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It ended the first race of the weekend held in Wisla, overly conditioned by more than the wind direction of the race. However, the victory went fittest athlete of the moment and that would dominate even in 'normal' conditions, the winner of Vierschanzentournee Kamil Stoch.
Saturday 14 January 2017 8 minutes reading time
If the competition went on stage 10 days ago in Innsbruck was a lottery because of the wind dancer, that today could have been handled with much more skill from race, hasty (do not know for what!) To finish the contest in quickest possible time. As a result we got a show to the limits of decency, not for sins of jumpers.
All in all, the athlete of Zakopane was not favored by the conditions in which he found himself jumping (the memory automatically leads to break of more than a quarter of an hour granted to him in the Olympic season on a home trampoline Wielka Krokiew) rather are were all the others were to be penalized.
However, Stoch closed the successful dispersing, thanks to the best jump of 133 meters in the first heat, from a staff of less than all rivals for victory, by choice of the technical Stefan Horngacher. This decision proved to be decisive, because the second provisional, Stefan Kraft, has been outdistanced by 3.4 lengths.
At the decisive moment, the Polish hero, he found himself having to make a really mediocre performance to take home the victory: he went beyond, landing at 124 meters, the second performance, in terms of points, the last series .
Kraft was positive in half: in the first segment of the race was expressed at the highest level, clocking the same size as the winner. In the second, in poor wind conditions, he has performed so bad its jump (117 meters, 3 before the point K), still managed to save the place of honor thanks to the wide margin on third place: Andreas Wellinger.
The athlete of Ruhpolding is back on the podium, main circuit on snow for the first time since the terrible fall suffered in that Ruka 29 November 2014. It is evident that his form is in a continuous crescendo since last December, as even Bischofshofen was a papal candidate for the top 3.
Wellinger was stubborn in the escape from the difficult conditions found in the decisive round, ahead by 1.2 points Daniel Andre Tande: the latter has found it difficult to wind in both jumps, increases the credit that has to be collected by luck since the start of the season.
Who to complain about most is Domen Prevc, one of the big favorites to today's podium in the first series was sent into the fray, the only one with the wind behind in this race. In the second he recorded the best score, well reassembling 7 positions and reaching the fifth place.
Many have had an opposite race leitmotiv: Michael Hayboeck (3rd in mid-competition) finished in 8th position, Robert Johansson 22 ° (10 ° at the end of the first set), Andreas Stjernen 23 ° (7 ° part) and Karl Geiger at 29 ^ final coin (9th in the first race segment).
Confirmed in the top 10 Piotr Zyla and Vincent Descombes Sevoie respectively in 7 ^ and 10 ^ square, confirming the best season of his career for both. Interesting signs of life on the part of Roman Koudelka (13 °) to the best season, but remember the good feeling of the Czech Trampoline entitled to Adam Malysz who gave him the last individual success last season.
Curious episode happened in Cene Prevc (26 °): the middle brother of Peter and Domen blamed problems with a ski in the second set and just the big boss of the special jump, Walter Hofer, has rushed to his aid personally portandoglielo at the base of trampoline.
Many were excluded from the excellent points: the falling Gregor Schlierenzauer and Johann Andre Forfang were ranked 31st and 32nd, although they have shown to be on the piece, unlucky in jumping in a not very positive moment with regard to the wind.
Even the Japanese Taku Takeuchi (33 °) and Daiki Ito (35th) missed the entry in the top 30, as well as the neo national champion Russian Evgeniy Klimov (38 °).
The only Italian joined the competition, David Bresadola, has not gone beyond the 42 th position: the feelings still seem positive and not surprised if in 24 hours could snatch some punticino would be worth it for the Blues as a victory.
The general classification of the World Cup sees take the yellow bib as Stoch with 733 points, followed by Domen Prevc (691), Tande (687) and Kraft (590). Just these four athletes appear the ones to be played, until the last, winning the crystal ball.
So, tomorrow, we will stage the second competition of the weekend program. The appointment with the race is fixed at 16.00, preceded by the qualification that will begin an hour and a half before.
WISLA I - HS 134
1. Kamil STOCH (POL) 268.0 2. KRAFT Stefan (AUT) 251.7 3. Wellinger Andreas (GER) 249.1 4. Daniel Andre Tande (NOR) 247.9 5. PREVC Domen (SLO) 247.4 6. FETTNER Manuel (AUT) 246.1 7 . ZYLA Piotr (POL) 246.0 8. HAYBOECK Michael (AUT) 242.6 9. KOT Maciej (POL) 242.0 10. DESCOMBES SEVOIE Vincent (FRA) 241.9
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