Nordic Skiingmale jumping - Sapporo
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In the first morning Italian Japanese weekend has begun the Jumping World Cup with male skiing, with qualification to the race tomorrow in that of Sapporo. The main news is the excellent condition shown by Peter Prevc finally first in today's competition.
Friday 10 February 2017 5 minutes reading time
Since the training jumps, the holder of the crystal ball has proved the man to beat: the first took all'Okurayama measures, one of the most complex systems of the main circuit, and in the following began to lay down the law with margin.
At the decisive moment it has unsheathed a exclamation point performance, landing at 138 meters (1 beyond the point HS), obviously without genuflecting. In second place - Vincent Descombes Sevoie - has trimmed the beauty of 11.7 lengths.
The only one able to stay in the slipstream to Slovene was Kamil Stoch, prequalified today. However, the Polish performance was convincing, even if Prevc appeared at a slightly higher level.
Careful not to give Prevc absolute underdogs: in fact, already three weeks ago in Zakopane had distinguished himself on all the first two days, to be further behind in the decisive race on Sunday.
Returning to the qualification, Descombes Sevoie behaved admirably, although it has not really found to jump in favorable conditions. So tomorrow will try to go for the umpteenth time this season in the top 10.
Then we find Jan Ziobro, Evgeniy Klimov and Dawid Kubacki, respectively, from third to fifth place. Those who for one reason, some for another, have confirmed the good that they have done since the beginning the year.
Good results have obtained Slovenian Anze Semenic (8th) and Anze Lanisek (9th), as the Austrians Markus Schiffner (11 °) and Stefan Huber (15th). Day in chiaroscuro for Finland, with Ville Larinto easily qualified with the 14th result, while the leader of the movement, Jarkko Maeaettae, did not pass the rock with 42 ^ final position.
In big trouble proved Domen Prevc, last in both training jumps that preceded the qualification and author of the provision of only 114 meters of the last day performances. All in all, the Japanese context is not the enemy of seventeen, by virtue of the podium sull'Okurayama last season. We'll see if tomorrow will be able to have the gear shift more than necessary.
No Italian will be engaged in japanese week. The coaching staff has opted to stay in the old continent to better prepare the World Championship event in the second half of February.
Tomorrow it will start at 8.30 am Italian time. In the program there will also be an individual race scheduled for Sunday.
QUALIFICATION - SAPPORO HS 137
1. PREVC Peter (SLO) 142.1 2. DESCOMBES SEVOIE Vincent (FRA) 130.4 3. Ziobro Jan (POL) 127.5 4. Klimov Evgeniy (RUS) 123.1 5. Dawid Kubacki (POL) 123.0 6. Richard Freitag (GER) 120.5
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