Nordic SkiingMens Jump - Tauplitz
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It is time to point races for the World Cup jumping in that masculine wekend will be staged in Tauplitz, Austria. It should be noted as those of'' 11 and 12 January are the only competitions on the flying hill that will have value for the crystal ball this season.
Thursday 9 January 2014 5 minutes reading time
In fact, the results of the World flight of Harrachov (14-16 March), will not count in the overall standings of the World Cup. In addition, the delay in the renovation of Letalnica bratov Gorisek Planica Slovenia has forced the organizers to fall back on competitions on large hill.
In Austria competes on the Kulm, built in 1950 and renovated for the last time'' in 2004, the least impressive of the five trampolines flight operation. The point K is fixed at 185 meters and the 200 HS''.
The official record belonged to Gregor Schlierenzauer, landed in 2009 to 215.5 meters. It should however be noted that in 2003, the'' Austrian Christian Nagiller went up to 220 meters but could not remain standing.
A Tauplitz have played 4 Ski Flying World Championships (1975, 1986, 1996 and 2006) in addition to 22 races counting towards the World Cup.
Although the races are 26 accredited, in reality the events actually took place in Styria are 25 because a world championship event coincides with two races counting towards the crystal ball. In fact, in 1996 the world title flight is assigned by summing the results of the two tests counting towards the World Cup played on 10 and 11 February.
So far have stood on the top step of the podium 19 athletes representing 10 different countries (including a now defunct).
Gregor Schlierenzauer is the only jumper able to impose itself 3 times. '' The Austrian has excelled in both races sailed in January 2009 and one in January 2010.
Are five athletes to have repeated success. '' The Austrian Hubert Neuper (both in March 1982), the Czech Jaroslav Sakala (both in March 1993), the'' Austrian Andreas Goldberger (a race of the World Cup and the final of the World flight 1996), the German Sven Hannawald (2000, 2003) and Slovenian Robert Kranjec (2010, 2012).
In this 2014 Schlierenzauer and Kranjec will have the opportunity'' to become the first men to win the Kulm in three different winters. '' In addition to the Austrian and Slovenian active athletes have to set it at least once are Janne Ahonen (1996), Takanobu Okabe (1997) and Anders Bardal (2012).
Under the heading'' s nations Austria is unrivaled having collected 11 hits. In second place, staccatissima, Slovenia (3). They are then Finland (2), Czech Republic (2), Germany (2), Norway (2) Czechoslovakia (1), Switzerland (1), Japan (1), Poland (1).
On the subject of podiums no one can compete with Andreas Goldberger, credited with as many as 7 placings in the top-three. Behind her compatriot Andreas Widhölzl 4.
Active athletes to be on the podium of Tauplitz without winning are Simon Ammann (3 times), Martin Koch (2), Thomas Morgenstern (2) Daiki Ito (1), Kamil Stoch (1).
Obviously, the'' Austria is the leading country for top-three at an altitude of 31. In second place Finland (12), followed by Norway (7), Slovenia (6), Germany (5) Switzerland (4) and Poland (4), Japan (3) East Germany (1), France (1) and Sweden (1).
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