Phillip Sjen smashes the competition in the first race of Hakuba

The first of the two races of Summer Grand Prix of Hakuba has seen the success of Philipp Sj & oslash, en, eve of the big favorite in the light of the results of the training in which it was dominant.

Saturday 23 August 2014 3 minutes reading time

In truth & agrave; Success & egrave; was less marked than might be expected Since & eacute; in half & agrave; race teen Scandinavian & egrave; found with a small advantage on the Slovene Jernej Damjan and compatriot Daniel-Andre Tande. However, in the second series the gaps between the first three were dilated and Sj & oslash, en he could celebrate the first career win in a competition of Summer Grand Prix with 6 points on thirty-one affiliated to the SciClub of Ihan. Tande its part successfully defended the podium by the return of Taku Takeuchi, fourth and best of the Japanese. The Japanese team & egrave; was the 'only one to enter three athletes in the top ten Since & eacute; Shohei Tochimoto showed signs of awakening closing eighth and Noriaki Kasai & egrave you; ranked tenth. Speaking of veterans, Simon Ammann did not steal the 'eye and finished ninth, while Germany's Michael Neumayer (fifth) has obtained the' nth place to the foot of the podium in the Hakuba It should be stressed that the context of race was not the pi & ugrave; Because qualified & eacute; were absent 23 of the best 30 in the general classification of the GP who is obviously distraught. Sj & oslash, en fact becomes yellow bib with 193 points against 168 of the absent and Peter Andreas Stjernen Prevc, 164 and 141 of Piotr Zyla Michael Hayb & ouml; ck. Damjan (138) is & egrave; resulted in sixth place ahead of Schlierenzauer (132) and Tande (118). HAKUBA (I) - LARGE HILL1. SJ & Ã˜; EN Philipp (NOR) 277.52. DAMJAN Jernej (SLO) 271.53. Tande Daniel-Andre (NOR) 269.44. Taku Takeuchi (JPN) 266.45. NEUMAYER Michael (GER) 259.86. PUNGERTAR Matjaz (SLO) 256.57. Lauri Asikainen (FIN) 255.08. TOCHIMOTO Shohei (JPN) 251.59. Simon Ammann (SUI) 249010. KASAI Noriaki (JPN) 247.4 Click here for full results. The second race will go to Hakuba & agrave; in night scene in Italian.

Francesco Paone

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