Nordic SkiingMen's Jumping - SGP 2017
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Surprise in the first of two Summer Grand Prix races in Hakuba. The athlete of the house Junshiro Kobayashi has managed to impose himself, finding the most classic days of grace after a long period of fogging.
Saturday 26 August 2017 5 minutes reading time
The Japanese 22-year-old has built his own assertion in the first series, where he achieved a nearly perfect jump that allowed him to dig a deep hole between himself and all his opponents. The margin gained was more than enough to defend itself in the next race segment, thus collecting an unbeaten win. This is the second career success in a Summer Grand Prix test after the one won in Almaty in September 2015.
Square of honor for Kenneth Gangnes, more and more convincing. The Norwegian was fabulous in the second round, where he scored the best score by recovering three positions compared to the half-race. Kobayashi's detachment was too high for him to be fully fledged, but the Scandinavian team signed a moral result and "great confidence" for the continuation of the season.
Can a Polish man miss the podium? Obviously not, and despite the absence of the first lines, the team led by Stefan Horngacher has managed to position himself in the top-three. Merit of Klemens Muranka, author of a test that is parallel to that of Gangnes. The 23-year-old of Zakopane has finally been able to hit the top of the circuit after leaving the mark exclusively for the Continental Cup. He was extremely impressed by the fact that he was able to qualify for the role of number 7 in the movement, Space in the highest level.
It is disappointing Slovenia, despite a splendid team result (four men in the top ten) did not even put one on the podium. However, there have been very interesting jumps from young Anze Semenic, Anze Lanisek, Tilen Bartol and Rok Justin.
Noteworthy is Simon Ammann's good performance, at the height of sixth. The Swiss veteran left more than 10 points on the pot because of the lack of support of the telemark in both series, otherwise he would probably have made company to Junshiro Kobayashi and Gangnes.
Japan is party to success, however, it has to deal with a problematic situation in the World Ranking List optics. Sakuyama missed the points area and Ryoyu Kobayashi, fourth in the middle of the race, slipped to the 11th final. Translated, or Ryoyu Kobayashi tomorrow gets a podium result, or the formation of Japan is likely to have only 4 athletes in the next GP.
In Italy, there are placements in line with the potential expressed in training. Davide Bresadola finished 14th, getting 18 heavy points in WRL optics. Sebastian Colloredo was ranked 27th.
Because of the many absences, the Grand Prix general ranking is essentially unchanged. In the Italian night it is replicated with another competition.
HAKUBA - HS1311. KOBAYASHI Junshiro (JPN) 272.42. GANGNES Kenneth (NOR) 269.63. MURANKA Klemens (POL) 262.44. SEMENIC Anze (SLO) 260.15. LANISEK Anze (SLO) 259.76. AMMANN Simon (SUI) 257.47. KLIMOV Evgeny (RUS) 257.28. TAKEUCHI Taku (JPN) 256.09. BARTOL Tilen (SLO) 254.110. JUSTIN Rok (SLO) 252.4
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