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A Zao weather conditions have forced again to approve the result after the first series of jumps. Not bad for Sara Takanashi,'' impostasi for the eighth time in nine races of the season.
Sunday 19 January 2014 5 minutes reading time
The Japanese showed off his "usual" absolute superiority over the rest of the world and made the longest jump game despite being two poles lower than the competition.
It should however be remarked the misfortune of compatriot Yuki Ito, second Saturdays, in turn, started from a lower pole. The Japanese was one of the few athletes to have found the wind behind them, inevitably being penalized, and accordingly concluded seventh despite having the potential to repeat what has been done Twenty hours before.
The square'' s honor was therefore the preserve of German Carina Vogt, now in its seventh top-three in the World Cup without being still managed to win. Not that it is not an easy task in view of the presence of Takanashi.
The podium was completed by surprise by the Swiss Bigna Windmüller, the best result of his career, managed to overcome narrow the Norwegian Maren Lundby and Helena Olsson Smeby, tied for fourth.
Thanks to the two exploits Zao Windmüller has assured Switzerland a place for the Olympic Games in Sochi, where instead nations such as Japan and the United States will go with just three athletes.
These quotas for the Olympic race of Sochi4 ATHLETES: SLOVENIA, Germany3 ATHLETES: JAPAN, USA, CANADA, NORWAY, France2 ATHLETES: AUSTRIA, ITALIA1 ATHLETE: RUSSIA, FINLAND, SWITZERLAND
In the case of some countries decide not to take full advantage of its quota (eg Canada, if Pretorius does not recover, you may opt for only two athletes) the priority list of repechage Norway sees in front of everyone, followed by the United States, Japan , Holland and the Czech Republic
Returning to today's race, Elena Runggaldier is expressed along the lines of what we saw in the season and finished fifteenth, just ahead of Manuela Malsiner, whose eighteenth place is the best finish of his career. Out of the points instead Evelyn Insam (31 ^) and Lisa Demetz (34th).
In the overall standings of the World Cup Takanashi takes you to 860 points with Vogt second at 546. Avvakumova is third at 435, fourth at 322 Stolz-Iraschko and Mattel fifth at 275.
Next week, the highest women's circuit will stop in Slovenia. Initially it was supposed to compete in Ljubno, location is nevertheless forced to give up all'' event due to lack of snow. Thus the two races (Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th) will be held in Planica.
ZAO - NORMAL HILL (II) 1. Sara Takanashi (JPN) 127.52. VOGT Carina (GER) 117.53. Windmüller Bigna (SUI) 109.94. Maren Lundby (NOR) 108.34. Helena Olsson Smeby (NOR) 108.36. KYKKÄNEN Julia (FIN) 107.17. Yuki ITO (JPN) 103.08. JAHR Line (NOR) 102.69. Taylor HENRICH (CAN) 101,610. JEROME Jessica (USA) 100.6
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Sara Takanashi is 8 to 9. I decided continents for the Sochi Olympic race
Sunday 19 January 2014Ultimi in Sport invernali
Due settimane ad Anterselva per la nazionale maschile, c'è anche Giacomel per il raduno in quota
Nel sito olimpico, da lunedì 14 a sabato 26 settembre ecco gli azzurri del biathlon impegnati in un blocco di lavoro cruciale: il trentino, nell'ultima fase del suo recupero, con una preparazione mirata ma di nuovo assieme ai compagni.
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