Nordic Skiingmale jumping - Pyeong Chang
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In the early afternoon today was held the first competition in the pre-Olympic program in the county of Pyeongchang County. At times, the way the race was heavily influenced by the side wind that has impacted more on compensation than on actual performance.
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Eventually, though, the men on the podium were not affected by this agent falsante indeed were those in better shape right now, and amongst other things in the right order of the current potential. All other competitors have been, some more and some less, favored by the wind so that you are experiencing a lot of up-and-down.
Stefan Kraft was able, therefore, to impose itself by dispersion: even at the end of the first set was found in command of operations with 11.6 points over closest rival - Wellinger - thanks to a jump of 138 meters from the bottom two poles than the German.
Also in the contract decisive segment, the athlete of Schwarzach im Pongau has recorded the best score, settling back in HS area and detaching definitely Teutonic 13.7 lengths. With the result today Kraft has confirmed the athlete more on the ball and above all gained important points again in optical overall.
Andreas Wellinger finally concluded at the place of honor by virtue of the second best jumps in both race heats. For Ruhpolding boy this was the seventh top 3 of the last nine games, despite the previous day was left without the underdogs.
He finished on the podium one who is the leader of the World Cup, that Kamil Stoch: the excellent performance shown in training have remained distant from the race standard. In the second round he was able to defend himself better, recovering a few positions and limiting damages against Kraft optic crystal ball.
At the foot of the podium was ranked surprisingly Anze Lanisek: thanks to better measure of 139.5 meters the day, he equaled his best career result, dated December 2015 in the Nizhny Tagil, and above all is climbing the hierarchy within the Slovenian team in view of the upcoming World Championships in Lahti.
The twenty year old Menges has made a comeback of 5 positions in the decisive set, thus better sense than he did Stephan Leyhe, thirteenth in mid competition and finally the fifth, in turn the best career result.
Then we find a noble trio of Daniel Andre Tande, Maciej Kot and Michael Hayboeck, respectively, between the sixth and eighth place. These three athletes have in common is the leitmotiv of the race, in fact, have lost several positions at the decisive moment.
They closed the top 10 two little-listed athletes but who behaved better: 9 currency for Karl Geiger and 10 ^ for Robert Johansson. Thus they both have revived their chances in the World Championship appointment view.
Just outside the top 10 were placed Richard Freitag and Evgeniy Klimov, authors of sensational comebacks: 25 ° and 22 °, respectively, at the end of the first segment of the race, in the second performed the best of the potential, so tomorrow will leave with important ambitions for top positions.
The Prevc brothers have struggled: Peter (13th) was the best, but far from what could be expected on the eve; Domen (17 °) it is expressed in line with the current form of state, a far cry from dicembrini glories, while Dinners (36th) sees more and more blur the idea of ​​a participation in the upcoming World Cup.
To that effect they have highlighted Clemens Aigner (15 °), Markus Schiffner (22 °) and Halvor Egner Granerud (23 °), which will try to snatch a pass for their first participation in a world championship event.
The general classification of the World Cup is likely to see reduced to two contenders for the Crystal Ball: for now Stoch remains the leader with 1240 points, but Kraft has approached again and now pays only 100 lengths from Polish, as more and more fade chance of Tande (1074) and Domen Prevc (892).
Tomorrow will be replicated today's race, so we will start at 11.00 am Italian.
Pyeongchang County I - HS 140
1. KRAFT Stefan (AUT) 293.5 2. Wellinger Andreas (GER) 279.8 3. STOCH Kamil (POL) 268.2 4. LANISEK Anze (SLO) 256.8 5. LEYHE Stephan (GER) 256.7 6. Daniel Andre Tande (NOR) 254.6 7 . KOT Maciej (POL) 252.5 8. HAYBOECK Michael (AUT) 251.2 9. GEIGER Karl (GER) 245.2 10. JOHANSSON Robert (NOR) 244.6
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