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The Norwegian won the second victory of the season in a competition deserted by many big names.
Saturday 21 September 2013 3 minutes reading time
Anders Bardal, who won last week's first race of Nizhny Tagil, was also imposed in the first of two scheduled races on the trampoline in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The thirty-one Scandinavian pre-race favorite, did not disappoint the expectations and achieved the best score in both sets of closing race by a margin of 12 points on the Slovenian Jernej Damjan, in third place in the top-three in the last four races. ;
Third place went to the Czech Antonin Hajek, proved at ease on the large hill Kazakh since the jumps of training. The twenty-six of Liberec is back on the podium in a competition at the Summer Grand Prix for the first time since 2006, overcoming the strong competition of Japanese Reruhi Shimizu, who was forced to settle for fourth place in a single length from more experienced opponent.
Fifth position to the surprise of the day, the Finnish Olli Muotka, which has built its excellent results in the first series (concluded with the third score).
The two Italians were committed outside the points. Andrea Morassi concluded thirty-fourth, while Diego Dellasega was placed forty.
The general classification of the Summer Grand Prix was shortened further. Despite five consecutive absences Andreas Wellinger still leads with 340 points, but Damjan has led to 339 with the Polish Krzysztof Biegun, in turn absent today, third at 290. Bardal won today rose in fourth place with 273.
The Norwegian and Slovenian will increase further in tomorrow's race before the grand finale in Europe, where they should be present again all the big names.
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