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In Japanese afternoon it was staged the last competition in the land of Lift Sol, on the Zao trampoline. As twenty-four hours ago, to celebrate the success it was the hostess Yuki Ito. The Japanese, after toiling extremely dispel the taboo victory, captures the 3rd in the last 4 races.
Saturday 21 January 2017 6 minutes reading time
The first set was decisive, because the Japanese have found a great leap from 100m, earning high marks from the judges. Therefore concluded in the head with a margin of 2.9 points out of Maren Lundby, author of the same size Ito, collection, however, with more favorable headwinds, and 4.1 of Sara Takanashi, only half a meter shorter but with low marks for style, in because a telemark grin.
In the decisive heats the two Japanese have found both a second jump of 94.5m, but Takanashi with zero wind, managed to recover some points with compensation, but finally having to settle for runner-up to 8/10. For the holder of the crystal ball has now come the 4th consecutive game without victory and is thus not overtake at home the 50th success in the World Cup.
In third place he stood Maren Lundby, good to take advantage of the excellent conditions found in the first series, as to limit the damage in the decisive moment (as opposed to yesterday). In fact, the Norwegian has had to jump into a time when the head wind suddenly dropped, but with 92m extent has managed to collect the 4th podium of the season.
Manuela Malsiner, after the glories of yesterday, concluded with a solid test in 4th place, just missing to 1.7 points. The Gardena found two excellent jumps from 97 and 96 meters, but lost the decisive points in landing not perfect the second, where he picked up low valuations by the judges.
The best in the second race was Katharina Althaus, catching up so the 9th square provisional until the final 5 ^. Ema Klinec 6 ^ therefore represent the best of the moment Slovenian, preceding her companions Maja Vtic 10 ^ and 12 ^ Spela Rogelj.
Carina Vogt, after finishing the first set 5 ^ because of the longest jump of the day (101.5m) obtained with strong head wind, slipped in 7th place, ahead of Russia's Irina Avvakumova 8 ^ and the Japanese Kaori Iwabuchi 9 ^ .
Difficulties for the Austrian team, with Jacqueline Seifriedsberger 11th, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz and Chiara Hölzl 15 ^ 17 ^.
Svenja Würth came 13th, but it should be stressed as its result was affected by a fall in the first segment of the race. At that juncture the Teutonic had landed at 99m, however, ending up on the ground after touching the tips of the skis. Without the unexpected German it would have comfortably finished in the top 10.
As for the other Italian, Evelyn Insam repeated his 26th place yesterday, while Elena Runggaldier 40 ^ did not have access to the decisive series. Roberta D'Agostina however did not take part in the race, not having passed the rock from qualifying.
The general classification is still in the lead Sara Takanashi (815), but Yuki Ito reduced the lead to less than 100 points, reaching 732. In third place we find Maren Lundby (517), followed by Irina Avvakumova (454).
The World Cup returns to Europe this weekend, when Saturday and Sunday happening in Rasnov (Romania) two competitions.
ZAO II - HS 1031. ITO Yuki (JPN) 227.02. Sara Takanashi (JPN) 226.23. Maren Lundby (NOR) 221.14. Malsiner Manuela (ITA) 219.45. ALTHAUS Katharina (GER) 213.36. KlÃnec Ema (SLO) 211.77. VOGT Carina (GER) 210.88. AVVAKUMOVA Irina (RUS) 201.09. Kaori Iwabuchi (JPN) 198 910. VTIC Maja (SLO) 196.3
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