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Today it went on stage the first race of the pre-Olympic women's circuit, held on the normal hill in the county of PyeongChang. The winner was Yuki Ito, but also celebrates team mate Sara Takanashi, who thanks to the place of honor winning his fourth crystal ball.
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The two Japanese have returned to compete in the main circuit after missing in Ljubno, but on the other hand, the Korean stop was deserted by numerous athletes, including Italian, Austrian, the three most competitive German (Katharina Althaus, Carina Vogt and Svenja Würth), as well all'infortunata Irina Avvakumova.
In fact, many technical staff have decided to avoid a very expensive trip and positioned so absurd in the calendar this season. It 'just remember that between Slovenia, where they competed Sunday afternoon, and Korea there are 8 hours of time zone. Also this is the second Asian leg facing a distance of just a month.
Yuki Ito in the first series has found a great leap from 96m, but was preceded by Takanashi teammate reached 97.5m. Both Japanese found no pressure under the skis and have started to lower gate with respect to the opponent.
In the decisive round Ito has crushed the competition, finding a spectacular jump of 101.5m and being rewarded by the judges with high valuations for the phase of flight and the excellent flawless telemark. The twenty-two year has thus winning the 4th career success.
Takanashi instead had to face a wind with more shoulder and landed just 94m. The twenty year old was so outclassed by compatriot in terms of extent, having to settle for runner-up position with a 9.5 lengths detachment.
The Kamikawa athlete conquers mathematically fourth World Cup, after the seasons of 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2015-16.
Third place went to Ema Klinec, extremely constant in both series. In the first reached 100m, while finding more headwinds and jumping from higher gate than the Japanese, while the second was repeated reaching 96m, although he found the wind behind.
Maren Lundby stood 4th, unleashing a really good second jump (99m), while the first had paid duty.
The Norwegian preceded Ramona Straub 5 ^, capable of exploiting conditions girlfriends in the first round, landing 103.5m, new trampoline records. The Teutonic was 3rd after the first half, but finally lost a couple of positions in the second half, reaching 93m in much more complex conditions. It is still a good result, with which we will hope for the convening for the upcoming World Cup.
Yuka Seto performed well, reaching 6 ^ and a-row ahead of athletes has collected the best result: Nita Englund 7 ^, Julia Kykkänen 8th, Kaori Iwabuchi 9 ^ and 10 ^ Gianina Ernst.
To signal the presence of well 6 Canadians: the best was Natasha Bodnarchuk 22 ^, while the only excluded from the second round were promising Abigail Strate, disqualified for irregular suit, and Eleora Hamming. A bit 'of glory for the home athlete Guy-Lim Park, which collects the first point ever for Korea in the women's jump.
The general classification sees Takanashi head in 1275, which won the mathematically crystal ball with two games to spare. It remains alive the fight for second place, with overtaking Ito (1028) against Lundby (989).
Next meeting scheduled for tomorrow, when at 7.45 Italian time will host the second competition of the Korean stage.
Pyeongchang I - HS 1091. ITO Yuki (JPN) 234.42. Sara Takanashi (JPN) 224.93. KlÃnec Ema (SLO) 218.74. Maren Lundby (NOR) 215.85. Ramona Straub (GER) 210.56. SETO Yuka (JPN) 208.57. ENGLUND Nita (USA) 182.88. KYKKÄNEN Julia (FIN) 179.19. Kaori Iwabuchi (JPN) 176 510. ERNST Gianina (GER) 174.1
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