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The snow and wind have granted a reprieve on Mount Zao, therefore & egrave; was possible to play at least a competition, albeit on a single series, where they arrived some historical results.
Sunday 18 January 2015 5 minutes reading time
The race on the calendar yesterday was interrupted after the jump for 25 of the 48 athletes enrolled, consequently & egrave; the decision was made to program it to the Japanese morning today with the 'intent to play two tests on the same day exactly as happened in March 2012 and February 2013.
However, the weather did not help and the jury & egrave; was forced to raise the white flag. With the passing of the hours & egrave; However, open a window in which you compete for profit & egrave; were able to complete a series of jumping and complete at least one competition.
After 6/2 and 8/3 places & egrave; came the first German victory in competitions valid for the Crystal Ball. A sign the historic result, which follows the coveted first win of Slovenia, & egrave; Carina Vogt, leader of the movement and has always been very comfortable sull''impianto Zao. True & egrave; that the twenty-two Teutonic won the medal 'Olympic gold in Sochi, but the race did not exist for the World Cup.
The German, exploiting favorable conditions, he lapped the point Hs realizing 117.7 points ahead of Russia's Irina Avvakumova 3.2 lengths. The podium & egrave; was completed by the Slovenian Spela Rogelj that solved the problems in the back, & egrave; entry into a new dimension. The twenty year old has had reason to just three tenths dell''austriaca Eva Pinkelnig.
The main news & egrave; then the 'absence of Sara Takanashi of the top-three. The eighteen year old Japanese non & egrave; gone beyond the seventh position and were broken when series of 27 consecutive podium finishes in races counting towards the crystal ball after nearly two years. The 'last competition without the Japanese teenager in the top three dated back to February 3, 2013 and was held in Sapporo. Curiously the series (consisting of 21 wins, four seconds and 2 third places) has had its end in Zao, the same place where it began February 10, 2013.
Homemade Italian Evelyn Insam finished 17th, while Elena Runggaldier missed the points and finished 33rd.
Takanashi remains leader in the overall World Cup with 296 points followed by Rogelj to 246, from Iraschko-Stolz (now eighth) to 242 and from 228 to Vogt with Avvakumova fifth at 172.
ZAO - NORMAL HILL1. Carina VOGT (GER) 117.72. AVVAKUMOVA Irina (RUS) 114.53. Rogelj Spela (SLO) 108.84. PINKELNIG Eva (AUT) 108.55. ALTHAUS Katharina (GER) 107.46. VTIC Maja (SLO) 106.77. Sara Takanashi (JPN) 106.58. Iraschko-STOLZ Daniela (AUT) 106.09. Yuki ITO (JPN) 105.410. JEROME Jessia (USA) 104.8Clicca here for full results.
Next week the World Cup to & agrave; return to Europe. It competes in Oberstdorf, Bavaria. Scheduled two competitions, Saturday 24 and Sunday 25. You will see & agrave; if and where Fis decider & agrave; to recover the race was not held this weekend.
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