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Alexander Pointner, head coach of the men's team of Austrian jump, announced the names of the athletes who will take part in the race's home Hinzenbach scheduled for the weekend.
Friday 27 September 2013 4 minutes reading time
For the occasion, taking advantage of the possibility of deploying a nationwide group of six additional athletes will be the game Gregor Schlierenzauer, Andreas Kofler, Wolfgang Loitzl, Manuel Fettner, Stefan Kraft, Michael Hayböck, Markus Schiffner, David Zauner, Thomas Diethart , Manuel Poppinger, Ulrich and Christoph Wohlgenannt Stauder.
There will, however, Thomas Morgenstern, because of a delay in the training, and Martin Koch, a veteran of ups and downs in the last two stages of the Continental Cup.
In particular, the long-time veteran Wolfgang Loitzl and the holder of the crystal ball winter Gregor Schlierenzauer will carry out the respective first seasonal appearance in a competition of plastic.
From the words of Alexander Pointner seems leaked confidence: "" The value of the race Hinzenbach is comparable to that of a winter event. A competition at home is always a bit 'special, despite the Grand Prix has a different status than the World Cup. For the first time during this edition, we present to the street almost in full force, whereas previously we preferred to avoid Fuzion several appointments in preparation for the winter season. I think the last stages of the Grand Prix very important to find the pace and fundamental for the winter when every week will be played at least two competitions. "
Obviously, the attention of the experts will be mainly focused on Schlierenzauer, who makes no secret of wanting to go to deal with opponents "After a summer of intense training are eager to get back to racing. Hinzenabch, however, is a place where I also like to jump to the presence of a large audience. A test of Grand Prix does not have the value of a World Cup race, but it is an opportunity to understand what my current level. "
Based on the results of the race Hinzenbach, will be decided who will take part in the final round of the Grand Prix to be held in Klingenthal between Wednesday and Thursday of next week.
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La gara di Grand Prix in programma ad Hinzenbach verrà trasmessa in diretta dal network satellitare EUROSPORT HD (canale 211 della piattaforma SKY) con collegamento alle ore 14:00 di domenica, 29 settembre.
Per quanto concerne, invece, la competizione di Klingenthal, il collegamento è fissato alle ore 15:25 di giovedì, 3 ottobre.
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