Japanese brace in Sapporo: Yuki Ito wins by beating Sara Takanashi

In the Italian night it was staged the first competition of the Eastern women's circuit, held in Sapporo. The winner was the hostess Yuki Ito finally the first victory in the World Cup.

Saturday 14 January 2017 4 minutes reading time

L 'athlete of the Rising Sun had in fact already 10 podiums board, of which 6/2 places, without ever climb to the top step and being beaten on each occasion by teammate Sara Takanashi. however today the twenty-two managed to dispel the taboos, took first prize with merit and achieving the best score in both series, thanks to the longest jumps of the day, 95 and 96m. The overall leader Takanashi has thus had to settle in the place of honor with a 12.2 point gap, but it was not a complete surprise in the light of the training jumps, where she had been beaten 3 times out of 4 by the older Japanese. On the lowest rung of the podium went Maren Lundby, the second top third of the season. The Norwegian showed off a solid performance, even impensierendo the defending World Cup, as separated by just four tenths at the end of the first segment of the race. In 4th place has set Ema Klinec, author of a good comeback from 8th place, but still separated by 13.5 points from the third position. Carina Vogt instead, 4th in the first set, managed to limit the damage in the decisive albeit with a modest jump, finishing 5th and 6th ahead of Irina Avvakumova. Only 7 ^ Katharina Althaus, and he had found excellent performance in training and was thought to aim for the podium. They followed another Teutonic, Svenja WÃ¼rth 8 ^, and the Austrian Jacqueline Seifriedsberger 9 ^. Good performance for the blue Manuela Malsiner, fast growing athlete, able to store the best finish of his career with 10th position. Evelyn Insam instead concluded 21st, after winning the qualification yesterday., While Elena Runggaldier finished in the points, 30 ^. The general classification sees now on the run Sara Takanashi with 640 points, followed by the winner of today's Yuki Ito at 452. In third place we find 332 Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, today only 16 ^, in front of Irina Avvakumova (322). Appointment with the second race in Sapporo expected during the night again, which will start at 3 o'clock tomorrow. SAPPORO I - HS 1001. ITO Yuki (JPN) 254.32. Sara Takanashi (JPN) 242.13. Maren Lundby (NOR) 236.94. KlÃnec Ema (SLO) 223.45. VOGT Carina (GER) 218.96. AVVAKUMOVA Irina (RUS) 218.77. ALTHAUS Katharina (GER) 216.98. WÃœRTH Svenja (GER) 214.09. Seifriedsberger Jacqueline (AUT) 213 110. MANUELA Malsiner (ITA) 211.0 Click here for the full results.

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