Nordic Skiing63. Vierschanzentournee
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Tomorrow, with the jump qualifying Oberstdorf, you open the sixty-third edition of Tourn & egrave; and the Four Hills, the historic event of jumping male, that & nbsp; will end & agrave; Bischofshofen in dell''Epifania day.
Friday 26 December 2014 11 minutes reading time
In light dell''andamento the first part of the season, for the second consecutive year characterized by a strong leveling of values, & egrave; impossible to give a clear favorite. However at the start you can & ograve; identify a shortlist of four men with the pi & ugrave; high chance of entering the Myth of this discipline directly through the front door.
Among them the name pi & ugrave; noble and waited & egrave; undoubtedly that of Simon Ammann. The 'Swiss you & egrave; become the protagonist of a great start to the winter and lancer & agrave; the 'yet another assault on Vierschanzentournee, hitherto always sfuggitagli and unique laurel absent from his rich bulletin board.
In fact, the thirty-three Swiss gi & agrave; won one World Cup, four Olympic gold medals, one gold and one world title champion flight. If you were to conquer the coveted Vierschanzentournee become the second athlete in history after Matti Nyk & auml; nen to complete the "Royal Flush", ie to win at least once in all five career pi & ugrave; important events in ski jumping.
Based on what we saw in the first month of athletic competitions, the veteran rossocrociato has all it takes to succeed in its aim, provided that we are perfect in the process of detachment where sometimes fails to perform it correctly, with repercussions on the score invevitabili .
Just for the fact of not having the edge on the tooth, can not Ammann & ograve; be considered the number one favorite. A role, albeit narrow measure, it is up to Roman Koudelka. Czech, after waiting for a long time the first success in the World Cup, has won three of the last seven races showcasing enviable physical form and technique, enhanced by dramatic improvements in flight phase.
Actually & agrave; taking into consideration only the technical-athletic we find a man in command. This is Michael Hayb & ouml; ck, currently equipped with an overflowing condition. The 'Austrian & ograve; has so far struggled to achieve in the race the good show in training due to an estate mental persist.
If the twenty-three of Hinzenbach should be able to keep a cool head, then according to the insiders could dominate Tourn & eacute; e. However in competitive Engelberg has not curbed their emotions, failing to build on its current superiority & agrave ;. Only for this reason can not & ograve; be referred to as the 'chosen for the conquest of the event, but "only" one of the quartet that partir & agrave; in the front row, closed by Anders Fannemel.
The Norwegian, overall leader of the World Cup, & egrave; the jumper pi & ugrave; Extreme circuit. Until now his jumping technique is extremely risky & egrave; revealed the pi & ugrave; often effective, but it also exposes a counterperformance (as occurred in Engelberg) that would be deleterious to the ambitions of victory.
Behind the leading group, the list of outsiders & egrave; led by Gregor Schlierenzauer and Peter Prevc.
The 'Austrian gi & agrave; winner of two Tourn & eacute; and (2011 / '' 12 and 2012 / '' 13) & egrave; still searching for the quadrature technique nell''off lost-season in 2013 and currently alternates jumps absolute level to other mediocre. His candidacy for the conquest of the final victory goes from capacity & agrave; to express themselves at the top for eleven days in a row, something that now does not happen for two years.
The Slovenian instead & egrave; obviously far from his best form, but despite this handicap & egrave; fifth in the overall World Cup. If you were to find even partially their explosiveness & agrave; to flake off automatically become a papal candidate for the final victory.
Then there are the two splinters crazed Japanese, Noriaki Kasai and Daiki Ito. The two Asian returned to Japan after the tests of Lillehammer and then their condition & egrave; surrounded by mystery and sar & agrave; only the classification of Oberstdorf to say if they can aspire to a successful ever caught by any Japanese.
Hard to imagine a German winner of Tourn & eacute; e. The team Teutonic, albeit with a quality & agrave; medium high, appears devoid of the tip can be expressed constantly at top Because & eacute; Severin Freund and Richard Freitag are too fickle. There will & agrave; curiosity & agrave; around Kamil Stoch, all''esordio season after 'ankle injury, and a leader of Poland who, after a bad start, & egrave; hunting redemption.
As rigurda the 'Italy is & egrave; decided to confirm David Bresadola and to also use young Daniel Varesco and Federico Cecon. Regarding the outlook blue example in the words of Paul Bernardi: "The 'goal of Bresadola must be to get into the points, holding & ograve; consider all the dynamics of the races of Tourn & eacute; and where, with the KO System, you can & ograve ; be in the 30 with bad jumps cos & Igrave; as marking points despite excellent performance according to the performance of his opponent. As for Varesco and Cecon the 'objective & egrave; simply to check their level in the context pi & ugrave; difficult all 'Because winter & eacute; in Tourn & eacute; and national groups in Germany and Austria rise dramatically in the gi & agrave; cutthroat competition. "
Regarding the system KO quoted by Bernardi is worth remembering as in Vierschanzentournee competitions are conducted with a particular format and qualification assumes crucial Since & eacute; the first series of races & egrave; structured as a series 25 direct matches cos & Igrave; established:
WINNER QUALIFICATION VS 50 & deg; 2 & deg; vs 49 & deg; 3 & deg; vs 48 & deg; and cos & Igrave; on up to ... 25 & deg; vs 26 & deg;
Access to the second set, and then to the points, the winners of each head-to-head pi & ugrave; five athletes score pi & ugrave; highest among the losers. Therefore, theoretically you can & ograve; be in the 30 without having one of the thirty best absolute performance or vice versa.
As for Gregor Schlierenzauer goes remarked how even win a race would be a historic achievement. The 'Austrian currently boasts nine stage wins, to a length by Jens Wei & szlig; log and Bj & oslash; rn Wirkola. Therefore the 'twenty-five now & egrave; on the threshold of becoming the 'athlete with pi & ugrave; races won within the Tourn & eacute; e.
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