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The race Klingenthal can not be called a farce. The sensational renunciation of Gregor Schlierenzauer and Anders Bardal, namely the icons of the movement of the Austrian and Norwegian, to conditions too unsafe says everything about what happened Sunday, November 24th in Saxony.
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With the passing of time there have been additional details about what happened. It turned out that the'' Austria has made a formal protest against the validity of the result of the competition, which took place on a single set.
The FIS has rejected that complaint stating that the conditions allowed it to jump. The head coach of the Austrian Alexander Pointner said "I did not expect anything different, the protest was a duty. The fact that you have not played a second set is a lack of respect for the athletes.'' The impression is that now everything is subordinated to the show. "
Indeed, you can not give wrong Pointner. Yesterday it seemed clear will of the FIS to have a result at all costs, regardless of the regularity of the same. It is no coincidence Severin Freund and Kamil Stoch, the two listings starting just before Schlierenzauer and Bardal, found themselves to jump in completely different conditions than those who had preceded them, and not even had a chance to be competitive. The same applies to many other top athletes such as Jaka Hvala
Gregor Schlierenzauer hot had said: "If the wind blows at 8 meters per second, the situation is very dangerous. I think it is obvious that the sporting value of this competition is not among the highest." The twenty-three of Innsbruck quit of his own volition to jump after talking on the phone with Pointner.
Bardal also said they had heard the conversation between the two, explaining that "I was not comfortable with my condition seemed to me dangerous.'' S idea not to jump but I was not touched until I heard the phone call between Gregor and Pointner. At that point I started to have negative feelings and I've made my choice. know that someone criticized me in Norway, but they are not fit and I need confidence to jump in difficult conditions. "
Alexander Stöckl, head coach of the Scandinavian team, supported the athlete'' s choice claiming that in his view "The waiver by Anders took more courage than he would need to jump."
Between Thursday and Saturday you will race in Kuusamo in Finland, where historically the wind plant affects a lot on the competitions. For sure you do not get'' s appointment Finnish with a relaxed atmosphere between the FIS and some national associations, all of Austria.
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