The Grand Prix fly in the Far East, you race to Hakuba

After three European events, the Summer Grand Prix Jumping special fly in the Far East. In the coming days we will compete to Hakuba, Japan, where there are two races which will further enhance the primacy of'' Japanese plant.

Thursday 21 August 2014 3 minutes reading time

The resort Nagano prefecture is In fact, that is where you the highest number of competitions in the history of the GP. A favorite records from'' have almost always had two tests in each season from 1998 onwards. The exceptions are the 1999, when there was only one; 2002 and 2003 when it was not included in the calendar. It will compete on'' Hakuba jampu kyogijo, built at the beginning of the'' 90 years'' and triumphs of Japanese theater at the Olympic Games in Nagano 1998.'' s February 8 quartet Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito Kazuyoshi Funaki and Masahiko Harada won '' gold medal in the team event, obtaining what in Japan is considered to be the point high jump in the history of Japan. A week later in the individual competition, there was a new party with Funaki gold and bronze Harada. If the'' use in winter is was marginal, the trampoline has hosted 27 races of the beauty of Summer Grand Prix. No jumper is managed to establish itself more than twice, but less than 7 athletes boast two successes. It's Masahiko Harada (1998 and 2001), Jakub Janda (2005), Janne Happonen (2006), Simon Ammann (2007), Tom Hilde (2011), Andreas Wank (2012) and Noriaki Kasai (2009 and 2013). So the five men have achieved two goals after 24 hours, while the Japanese Harada and Kasai are the only ones who have excelled in two different seasons. Among those who still in business, they have won once Janne Ahonen (2000), Robert Kranjec (2009), Daiki Ito (2010), Kamil Stoch (2010), Krzysztof Biegun (2013) and Jernej Damjan (2013, tied with Kasai). On the subject of the record holders podiums are absolute Noriaki Kasai and Simon Ammann, both credited to 6 placings in the top-three. The Japanese conquered them in five different seasons (2000, 2004, 2007, 2012 and 2013), the Swiss instead of four (2008, 2009, 2012 and 2013). The official record summer belongs to Simon Ammann August 29, 2009 that went up to 136 meters (more than 5 l'' Hs).

Francesco Paone

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