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The two-day World Cup in Sapporo female blowing ends with a new hit Sara Takanashi, albeit less marked than that obtained on Saturday.
Sunday 12 January 2014 5 minutes reading time
The seventeen year old Japanese won its sixth win of the season doing it again the difference in the first set, then did not receive the compensation to be game (for technical) from a pole less than the opponents in the second, being landed before 95% of ' 'Hill Size.
Piazza'' s honor at a safe distance to the French Coline Mattel, the first podium of the season. The result of the Alps, which is slowly growing condition, however, was propitiated by a wind particularly benevolent. The third to fifth positions were occupied by three athletes separated by only 1 point and 1 tenth.
Irina Avvakumova had the better of the Canadian Atsuko Tanaka and American Lindsey Van, both the best result of the season. The Russian then stretched his string of consecutive podiums, now rising to 6.
To interrupt the sequence of Carina Vogt. The German concluded only thirteenth due to a fall, fortunately without consequences, in the first series. On the subject of big comes the worst result of the season by Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, fifteenth.
Disappointed by Yuki Ito day, not for the result itself, but for the'' evolution of the competition. The nineteen year old Shimokawa was in second place after the first half, but has slipped to eighth place all'' (surpassed even by Maja VTIC and Jessica Jerome) due to a gust of wind particularly unfavorable during his second jump.
Japan, however, smiles in'' optical Olympic qualifier because Ayumi Watase has unexpectedly finished in twelfth place getting one of the best results of his career and at the same 22 points that have allowed it to match the U.S. Abby Hughes, now sadly thirty-ninth, thirtieth place in the ranking of Olympic qualifying, last for participating in Sochi. Basically, the Country of the Rising Sun can hope to get the full quota.
In Italy they arrived home three points finishes, although no results from the top-twenty. Evelyn Insam concluded twenty-second, twenty-fifth Malsiner Manuela and Elena Runggaldier thirtieth. Lisa Demetz was instead placed thirty-fifth.
In the overall standings of the World Cup Takanashi takes flight rising to 660 points. Avvakumova back to second with 435 and bypasses Vogt, third at 406. Iraschko-Stolz is fourth with 322, while Mattel, is fifth with 265 lifts.
The next week you race ever in Japan, but we move in Zao. A program of two competitions on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19. It will be the last two races counting towards Olympic qualification.
SAPPORO - NORMAL HILL (II) 1. Sara Takanashi (JPN) 237.12. MATTEL Coline (FRA) 219.83. Avvakumova Irina (RUS) 215.34. TANAKA Atsuko (CAN) 215.25. Lindsey Van (USA) 214.26. VTIC Maja (SLO) 212.07. JEROME Jessica (USA) 210.78. Yuki ITO (JPN) 209.29. ALTHAUS Katarina (GER) 205 410. Grassler Ulrike (GER) 204.9
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