Nordic SkiingSalto male - World Junior
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Junior World Cup in Almaty the individual race male ski jumping is & egrave; revealed, as expected, very high level. Alfine success & egrave; was won by Norway, albeit not with the 'athlete pi & ugrave; expected set within the Scandinavian team.
Thursday 5 February 2015 4 minutes reading time
The new junior world champion & egrave; Indeed Johann Andre Forfang boy grew strongly shots nell''inverno underway, enough to be able to establish itself in the Continental Cup and lick pi & ugrave; Sometimes the top ten in the World Cup.
The nineteen year old Trondheim was one of the outsider in the race for success, but today he deserved the medal 'gold proving very solid and able to be right for the middle point of reviving Andreas Wellinger.
The German, returning after the disastrous fall suffered pi & ugrave; two months ago in Kuusamo, got a medal 'silver that demonstrates how can aspire with credentials to a place in the team for the World Falun.
Bronze medal for the one who was listed as the favorite of the eve, or Phillip Sj & oslash; en. The Norwegian & ograve; not & egrave; was able to compete with Forfang Wellinger and having to settle most of the step & ugrave; the bottom of the podium, however only harpooned in the second series against dell''ottimo Japanese Yukiya Seto and the surprising Austrian Simon Greiderer.
Chapter Italy. Alex is Insam & egrave; become the protagonist of a performance well above expectations and got excellent 15 & deg; place. One could expect something more & ugrave; Daniele Varesco, which nonetheless has gained access to the second set, closing 28 & deg ;.
So triumph for Norway that never had achieved something of this magnitude in the individual competition of this event. Johann Andre Forfang becomes the fourth Norwegian to graduate junior world champion after Kent Johanssen (1989), Tommy Ingebrigtsen (1995) and Wilhelm Brenna (1997). Moreover, Germany is back on the podium for the first time since 2008.
ALMATY - WORLD JR. - HS1061. Forfang Johann Andre (NOR) 269.92. Wellinger Andraes (GER) 269.43. SJ & Ø EN Phillip (NOR) 266.04. Yukiya SATO (JPN) 262.85. Greiderer Simon (AUT) 262.56. Peier Killian (SUI) 257.27. BJ & Ø RENG Joacim & Ø degaard (NOR) 256.88. Viktor Polasek (CZE) 256.19. Tollinger Elias (AUT) 255 110. KANTYKA Przemyslaw (POL) 252.8
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For leaping Saturday & egrave; program in the team event. As seen today favored Norway, Austria and Germany as main rivals.
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