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It started the long process that will lead, the circuit of the special male jump, the first flight competitions with qualifying for Sunday's race at that Willingen. Clearly the Mühlenkopfschanze Lg is a hill, however, is critical with respect to the phase of flotation on the detachment power.
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It was won by the home favorite Andreas Wellinger, proving that the facts do exploits in Poland were not random, but are the beginning of a growth that is expected of a couple of years. The athlete of Ruhpolding showed a benefit from 141.5 meters, the best of the competition, with a figure on the wind essentially nil.
Just the direction of air movement has greatly influenced the course of an all jumps. In fact, all the winners have not had it behind us and some even found the front.
According score for Peter Prevc, also in the club of 140 meters, which controls a Slovenian trio brother Dinners and Jurij Tepes were placed respectively 3rd and 4th. Just the second brother of Prevc family is one of the few to have had extremely favorable environmental conditions.
The first who has had difficult wind was the Russian Evgeniy Klimov (8th), as well as Gregor Schlierenzauer: big sweep in the training jumps, the athlete Innsbruck enjoyed most struggled in qualifying, picking only the 11th coin .
Among the prequalified stood out on all Kamil Stoch: author of a sensational performance by 145 meters, which would have made effort to subtract half a stylistic point, has shown once again the man to beat in a context always friend. The only apparently able to give him a hard time is Stefan Kraft, he risparmiatosi in this last jump, author, however, the best scores in training.
The struggle to wrest a bib for Sunday's race was anything but exciting: after 55 athletes entered the stage, so only 5 eliminated, it became clear to the course of the test. In addition, the non-departure of Vladimir Zografski and the disqualification of Taku Takeuchi, have made it more obvious.
Finally, those who have not made the cut were the Kazakhs Marat Zhaparov and Konstantin Sokolenko and the Japanese Junshiro Kobayashi. The latter was involved in a crash with a very hazardous, but he got away with a few blows and apparently nothing serious.
Tomorrow will be played in the third season team event starting at 16:05, preceded by round trial. The individual competition will be staged on Sunday from 15:05.
QUALIFICATION - WILLINGEN HS 145
1. Wellinger Andreas (GER) 135.9 2. PREVC Peter (SLO) 133.3 3. PREVC Dinners (SLO) 129.1 4. Jurij Tepes (SLO) 127.2 5. DESCOMBES SEVOIE Vincent (FRA) 124.5 6. KASAI Noriaki (JPN) 122.5
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