Sara Takanashi imposes sharply in the first race of Sapporo

Sara Takanashi si impone nettamente nella prima gara di Sapporo
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Sara Takanashi imposes sharply in the first race of Sapporo

Sara Takanashi has re-established hierarchies in the first of two races of the World Cup to be held in Sapporo, imposing themselves unmistakably in spite of a context of race often complicated.

The eighteen year old Japanese has indeed excelled realizing, with margin, the best score in both series. The Japanese teenager has so ottenenuto in one fell swoop the 25th win and the 40 & deg; podium at the World Cup, however, stretching to 26 his string of consecutive podium finishes in testing for application at the Crystal Ball. Piazza d''honor for the' Austrian Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, view big sweep in Seefeld in recent weeks. The veteran of Eisenerz for & ograve; nothing has been against Takanashi, where & egrave; been exceeded by 18.8 points. The podium & egrave; was completed by Spela Rogelj, for which comes un''importante confirmation after the success of Lillehammer in early December. The Slovenian, seventh in half & agrave; competition, then recovered four positions in the second series. Fourth and fifth place for two girls last winter they had to give up the season because of serious knee injuries. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger finished fourth, while Sarah Hendrickson & egrave; ranked fifth. Their return to the podium is only a matter of time. For the rest of the many household names in the top ten. The Russian Irina Avvakumova you & egrave; positioned in sixth place ahead of Olympic champion Carina Vogt, the Slovenian Maja Vtič, Norway's Maren Lundby and Germany's Katharina Althaus. The palm of surprise of the day, it is therefore to Juliane Seyfarth, high-level athlete to the pioneering times of ski jumping female. Chiss & agrave; that the 'now can not go back twenty-five Teutonic competitive after living a long period of neglect. Chapter Italy. Elena Runggaldier you & egrave; placed twenty-fourth, marking 7 points. Evelyn Insam rather not & egrave; failed even to qualify for the race, being "cut" in qualifying cos & Igrave; as the 'Austrian Eva Pinkelnig. By way of curiosity & agrave; it should be noted at the time as the general classification of the World Cup to see command three athletes, all 160 points. It is, of course Takanashi, Iraschko and Rogelj. The 'ex aequo will come & agrave; probably broke in the race scheduled in the night between Saturday and Sunday. SAPPORO - NORMAL HILL (I) 1. Sara Takanashi (JPN) 249.92. Iraschko-STOLZ Daniela (AUT) 231.13. Rogelj Spela (SLO) 226.34. Seifriedsberger Jacqueline (AUT) 222.35. HENDRICKSON Sarah (USA) 221.66. AVVAKUMOVA Irina (RUS) 217.27. Carina VOGT (GER) 216.98. VTIC Maja (SLO) 208.59. Maren Lundby (NOR) 204 810. ALTHAUS Katharina (GER) 202.1Clicca here for full results.
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