Nordic SkiingMens Jump - Willingen
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Great show in Willingen where a sustained headwind has allowed the athletes to achieve spectacular jumps repeatedly. Consider that we have seen 8 athletes land beyond the point Hs (145 meters) and even three over 150 meters.
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The victory went to Kamil Stoch tenth career success. The twenty-six of Zakopane has emerged with a lead of only 1 point on Severin Freund thanks to a better style in the first series. The Polish and German were the most consistent athletes in the'' arc of the two jumps.
Third position for the Slovene Jernej Damjan, the third consecutive podium after the two of Sapporo, immediately in front of the eternal Noriaki Kasai'' to'' another'' s top placement in winter.
Fifth and sixth place for the Slovenes Robert Kranjec and Jurij Tepes, the authors of the best score in the first and second respectively in the series. Moreover, the twenty-four registered for the'' SD Dolomites landed 152 meters equaling the official record of the trampoline established by Janne Ahonen in 2005.
To tell the truth Ahonen landed at 155.5 meters, where they were placed photocells, and sent into a tailspin the measurement system. The jump was then "rounded" to the highest conceivable measure by computer systems'' s era.
Sensational elimination for Simon Ammann, only thirty-third, due to a cut unhappy. No points even for'' one blue in the race, Sebastian Colloredo, forty-fifth.
Seventh place for Peter Prevc who remains leader of the overall standings with 848 points, but sees Stoch closer to 821. Kasai moves to third place with 696 passing the'' absent Schlierenzauer (670). Without the pole Ammann (608) and Anders Bardal (598).
WILLINGEN - LARGE HILL (I) 1. STOCH Kamil (POL) 263.22. FREUND Severin (GER) 262.23. DAMJAN Jernej (SLO) 258.54. KASAI Noriaki (JPN) 253.95. Robert Kranjec (SLO) 253.56. TEPES Jurij (SLO) 249.07. PREVC Peter (SLO) 247.28. Wellinger Andreas (GER) 245.89. ITO Daiki (JPN) 241 710. Diethart Thomas (AUT) 238.8
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Tomorrow from 14.30 a new competition,'' the last before the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014.
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