Gregor Schlierenzauer vola a 253.5 m a Planica

Nordic SkiingMen's Jump-World Cup

Gregor Schlierenzauer flies 253.5 m to Planica

This morning in the Slovenian resort the last qualification of the 2017-18 World Cup was held, which was won by the Norwegian Johann Andre Forfang.

Thursday 22 March 2018 2 minutes reading time

The great protagonist was however Schlierenzauer, able to equal the world record of 253.5 of the compatriot Stefan Kraft. This measure would have earned the Austrian the trampoline record, held by Kamil Stoch with 251.5, if he had not touched the ground with his hand. In the end, due to very low judgments of the judges, Schlierenzauer was in 10th place. Best score instead for Forfang, arrived at 241 m with almost one meter of headwind. The norge has overtaken Anze Semenic (234 m) by 8 points and Dawid Kubacki (224.5) by nearly 16 lengths. Ryoyu Kobayashi closed the podium, landed at 229.5 m. As for the big, the best was Richard Freitag 5th, Kamil Stoch (226.5m) and Robert Johansson (221) did not go beyond the 8th and 9th position, even more Kraft finished, only 22nd. Daniel Andre Tande 41th and Andreas Wellinger 56th were eliminated. Alex Insam is the only blue man we will see in the race tomorrow, the South Tyrolean has indeed torn the pass for the race thanks to a good jump of 201.5 m that earned him the 29th score. On the other hand, the Colloredo 58 Â°, Cecon 62 Â° and Dellasega 69 Â° were not exceeded. Tomorrow is scheduled the penultimate individual competition of the season, the first series will start at 15:00.

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