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New year, old winner. The World Cup Jumping female is shared by Tchaikovsky, Russia, where success has been achieved as expected by Sara Takanashi. L'' Asian however has suffered more than usual and especially for the first time in the season has been beaten in a series of jumps.
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The Japanese got the thirteenth affirmation of his career, the fourth in as many races in the current year, for only nine-tenths of a point. About an excellent Carina Vogt, able to achieve the best score in the second half of the race. Paradoxically, to make a difference in favor of the Japanese were the ratings of the judges, who instead often in the past had condemned the'' square'' s honor in duels with the stylistically perfect Sarah Hendrickson.
'' The German has, however, now twenty-two achieved the best result of his career ahead of Irina Avvakumova 6.5 points, which in turn confirms the ranks of the top athletes in the circuit. The twenty-two Moscow has once again proved soundness winning his third consecutive podium and taking off the satisfaction of finish in the top-three in his native country.
Signs of life, especially in the second series by the French Coline Mattel, fourth, however, still far from the standards of performance of last year. Fifth place for the Slovenian Ema Klinec, in turn loved soprattuttto on the second slato.
Sixth place for the surprise of the day, the Norwegian Gyda Enger, by far the best result of his career. The Scandinavian country has also collected the'' eighth Maren Lundby, in turn, ever so high in the maximum circuit, however, must collect a counter-Helena Olsson Smeby, precipitated in ranking because of a negative leap second.
However, the loser in the house Norway is undoubtedly the'' absent Anette Sagen. L'' now twenty-nine, in the light of today's results and its poor performance, in serious danger of having to make a spectator at the Olympic Games in Sochi as not competitive enough to be selected.
About veteran, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz has lived a dull day and did not go beyond the seventh place.
Matt is also the Italian team's performance as the results should be placed in the context of the various absences of weight (missing all Americans and all Canadians, as well as Maja VTIC and Ulrike Grassler). Evelyn Insam finished just ahead of Elena Runggaldier sixteenth, seventeenth. A point also Manuela Malsiner, twenty-third and twenty-eighth Lisa Demetz. Thirty-fifth instead Roberta D'' Agostina.
In the overall standings of the World Cup Takanashi is a full score 400 points touching and taking off on all opponents. Iraschko-Stolz is in fact the second, but it is at an altitude of 241 and see approach Vogt, third with 226, and Avvakumova fourth with 215. Tomorrow is replicated with a second race.
Tchaikovsky - NORMAL HILL (I) 1. Sara Takanashi (JPN) 232.62. VOGT Carina (GER) 231.73. Avvakumova Irina (RUS) 225.24. MATTEL Coline (FRA) 218.75. Klinec Ema (SLO) 213.96. ENGER Gyda (NOR) 209.17. Iraschko-STOLZ Daniela (AUT) 208.08. Maren Lundby (NOR) 206.79. Ramona Straub (GER) 205 410. ALTHAUS Katarina (GER) 203.5
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