Lahti World Cup 2017: Stefan Kraft Gold on the small trampoline

The 'Austrian wins the race on the Normal Hill HS 100 in Lahti and precedes Wellinger and Eisenbichler Germans.

Saturday 25 February 2017 5 minutes reading time

Stefan Kraft sets the stage for his first world title in the first jump where it touches the 'hill-size stopping at 99.5 meters and put in the barn 4.3 points ahead of German Andreas Wellinger (96.5), 4.9 compatriot Michael Hayboeck (98.0), 6.0 on the Polish Kamil Stoch and gradually growing. In the second jump, the 'best Austrian crown and above all the most consistent season of his career, landing at 98.0 meters and defending the advantage gained. It is confirmed in second place Andreas Wellinger that reaching 100 meters the disadvantage file just 2.1 points but must be content with the 'Silver medal. The best jump of the second series, a slingshot to 100.5 meters, allowing Markus Eisenbichler to climb from sixth place and take the second podium of his career in top-level trials and the first podium in a World Championship. Poland remains off the podium with a fourth place from Kamil Stoch, perhaps limited by knee discomfort suffered yesterday in qualifying, which stops at 1.1 points from the bronze and fifth place Maciej Kot. Michael Hayboeck throwing away the third place of the first round with a jump of 95.5 meters not flawless from a stylistic point of view that it does slip into sixth place while the Norwegian Johann Andre Forfang (93.0 m, 98.5 m) dating from the twelfth to seventh place . And '' eighth Dawid Kubacki that does not repeat the fifth position of the first test (96.5 meters) and precedes Richard Freitag and Daiki Ito. An expected Peter Prevc, after an anonymous first jump in which lands at 92.5 meters for the fifteenth position, can not do better than the eleventh final position. David Bresadola is at its fullest potential with two good jumps bill: in the first round with 89.5 meters obtained the twenty-ninth position file of two places in the second jump (90.5 meters) for a total of 224.5 points. The first jump leads to excellent exclusions of a Domen Prevc confirming his poor state of current form stopping at 89.0 meters and closing the first jump only thirty-fourth position and French Vincent Descombes Sevoie that is lost to the forty-first place (87.7 m). Sebastian Colloredo (88.5 m) is the thirty-seventh, Alex Insam (86.0) forty-fifth. LAHTI - NORMAL HILL HS 100 - MEN'S FINAL 1. KRAFT Stefan [AUT] 270.82. Wellinger Andreas [GER] 268.73. Eisenbichler Markus [GER] 263.64. Kamil STOCH [POL] 262.55. KOT Maciej [POL] 255.16. HAYBOECK Michael [AUT] 254.47. Forfang Johann Andre [NOR] 253.18. Dawid Kubacki [POL] 251.59. FREITAG Richard [GER] 250,410. Daiki ITO [JPN] 249.9 go to full results

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