonova, athlete whose time is said to be a great good, but so far unable to capitalize on its quality & agrave ;.
Chiss & agrave; the sixteen year old St. Petersburg, followed by the esteemed Matjaz Triplat, can not finally blossom. Meanwhile quest''oggi you & egrave; taken the luxury of beating the foreman Irina Avvakumova, eighth. Among the two Russians have entered the darling of home Line Jahr, the constant Japanese Yuki Ito and the 'Austrian Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, author of a good comeback after the' accident suffered almost a year ago.
In terms of return should be highlighted the ninth dell''americana Sarah Hendrickson, like much of pi & ugrave; in the second series than the first. The US appears to & ograve; still far from the best condition has closed the top ten Katharina Althaus, better than a German team remained overall below expectations and where Carina Vogt & egrave; gone beyond the nineteenth position, finishing just behind the French Coline Mattel, only sixteenth.
In Italy the home budget is rescued by Elena Runggaldier, piazzatasi twenty-fifth. Even outside the points Evelyn Insam, thirty-seventh, and big disappointment of the day together with the Slovenian Katja Požun (thirty-fifth).
Finally it should be noted the resounding fifteenth place Eva Pinkelning, Austrian born in 1988 who started practicing ski jumping seriously only twelve months ago. Actually, after training the 'athlete of Voralberg appeared even a candidate for the podium, but a first jump wrong not even allowed to enter the top ten. In any case, the 'Austria may have found a third senior woman.
LILLEHAMMER - NORMAL HILL1. Rogelj Spela (SLO) 267.32. Iraschko-STOLZ Daniela (AUT) 266.23. Sara Takanashi (JPN) 265.14. Tikhonova Sofya (RUS) 261.35. JAHR Line (NOR) 255.26. Yuki ITO (JPN) 253.67. Seifriedsberger Jacqueline (AUT) 252.48. AVVAKUMOVA Irina (RUS) 250.09. HENDRICKSON Sarah (USA) 248 910. ALTHAUS Katharina (GER) 245.8Clicca here for full results.
Does not provide a timetable zany competitions World Cup for pi & ugrave; of a month. The next race valid for maximum circuit disputer & agrave; Sapporo, Japan, January 10, 2015.
However, seven days a Nottoden, always in Norway, there will be evidence of Continental Cup which will announce piuttsto frequented.
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