Men's Jump - Summer Grand Prix 2017
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In the coming days at Hinterzarten, Germany, will be the second leg of the Men's Ski Jump Grand Prix 2017. The German resort can be considered the "very classic" of the highest summer circuit.
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In fact, the history of the GP begins right in the village of Baden-Württemberg, where August 28, 1994 was the first ever race for the Grand Prix. For the record, the Japanese Takanobu Okabe imposed on French Nicolas Dessum and German Jens Weißlog.
Since then, Hinterzarten has always been included in the calendar of the highest summer circuit, except for 2014. No other facility can boast a militancy of 23 different seasons in the GP schedule.
It will compete on the Rothaus-Schanze (K95 / HS108), the largest and the oldest of the four trampolines that make up the Adler-Skistadion, including Energiedienst-Schanze (K15), Schülerschanze (K30 ) And Europe-Park-Schanze (K70).
On the slope where Rothaus-Schanze now stands, ski jumping has been practiced since 1924. The current structure was built between 1980 and 1982 and was the subject of the last renovation in 1999.
To date, 24 individual Summer Grand Prix races have been held, which have been won over sixteen athletes over the years. The top prizes for the successes are the Austrians Andreas Widhölzl and Thomas Morgenstern, set three times.
It should be noted, however, that the Carinthian is the only one to have been in three different summits (2003, 2007, 2011). The Tyrolean has benefited from the two successes in the twenty-four hours obtained in 2002, which followed the year 2000.
Among the jumpers in action, they have affirmations on this trampoline Simon Ammann (2009), Andreas Wank (2012), Richard Freitag (2013), Dawid Kubacki (2015) and Andreas Wellinger (2016).
Those who have risen at least once on the podium, albeit without losing the tallest stage, are Janne Ahonen, Noriaki Kasai, Andreas Kofler, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Denis Kornilov, Kamil Stoch, Reruhi Shimizu, Lukas Hlava, Andreas Wellinger, Matjaz Pungertar , Severin Freund, Kento Sakuyama, Maciej Kot, Stefan Kraft).
The summer record coincides with the longest jump ever made on the Rothaus-Schanze, including the winter, and dates back to August 6, 2000. That day the then twenty-two-year-old Noriaki Kasai sped up to 112.5 meters, four and a half past the Hs point .
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