Nordic SkiingMale Jumping - Planica
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In today's morning in Planica it was held the last race of a seasonal teams. Favorable conditions have meant that the show did not miss: the 240 were reached on several occasions and the ski jump record has been improved several times. Finally he sets Norway, favored the vigil.
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The Alexander Stöckl team conducted a solid proof and almost always in the lead, with the exception of the term of the fourth rotation of the first set, where she had been overtaken by Germany to 2.1 lengths. Robert Johansson gave off the dance with two excellent performances of 246 and 246.5 meters, denoting great consistency of performance. The twenty-seven also in training had gone even 250m, going to score the new primacy of Letalnica bratov Gorišek, but this did not last long because today there he did better then. Johann Andre Forfang made two good jumps of 237m and 233m, as Anders Fannemel, landed at 229.5m and 232m. The only leap of sandinavi that has not reached the HS was the first of Andreas Stjernen (216.5m), while in the second part of the race the twenty-eight was rescued reaching 227.5m.
Runner-up Germany, dragged rush dal'uomo Andreas Wellinger and a surprising Karl Geiger. The athlete from Ruhpolding has found a difficult first leap compared to what he did see these days, reaching 231.5m. In the second series instead it is expressed at best going to touch 240m with a lower starting gate from athletes who had preceded it. The twenty-four Oberstdorf instead led an exceptional race, showing constant improvements from an aerodynamic point of view. It has also become the 4th German ever to exceed 240m, landing 243.5m. Markus Eisenbichler however on both occasions slightly exceeded the HS point, while in training had made the new German record with the reached 248m. Finally Richard Freitag is found to be the weak link, having collected two weak measures.
Third place for Poland, which climbed as always on the podium in every event team of the season. Today also, for the first time in its history, made mathematically success in the country league. Piotr Zyla was not exceptional in the first half of the race, while the second has found an excellent performance; Dawid Kubacki has struggled finding two sizes between 200 and 210 meters. Try the highest level instead of Maciej Kot, twice more than 240m, and Kamil Stoch, fabulous in the second jump of 251.5m. The latter, however performance is not worth either as a record of the trampoline or how Polish records, as the athlete of Zakopane in landing has touched the snow with her bottom.
Austria has closed 4 ^. Michael Hayböck has once again shown to have excellent qualities during flight, always overcoming the 230m. Manuel Fettner made two good jumps for their skills and Markus Schiffner has steadily improved in recent days. Stefan Kraft has struggled in the first segment of the race in difficult conditions, while in the second it was incredible, finding a crazy leap from 251m, valsogli the new trampoline record.
Fifth place for Slovenia (Anze Semenic, Domen Prevc, Jurij Tepes, Peter Prevc), disappointed by the result because the podium seemed within reach. But what has been missing is the man that made the difference, because almost all the jumps were in the HS zone. This point has been surpassed only by Semenic, spintosi to 236m in the first round, but then arrived only to 209m in the second.
Sixth Japan Ryoyu formed by Kobayashi, Taku Takeuchi, Daiki Ito and Noriaki Kasai. The latter has shown once again to be a true champion, reaching 240m and becoming the second man to touch this measure for three different jumps.
The United States grabbed a historic 7th place, the best result ever in a team competition. He distinguished himself again Kevin Bickner, landed two times over the HS. Eighth the Czech Republic, where they performed well the young Tomas Vancura and the experienced Roman Koudelka.
Italy has reached 9 ^, lacking the qualification to the second series for sun 19.5 lengths. Roberto Dellasega found a positive performance that will give you confidence, while Davide Bresadola was below expectations. Sebastian Colloredo has again found a measure beyond the 200m finally Alex Insam was the best of the lot, reaching 227.5m. The nineteen year old Gardena showed a consistent performance with few equals in these days, showing an amazing feeling with flying trampolines. Thus it ends a definitely positive season for the Italian team, with three athletes entered several times in the points and improved the Italian record four times in the last week.
Appointment with the final race of the day tomorrow. At 10.00 it will stage the final reserved for the top 30 overall.
TEAM EVENT - Planica HS 225
1. NORWAY (Johansson, Forfang, Fannemel, Stjernen) 1551.6 2. GERMANY (Eisenbichler, Freitag, Geiger, Wellinger) 1502.6 3. POLAND (Zyla, Kubacki, Kot, Stoch) 1493.8 4. AUSTRIA (Hayböck, Fettner, Schiffner, Kraft ) 1471.4 5. SLOVENIA (Semenic, Prevc D., Tepes, P. Prevc) 1442.7 6. JAPAN (Kobayashi R., Takeuchi, Ito, Kasai) 1327.7 7. UNITED STATES (Rhoads, Larson, Glasder, Bickner) 1229.9 8. REP. CZECH (Vancura, Stursa, Matura, Koudelka) 1170.5
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