Doubles Olympic Kamil Stoch, enter the legend with Noriaki Kasai

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After winning the race on Normal Hill, Kamil Stoch definitely enters into the history of ski jumping winning the gold medal'' also in the competition on Large Hill, consequently becoming the third jumper Matti NykÃ¤nen after (Calgary, 1988) and Simon Ammann (Salt Lake City 2002 and Vancouver 2010) to win both individual titles in the same edition of the Olympic Games.

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'' The success of today's Poland is not yet clear how that was achieved on Sundays. In fact, the twenty-seven of Zakopane has built its success in the first round and then defend in the second, where his jump was not perfect. Stoch has, however, imposed by a margin of 1.3 points on Noriaki Kasai. The Japanese'' s another great star of the day as he managed to win the silver medal'', climbing on the podium therefore an individual Olympic test for the first time in his career at the seventh participation in the Games and all'' age of 41 years and 254 days. For the Japanese, now a beautiful on both jumps, you crown a season that saw him among the leaders since December. Needless to say, as Kasai is yet another example of the'' ultra-forties medalist at the 2014 Sochi after Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Albert Demtchenko and Armin ZÃ¶ggeler. The bronze went to Peter Prevc, which is confirmed on the podium after the'' silver in proof on Normal Hill. The Slovenian enrolled in the category "animal coin" as it is on the fourth place in the top-three in a row in a big event (the World Cup Fiemme 2013 had arrived in the three in both competitions). Big disappointment for Severin Freund, third after the first half but unable to be confirmed in the second series at the end of which was passed by Prevc. For German is the second bitter pill to swallow after the fall in the test on Normal Hill. Medals away from all the other athletes. Several jumpers or cry eligible candidates for the medals have found cross wind prohibitive in the first jump being lame in the race for medals. Among them Marinus Kraus, who, however, has missed a great time in the second series where it landed on the point Hs and is able to move up to sixth place, getting a result in line with expectations before and finishing just ahead of Gregor Schlierenzauer, seventh and then again forced to give up all'' Olympic gold medalist. Â Anders Bardal and Simon Ammann, in turn damaged by wind, have concluded, however, sixteenth and twenty-third respectively. Much worse is going to Diethart Thomas, Robert Kranjec, Thomas Morgenstern and Andreas Wellinger, even out of the top 30 where instead entered the'' single blue busy, Sebastian Colloredo, thirtieth. SOCHI - OLYMPIC GAMES - LARGE HILL1. STOCH Kamil (POL) 278.72. KASAI Noriaki (JPN) 277.43. PREVC Peter (SLO) 274.84. FREUND Severin (GER) 272.25. FANNEMEL Anders (NOR) 264.36. KRAUS Marinus (GER) 257.47. Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 255.28. HAYBÃ–CK Michael (AUT) 254.79. ITO Daiki (JPN) 252 510. SHIMIZU Reruhi (JPN) 252.2 Click here for full results. The fourth, and final, Olympic title of the jump will be awarded Monday, February 17th starting at 18:15 when will stage the men's team competition (you will race on Large Hill). In light of the presence of three Japanese in the top ten (and four in the first thirteen), Japan could be considered the favorite to win gold'' s.

Francesco Paone

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